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Curtis, George William, 1824-1892 [1861], Trumps: a novel. Splendidly illustrated by Augustus Hoppin. (Harper & Brothers, New York) [word count] [eaf538T].

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Front matter Covers, Edges and Spine

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Preliminaries

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Hic Fructus Virtutis; Clifton Waller Barrett [figure description] 538EAF. Paste-Down Endpaper with Bookplate: heraldry figure with a green tree on top and shield below. There is a small gray shield hanging from the branches of the tree, with three blue figures on that small shield. The tree stands on a base of gray and black intertwined bars, referred to as a wreath in heraldic terms. Below the tree is a larger shield, with a black background, and with three gray, diagonal stripes across it; these diagonal stripes are referred to as bends in heraldic terms. There are three gold leaves in line, end-to-end, down the middle of the center stripe (or bend), with green veins in the leaves. Note that the colors to which this description refers appear in some renderings of this bookplate; however, some renderings may appear instead in black, white and gray tones.[end figure description]

Sold by
M. H. WAITE.
BOOKSELLER & STATIONER,
138 Baltimore Street,
NEAR CALVERT ST. BALTIMORE.

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Letter Dear General Sickles.

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I am very much obliged by
your kind remembrance in sending me a
copy of the North American Review containing
your paper upon Gettysburg.
I had already read it with great interest
and pleasure, heightened by my
personal study and observation of the
battle field. It is certainly a very
vivid and glowing picture of a decisive
historical event and as the work of

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one of the principal actors it has enduring
value.

Very truly yours, Preliminaries

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Title Page TRUMPS. A Novel. By GEO. WM. CURTIS,
AUTHOR OF
“NILE NOTES OF A HOWADJI,” “THE HOWADJI IN SYRIA,”
“THE POTIPHAR PAPERS,” “PRUE AND I,” ETC.
Splendidly Illustrated
By AUGUSTUS HOPPIN. NEW YORK:
HARPER & BROTHERS, PUBLISHERS,
FRANKLIN SQUARE.
1861.

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Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year one thousand eight
hundred and sixty-one, by
HARPER & BROTHERS,
In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the Southern District of New
York.

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CONTENTS.

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CHAPTER

PAGE

I. SCHOOL BEGINS 9

II. HOPE WAYNE 12

III. AVE MARIA! 19

IV. NIGHT 25

V. PEEWEE PREACHING 30

VI. EXPERIMENTUM CRUCIS 34

VII. CASTLE DANGEROUS 36

VIII. AFTER THE BATTLE 44

IX. NEWS FROM HOME 47

X. BEGINNING TO SKETCH 52

XI. A VERDICT AND A SENTENCE 56

XII. HELP, HO! 62

XIII. SOCIETY 68

XIV. A NEW YORK MERCHANT 76

XV. A SCHOOL-BOY NO LONGER 80

XVI. PHILOSOPHY 86

XVII. OF GIRLS AND FLOWERS 91

XVIII. OLD FRIENDS AND NEW 95

XIX. DOG-DAYS 102

XX. AUNT MARTHA 109

XXI. THE CAMPAIGN 116

XXII. THE FINE ARTS 124

XXIII. BONIFACE NEWT, SON, & CO., DRY GOODS ON COMMISSION 129

XXIV. “QUEEN AND HUNTRESS” 138

XXV. A STATESMAN—AND STATESWOMAN 142

XXVI. THE PORTRAIT AND THE MINIATURE 151

XXVII. GABRIEL AT HOME 160

XXVIII. BORN TO BE A BACHELOR 167

XXIX. MR. ABEL NEWT, GRAND STREET 172

XXX. CHECK 178

XXXI. AT DELMONICO'S 183

XXXII. MRS. THEODORE KINGFISHER AT HOME. On dansera 189

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XXXIII. ANOTHER TURN IN THE WALTZ 202

XXXIV. HEAVEN'S LAST BEST GIFT 209

XXXV. MOTHER-IN-LAW AND DAUGHTER-IN-LAW 213

XXXVI. THE BACK WINDOW 215

XXXVII. ABEL NEWT vice SLIGO MOULTRIE REMOVED 221

XXXVIII. THE DAY AFTER THE WEDDING 227

XXXIX. A FIELD-DAY 233

XL. AT THE ROUND TABLE 243

XLI. A LITTLE DINNER 248

XLII. CLEARING AND CLOUDY 257

XLIII. WALKING HOME 263

XLIV. CHURCH GOING 267

XLV. IN CHURCH 271

XLVI. IN ANOTHER CHURCH 275

XLVII. DEATH 279

XLVIII. THE HEIRESS 284

XLIX. A SELECT PARTY 294

L. WINE AND TRUTH 303

LI. A WARNING 309

LII. BREAKFAST 316

LIII. SLIGO MOULTRIE vice ABEL NEWT 321

LIV. CLOUDS AND DARKNESS 323

LV. ARTHUR MERLIN'S GREAT PICTURE 329

LVI. REDIVIVUS 334

LVII. DINING WITH LAWRENCE NEWT 339

LVIII. THE HEALTH OF THE JUNIOR PARTNER 342

LIX. MRS. ALFRED DINKS 345

LX. POLITICS 350

LXI. GONE TO PROTEST 356

LXII. THE CRASH, UP TOWN 359

LXIII. ENDYMION 366

LXIV. DIANA 371

LXV. THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE 374

LXVI. MENTOR AND TELEMACHUS 382

LXVII. WIRES 384

LXVIII. THE INDUSTRIOUS APPRENTICE 389

LXIX. IN AND OUT 391

LXX. THE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE PEOPLE 395

LXXI. RICHES HAVE WINGS 400

LXXII. GOOD-BY 406

LXXIII. THE BELCH PLATFORM 413

LXXIV. MIDNIGHT 418

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LXXV. REMINISCENCE 422

LXXVI. A SOCIAL GLASS 434

LXXVII. FACE TO FACE 440

LXXVIII. FINISHING PICTURES 444

LXXIX. THE LAST THROW 447

LXXX. CLOUDS BREAKING 451

LXXXI. MRS. ALFRED DINKS AT HOME 455

LXXXII. THE LOST IS FOUND 462

LXXXIII. MRS. DELILAH JONES 467

LXXXIV. PROSPECTS OF HAPPINESS 473

LXXXV. GETTING READY 476

LXXXVI. IN THE CITY 480

LXXXVII. A LONG JOURNEY 486

LXXXVIII. WAITING 491

LXXXIX. DUST TO DUST 493

XC. UNDER THE MISLETOE 499

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