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ALICE LORRAINE:

A TALE OF THE SOUTH DOWNS.

BY

RICHARD DODDRIDGE BLACKMORE,

AUTHOR OF “THE MAID OF SKER,” “LORNA DOONE,” ETC.

οὕτως ἔχει σοι ταῦτα, καὶ δείξεις τάχα,
εἴτ’ εὐγενὴς πέφυκας, εἴτ’ ἐσθλῶν κακή.

Soph. Ant.

NEW AND CHEAPER EDITION.

LONDON:
SAMPSON LOW, MARSTON & COMPANY,
LIMITED,
St. Dunstan’s House,
Fetter Lane, Fleet Street, E.C.
1893.

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LONDON:
PRINTED BY WILLIAM CLOWES AND SONS, LIMITED,
STAMFORD STREET AND CHARING CROSS.

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To

PROFESSOR OWEN, C.B., F.R.S., &c.,

WITH THE WRITER’S GRATITUDE,

FOR WORDS OF TRUE ENCOURAGEMENT,

AND MANY ACTS OF KINDNESS,

This Work

MOST HEARTILY IS DEDICATED

April, 1875.


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CONTENTS.

CHAPTERPAGE
I.—ALL IN THE DOWNS1
II.—COOMBE LORRAINE3
III.—LINEAGE AND LINEAMENTS5
IV.—FATHER AND FAVOURITE7
V.—THE LEGEND OF THE ASTROLOGER11
VI.—THE LEGEND CONTINUED14
VII.—THE LEGEND CONCLUDED17
VIII.—ASTROLOGICAL FORECAST20
IX.—THE LEGACY OF THE ASTROLOGER24
X.—A BOY AND A DONKEY27
XI.—CHAMBER PRACTICE35
XII.—WITH THE COSTERMONGERS45
XIII.—TO THE CHERRY-ORCHARDS49
XIV.—BEAUTIES OF THE COUNTRY55
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