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Title: The Martian

Author: George Du Maurier

Release Date: December 3, 2008 [EBook #27400]

Language: English

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[Illustration: GEORGE DU MAURIER]

THE MARTIAN

A Novel

BY
GEORGE DU MAURIER

AUTHOR OF "TRILBY" "PETER IBBETSON"

_WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY THE AUTHOR_

"_Apres le plaisir vient la peine;
Apres la peine, la vertu_"--Anon

NEW YORK
HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS
1897

By GEORGE DU MAURIER.

TRILBY. Illustrated by the Author. Post 8vo, Cloth, Ornamental,
$1 75; Three-quarter Calf, $3 50; Three-quarter Crushed Levant,
$4 50.

PETER IBBETSON. With an Introduction by his Cousin, Lady *****
("Madge Plunket"). Edited and Illustrated by George du Maurier. Post
8vo, Cloth, Ornamental, $1 50; Three-quarter Calf, $3 25;
Three-quarter Levant, $4 25.

ENGLISH SOCIETY. Sketched by George du Maurier. With an Introduction
by William Dean Howells. Oblong 4to, Cloth, Ornamental, $2 50.

Published BY HARPER & BROTHERS, New York.

Copyright, 1896, 1897, by Harper & Brothers.

_All rights reserved._

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

PORTRAIT OF GEORGE DU MAURIER _Frontispiece_
INSTITUTION F. BROSSARD 7
THE NEW BOY 11
A LITTLE PEACE-MAKER 17
LOUD RUNSWICK AND ANTOINETTE JOSSELIN 29
"'QUEL AMOUR D'ENFANT!'" 33
"AMIS, LA MATINEE EST BELLE" 51
"TOO MUCH 'MONTE CRISTO,' I'M AFRAID" 55
LE PERE POLYPHEME 71
FANFARONNADE 79
MEROVEE RINGS THE BELL 85
"WEEL MAY THE KEEL ROW"