VOLUME V.

_PRINTED FOR FRANCIS A. NICCOLLS & CO. BOSTON_

+Edition de Luxe+

_This edition is limited to one thousand copies, of which this is_

No.______

CONTENTS.

CHAP. PAGE I. THE PRESENTATION 11 II. MURPHY AND POLIDORI 35 III. THE CLERK'S OFFICE 57 IV. AVOID TEMPTATION 69 V. LA FORCE 99 VI. PIQUE-VINAIGRE 114 VII. MAITRE BOULARD 139 VIII. FRANCOIS GERMAIN 148 IX. THE LIONS' DEN 169 X. THE STORY-TELLER 193 XI. GRINGALET AND CUT-IN-HALF 211

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

PAGE "'CECILY! CECILY!' MURMURED A VOICE" _Frontispiece_ "SLOWLY DANCING AND WHIRLING AROUND ME" 26 "THEN LEFT ME" 126 "TOUCHED WITH HIS LIPS THROUGH THE GRATING" 167 "THE SKELETON STAGGERED AT FIRST" 243

THE MYSTERIES OF PARIS.