VOLUME VII

THE PICCININO

THE LAST OF THE ALDINIS

The Masterpieces of George Sand Amandine Lucille Aurore Dupin, Baroness Dudevant, _NOW FOR THE FIRST TIME COMPLETELY TRANSLATED INTO ENGLISH THE PICCININO, AND THE LAST OF THE ALDINIS BY G. BURNHAM IVES_

_WITH SIX PHOTOGRAVURES AFTER PAINTINGS BY ORESTE CORTAZZO._

_VOLUME I_

_PRINTED ONLY FOR SUBSCRIBERS BY GEORGE BARRIE & SON PHILADELPHIA_

CONTENTS INTRODUCTION CHAPTER I. THE TRAVELLER II. THE TRAVELLER'S STORY III. MONSIGNORE IV. MYSTERIES V. THE CASINO VI. THE STAIRCASE VII. A GLANCE VIII. THE INTRUDER IX. MILA X. PROBLEM XI. THE GROTTO OF THE NAIAD XII. MAGNANI XIII. AGATHA XIV. BARBAGALLO XV. ROMANTIC LOVE XVI. CONCLUSION OF MAGNANI'S STORY XVII. THE CYCLAMEN XVIII. THE MONKS XIX. YOUTHFUL LOVES XX. BEL PASSO AND MAL PASSO XXI. FRA ANGELO XXII. THE FIRST STEP ON THE MOUNTAIN XXIII. THE DESTATORE XXIV. IL PICCININO XXV. THE DESTATORE'S CROSS XXVI. AGATHA XXVII. DIPLOMACY XXVIII. JEALOUSY XXIX. APPARITIONS XXX. THE FALSE MONK XXXI. WITCHCRAFT XXXII. THE ESCALADE XXXIII. THE RING XXXIV. AT THE FOUNTAIN XXXV. THE COAT OF ARMS

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THE PICCININO