CECIL CASTLEMAINE'S GAGE,

LADY MARABOUT'S TROUBLES,

OTHER STORIES.

By "OUIDA,"

AUTHOR OF "IDALIA," "STRATHMORE," "CHANDOS," "GRANVILLEDE VIGNE," ETC.

CECIL CASTLEMAINE'S GAGE,

AND OTHER STORIES.

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ADVERTISEMENT.

The Publishers have the pleasure of offering tothe many admirers of the writings of "Ouida," thepresent volume of Contributions, which have appearedfrom time to time in the leading Journals of Europe,and which have recently been collected and revised bythe author, for publication in book-form.

They have also in press, to be speedily published,another similar volume of tales, from the same pen,together with an unpublished romance entitled"Under Two Flags."

Our editions of Ouida's Works are published byexpress arrangement with the author; and any othereditions that may appear in the American market willbe issued in violation of the courtesies usually extendedboth to authors and publishers.

Philadelphia, May, 1867.

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