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Title: The Duke's Motto
A Melodrama

Author: Justin Huntly McCarthy

Release Date: March 7, 2009 [EBook #28266]

Language: English

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THE DUKE'S MOTTO

A MELODRAMA

BY
JUSTIN HUNTLY McCARTHY

AUTHOR OF
"SERAPHICA" "IF I WERE KING" "THE PROUD PRINCE"
ETC. ETC.

NEW YORK AND LONDON
HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS
MCMVIII

NOVELS BY
JUSTIN HUNTLY McCARTHY

THE GORGEOUS BORGIA. Post 8vo $1.50
SERAPHICA. Post 8vo 1.50
THE DUKE'S MOTTO. Post 8vo 1.50
IF I WERE KING. Illustrated. Post 8vo 1.50
MARJORIE. Illustrated. Post 8vo 1.50
THE DRYAD. Post 8vo 1.50
THE LADY OF LOYALTY HOUSE. Post 8vo 1.50
THE PROUD PRINCE. Post 8vo 1.50
THE FLOWER OF FRANCE. Post 8vo 1.50
THE ILLUSTRIOUS O'HAGAN. Post 8vo 1.50
NEEDLES AND PINS. Illustrated. Post 8vo 1.50

HARPER & BROTHERS, PUBLISHERS, N. Y.

Published August, 1908.

DEDICACE

A VICTORIEN SARDOU

MAITRE,

Voila un melodrame que j'ai fait, le dernier de plusieurs melodrames
anglais qui ont Lagardere pour heros. Des mots remplacent l'action, des
mots remplacent le decor, les costumes, et les accessoires; mais enfin ce
pastiche