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Title: A Dream of Empire
Or, The House of Blennerhassett

Author: William Henry Venable

Release Date: July 16, 2006 [EBook #18840]

Language: English

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A DREAM OF EMPIRE

_Or_
THE HOUSE OF
BLENNERHASSETT

_By_
WILLIAM HENRY VENABLE

AUTHOR OF "A HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES,"
"JOHN HANCOCK, EDUCATOR," &c.

_New York_
DODD, MEAD AND COMPANY
_MDCCCCI_

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Copyright, 1901,
By Dodd, Mead and Company.

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TO
EMERSON VENABLE

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Contents

I. AN ECCENTRIC VISITOR. 1
II. A NOTED CHARACTER ARRIVES IN PITTSBURG. 16
III. PILLARS OF SMOKE. 28
IV. PLUTARCH BYLE MAKES A NEW ACQUAINTANCE. 39
V. IN THE LADIES' BOWER. 45
VI. DOCTOR DEVILLE AND HIS LUCRECE. 62
VII. CONSPIRACY. 71
VIII. DIAMOND CUT DIAMOND. 82
IX. DON'T FORGET THE BITTERS. 97
X. "NOW TO MY CHARMS AND TO MY WILY TRAINS." 118
XI. PALAFOX GROWS INSOLENT. 127
XII. SNARING A PHILOSOPHER. 137
XIII. THE ENCHANTED GROUND. 150
XIV. A LARGESS OF CORONETS. 169
XV. THERE BE LAND RATS AND WATER RATS. 181
XVI. A PATRIOT NOT TO BE TAMPERED WITH. 193
XVII. THE BUSY NOTE OF PREPARATION. 205
XVIII. THE VOYAGE OF THE BUCKEYE. 218
XIX. ARLINGTON'S RIDE. 234
XX. MOSTLY LOVE MATTERS. 247
XXI. PRO AND CON.