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Title: Dr. Sevier

Author: George W. Cable

Release Date: July 18, 2009 [EBook #29439]

Language: English

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GEORGE W. CABLE'S WRITINGS

BONAVENTURE. A Prose Pastoral of Arcadian Louisiana. 12mo, $1.25.
DR. SEVIER. 12mo, $1.25.
THE GRANDISSIMES. A Story of Creole Life. 12mo, $1.25.
OLD CREOLE DAYS. 12mo, $1.25.
STRANGE TRUE STORIES OF LOUISIANA. Illustrated. 12mo, $2.00.
*** _New Uniform Edition of the above five volumes, cloth, in a box,
$6.00._

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JOHN MARCH, SOUTHERNER, 12mo, $1.50.
OLD CREOLE DAYS. Cameo Edition with Etching, $1.25.
OLD CREOLE DAYS. 2 vols. 16mo, paper, each 30 cts.
MADAME DELPHINE. 75 cts.
THE CREOLES OF LOUISIANA. Illus. Small 4to, $2.50.
THE SILENT SOUTH. 12mo, $1.00.

DR. SEVIER

BY
GEORGE W. CABLE

AUTHOR OF "OLD CREOLE DAYS," "THE GRANDISSIMES,"
"MADAME DELPHINE," ETC.

NEW YORK
CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS
1897

Copyright, 1883 and 1884
BY GEORGE W. CABLE

_All rights reserved_

TROW'S
PRINTING AND BOOKBINDING COMPANY,
NEW YORK.

TO MY FRIEND
MARION A. BAKER

CONTENTS.

Chapter Page
I.--The Doctor 5
II.--A Young Stranger 10
III.--His Wife 17
IV.--Convalescence and Acquaintance 22
V.--Hard Questions 29
VI.--Nesting 34
VII.--Disappearance 45
VIII.--A Question of Book-keeping 52
IX.--When the Wind Blows 61
X.--Gentles and Commons 66
XI.--A Pantomime 73
XII.--"She's all the World" 81
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