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Count Brühl by Jo?zef Ignacy Kraszewski

Chapter 1 COUNT BRUHL

THE LOTUS LIBRARY

Foolscap 8vo, top edge gilt, with bookmark.

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Zyte. By Hector Malot. In Preparation.

The Dream. By Emile Zola.

Sidonie's Revenge. By A. Daudet.

The Poison Dealer. By G. Ohnet.

Sevastopol. By Leo Tolstoy.

The Woman of Mystery. By Georges Ohnet.

The Disaster. By Paul and Victor Margueritte.

The Diamond Necklace. By F. Funck-Brentano.

Cagliostro & Co. By Franz Funck-Brentano.

Count Brühl. By Joseph Kraszewski.

The Latin Quarter. By Henry Merger.

Salammbo. By Gustave Flaubert.

Thais. By Anatole France.

The Nabob. By Alphonse Daudet.

Drink. By Zola.

Madame Bovary. By Gustave Flaubert.

The Black Tulip. By Alexandre Dumas.

Sapho. By Alphonse Daudet.

A Woman's Soul. By Guy de Maupassant.

La Faustin. By Edmond de Goncourt.

A Modern Man's Confession. By Alfred de Musset.

The Matapan Jewels. By Fortune du Boisgobey.

Vathek. By William Beckford.

Romance of a Harem. Translated from the French by C. Forestier-Walker.

Woman and Puppet. By Pierre Louys.

The Blackmailers. By Emile Gaboriau.

The Mummy's Romance. By Theophile Gautier.

The Blue Duchess. By Paul Bourget.

A Woman's Heart. By Paul Bourget.

A Good-natured Fellow. By Paul de Koch.

Andre Cornells. By Paul Bourget.

The Rival Actresses. By Georges Ohnet.

Our Lady of Lies. By Paul Bourget.

Their Majesties the Kings. By Jules Lemaitre.

Mademoiselle de Maupin. By Theophile Gautier.

In Deep Abyss. By Georges Ohnet.

The Popinjay. By Alphonse Daudet.

The Temptation of Saint Anthony. By G. Flaubert.

Captain Fracasse. By Theophile Gautier.

He and She. By Paul de Musset.

A Passion of the South. By Alphonse Daudet.

The Kreutzer Sonata. By Leo Tolstoy.

The Outlaw of Iceland. By Victor Hugo.

COUNT BRüHL

By

JOSEPH KRASZEWSKI

Translated by

COUNT DE SOISSONS

BRENTANO'S

NEW YORK

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