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  THE RED CITY

  |-------------------------------------------| | +Books by+ | | +Dr. S. Weir Mitchell.+ | | | | | | +Fiction.+ | | | | HUGH WYNNE. | | CONSTANCE TRESCOT. | | THE YOUTH OF WASHINGTON. | | CIRCUMSTANCE. | | THE ADVENTURES OF FRANCOIS. | | THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A QUACK. | | DR. NORTH AND HIS FRIENDS. | | IN WAR TIME. | | ROLAND BLAKE. | | FAR IN THE FOREST. | | CHARACTERISTICS. | | WHEN ALL THE WOODS ARE GREEN. | | A MADEIRA PARTY. | | THE RED CITY. | | | | | | +Essays.+ | | | | DOCTOR AND PATIENT. | | WEAR AND TEAR--HINTS FOR THE OVERWORKED. | | | | | | +Poems.+ | | | | COLLECTED POEMS. | | THE WAGER, AND OTHER POEMS. | |-------------------------------------------|

  "She stood still, amazed"]

  THE RED CITY

  A Novel of the Second Administration of President Washington

  by

  S. WEIR MITCHELL, M.D., LL.D.

  With Illustrations by Arthur I. Keller

  [Decoration]

  New YorkThe Century Co.1908

  Copyright, 1907, 1908, byThe Century Co.

  Published October, 1908

  TO

  WM. D. HOWELLS

  IN PAYMENT OF A DEBT LONG OWEDTO A MASTER OF FICTION AND TOA FRIEND OF MANY YEARS

  TABLE OF CONTENTS

  CHAPTER I 3 CHAPTER II 18 CHAPTER III 38 CHAPTER IV 52 CHAPTER V 64 CHAPTER VI 77 CHAPTER VII 90 CHAPTER VIII 107 CHAPTER IX 132 CHAPTER X 144 CHAPTER XI 159 CHAPTER XII 176 CHAPTER XIII 196 CHAPTER XIV 207 CHAPTER XV 224 CHAPTER XVI 241 CHAPTER XVII 254 CHAPTER XVIII 263 CHAPTER XIX 273 CHAPTER XX 285 CHAPTER XXI 305 CHAPTER XXII 318 CHAPTER XXIII 326 CHAPTER XXIV 341 CHAPTER XXV 347 CHAPTER XXVI 377 CHAPTER XXVII 401 L'envoi 421