A STRANGE WORLD
A Novel
BY THE AUTHOR OF
'LADY AUDLEY'S SECRET'
ETC. ETC. ETC.
IN THREE VOLUMES
VOL. I.
LONDON
JOHN MAXWELL AND CO.
4, SHOE LANE, FLEET STREET
1875.
[All rights reserved.]
CONTENTS TO VOL. I.
| CHAP. | PAGE | |
| i. | Poor Players | 1 |
| ii. | Behind the Scenes | 32 |
| iii. | Eveillons le plaisir, son aurore est la nuit | 49 |
| iv. | 'Love's a mighty lord' | 64 |
| v. | 'Il ne faut pas pousser au bout les malheureux' | 80 |
| vi. | 'There is no life on earth but being in love' | 93 |
| vii. | 'Let the world slip; we shall ne'er be younger' | 105 |
| viii. | 'Have the high gods anything left to give?' | 123 |
| ix. | 'Other sins only speak; murder shrieks out' | 140 |
| x. | 'Nothing comes amiss, so money come withal' | 155 |
| xi. | 'What, then, you knew not this red work indeed?' | 179 |
| xii. | 'Brave spirits are a balsam to themselves' | 186 |