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  _SPECIAL LIMITED EDITION_

  TRILBY

  A Novel

  _By_

  GEORGE DU MAURIER

  AUTHOR OF

  "PETER IBBETSON" "THE MARTIAN""SOCIAL PICTORIAL SATIRE"

  WITH ILLUSTRATIONSBY THE AUTHOR

  "_Aux nouvelles que j'apporte,Vos beaux yeux vont pleurer!_"]

  NEW YORKINTERNATIONAL BOOK AND PUBLISHING COMPANY1899

  _This volume is issued for sale inpaper covers only._

  Copyright, 1894, 1899, by HARPER & BROTHERS.

  _All rights reserved._

  "_IT WAS TRILBY!_" [See page 317]]

  _"Hélas! Je sais un chant d'amour, Triste et gai, tour à tour!"_

  ILLUSTRATIONS

  PAGE

  "IT WAS TRILBY!" _Frontispiece_

  TAFFY, ALIAS TALBOT WYNNE 4

  "THE LAIRD OF COCKPEN" 5

  "THE THIRD HE WAS 'LITTLE BILLEE'" 7

  "IT DID ONE GOOD TO LOOK AT HIM" 9

  AMONG THE OLD MASTERS 13

  "WISTFUL AND SWEET" 17

  THE "ROSEMONDE" OF SCHUBERT 21

  TRILBY'S LEFT FOOT 27

  THE FLEXIBLE FLAGEOLET 31

  THE BRIDGE OF ARTS 34

  "THREE MUSKETEERS OF THE BRUSH" 39

  TAFFY MAKES THE SALAD 43

  "THE GLORY THAT WAS GREECE" 47

  TRILBY'S FOREBEARS 52

  TAIL-PIECE 56

  "AS BAD AS THEY MAKE 'EM" 59

  "A VOICE HE DIDN'T UNDERSTAND" 63

  "AND SO, NO MORE" 67

  "'TWO ENGLANDERS IN ONE DAY'" 70

  "'HIMMEL! THE ROOF OF YOUR MOUTH'" 73

  "'ÇA FERA UNE FAMEUSE CRAPULE DE MOINS!'" 77

  "'AV YOU SEEN MY FAHZER'S OLE SHOES?'" 81

  TAFFY À L'ÉCHELLE! 85

  "THE FOX AND THE CROW" 89

  THE LATIN QUARTER 92

  CUISINE BOURGEOISE EN BOHÈME 95

  "THE SOFT EYES" 98

  ILYSSUS 101

  "'VOILÀ L'ESPAYCE DE HOM KER JER SWEE!'" 105

  TIT FOR TAT 111

  THE HAPPY LIFE 116

  "'LET ME GO, TAFFY...'" 119

  "'QU'EST CE QU'IL A DONC, CE LITREBILI?'" 121

  REPENTANCE 125

  CONFESSION 129

  "ALL AS IT USED TO BE" 133

  "TWIN GRAY STARS" 135

  "AN INCUBUS" 137

  THE CAPITALIST AND THE SWELL 141

  "'I WILL NOT! I WILL NOT!'" 151

  DODOR IN HIS GLORY 153

  HÔTEL DE LA ROCHEMARTEL 155

  CHRISTMAS EVE 161

  "'ALLONS GLYCÈRE! ROUGIS MON VERRE....'" 163

  SOUVENIR 168

  "MY SISTER DEAR" 173

  A DUCAL FRENCH FIGHTING-COCK 175

  "'ANSWER ME, TRILBY!'" 179

  A CARY_HAT_IDE 180

  "'LES GLOUGLOUX DU VIN À QUAT' SOUS....'" 183

  "'IS SHE A _LADY_, MR. WYNNE?'" 187

  "'_FOND_ OF HIM? AREN'T _YOU_?'" 191

  "SO LIKE LITTLE BILLEE" 195

  "'I MUST TAKE THE BULL BY THE HORNS'" 199

  "'TRILBY! WHERE IS SHE?'" 203

  LA S?'UR DE LITREBILI 205

  "HE FELL A-WEEPING, QUITE DESPERATELY" 207

  "THE SWEET MELODIC PHRASE" 211

  "SORROWFULLY, ARM IN ARM" 215

  DEMORALIZATION 225

  FRED WALKER 227

  _PLATONIC LOVE_ 230

  "DARLINGS, OLD OR YOUNG" 235

  "THE MOON-DIAL" 237

  THE CHAIRMAN 239

  A HAPPY DINNER 245

  "A-SMOKIN' THEIR POIPES AND CIGYARS" 247

  "BONJOUR, SUZON!" 253

  A HUMAN NIGHTINGALE 257

  CUP-AND-BALL 263

  SWEET ALICE 267

  "MAY HEAVEN GO WITH HER!" 272

  "'SO MUCH FOR ALICE, TRAY'" 277

  "'YOU'RE A _THIEF_, SIR!'" 287

  "AN ATMOSPHERE OF BANK-NOTES AND GOLD" 293

  "A LITTLE PICTURE OF THE THAMES" 296

  "'AH! THE BEAUTIFUL INTERMENT, MESSIEURS!'" 301

  "PAUVRE TRILBY". 303

  "'JE PRONG!'" 307

  "'OON PAIR DE GONG BLONG'"
311

  GECKO 315

  "AU CLAIR DE LA LUNE" 319

  "OUVRE-MOI TA PORTE POUR L'AMOUR DE DIEU!" 322

  "MALBROUCK S'EN VA-T'EN GUERRE" 325

  "AUX NOUVELLES QUE J'APPORTE, VOS BEAUX YEUX VONT PLEURER!". 329

  UN IMPROMPTU DE CHOPIN 331

  "AND THE REMEMBRANCE OF THEM--HAND IN HAND" 338

  "'I BELIEVE YOU, MY BOY!'" 341

  "MAMAN DUCHESSE" 351

  THE CUT DIRECT 354

  "PETIT ENFANT, J'AIMAIS D'UN AMOUR TENDRE...." 358

  "'VITE! VITE! UN COMMISSAIRE DE POLICE!'" 363

  "I SUPPOSE YOU DO ALL THIS KIND OF THING FOR MERE AMUSEMENT,MR. WYNNE?" 367

  THE FIRST VIOLIN LOSES HIS TEMPER 373

  "HAST THOU FOUND ME, O MINE ENEMY?" 375

  "'OH, DON'T YOU REMEMBER SWEET ALICE, BEN BOLT?'" 377

  "THE LAST THEY SAW OF SVENGALI" 383

  "'THREE NICE CLEAN ENGLISHMEN'" 386

  "P?'NA PEDE CLAUDO" 389

  "THE OLD STUDIO" 391

  "'ET MAINTENANT DORS, MA MIGNONNE!'" 395

  "TAFFY WAS ALLOWED TO SEE GECKO" 400

  A FAIR BLANCHISSEUSE DE FIN 403

  A THRONE IN BOHEMIA 407

  "'OH, MY POOR GIRL! MY POOR GIRL!'" 410

  "'AH, POOR MAMMA! SHE WAS EVER SO MUCH PRETTIER THAN THAT!'" 416

  "'TO SING LIKE THAT IS _TO PRAY_!'" 422

  "'THE REMEMBRANCE OF THAT PALM SUNDAY!'" 425

  FOR GECKO 431

  "OUT OF THE MYSTERIOUS EAST" 432

  "'SVENGALI!... SVENGALI!... SVENGALI!...'" 437

  "TOUT VIENT À POINT, POUR QUI SAIT ATTENDRE!" 439

  "I, PETE COELESTES...." 441

  "PETITS BONHEURS DE CONTREBANDE" 447

  ENTER GECKO 451

  "'WE TOOK HER VOICE NOTE BY NOTE'" 455

  THE NIGHTINGALE'S FIRST SONG 459

  "'ICH HABE _GELIEBT UND GELEBET_!'" 461

  TAIL-PIECE 464