LITMIR.BIZ

      Published by Good Press, 2019

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Table of Contents

       PREFACE.

       PART I.

       CHAPTER I. THE "FIRE-POT."

       CHAPTER II. THE TRIAL.

       PART II.

       CHAPTER I. WITH THE ROBBERS—THE PRSJAKA CAVES.

       CHAPTER II. THE BERDICZOV MONASTERY.

       PART III. IN THE SERVICE OF THE DUKE.

       CHAPTER I. MALACHI.

       CHAPTER II. PERSIDA.

       PART IV. WITH THE TEMPLARS.

       CHAPTER I. IN THE HOLLOW TREE.

       PART V. THE HOMICIDE.

       CHAPTER I. ON BOARD MYNHEER'S SHIP.

       CHAPTER II. THE MOO-CALF.

       PART VI.

       CHAPTER I. THE FORGERY.—ONE CIPHER.

       CHAPTER II. THE LEGACY.

       PART VII.

       CHAPTER I. PEACEFUL REPOSE.

       PART VIII. IN BENGAL.

       CHAPTER I. BEGUM SUMRO.

       CHAPTER II. IDOL WORSHIP.

       CHAPTER III. MAIMUNA, AND DANESH.

       PART IX. ON THE HIGH SEAS.

       CHAPTER I. THE PIRATES.

       PART X. UXORICIDE.

       CHAPTER I. THE SECUNDOGENITUR.

       CHAPTER II. THE QUICKSANDS.

       PART XI. IN SATAN'S REALM.

       CHAPTER I. THE SATYRS.

       CHAPTER II. WITCH-SABBATH.

       PART XII. THE BREAD OF SHAME.

       CHAPTER I. THE MAGIC THALER.

       CHAPTER II. THE HUSBAND OF THE WIFE OF ANOTHER MAN.

       PART XIII. THE EXCHANGE OF BODIES.

       CHAPTER I. THE QUACK DOCTOR.

       PART XIV. THE WHITE DOVE.

PREFACE.

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      In Part II, Vol. 2, of the Rhenish Antiquarius, I once came across a skull that is said—see page 612—to swing, enclosed in a metal casket, from an iron bar in the foundry of Ehrenbreitstein fortress. Distinction of this order does not fall to an ordinary mortal. Yon empty shell of human wisdom once bore the burden of no less than twenty-one mortal sins—the seven originalia trebled. Each crime is noted. The criminal confessed to the entire three-times-seven, and yet the death sentence was not passed upon him because of the twenty-one crimes. His fate was decided by the transgression of a military regulation.

      What if this skull could speak? What if it could defend itself?—relate, with all the grim humor of one on the rack, the many pranks played—the mad follies committed, from the banks of the Weichsel to the delta of the Ganges!

      If my highly esteemed readers will promise to give me their credulous attention, I will relate what was told to me by the death's head.

      The Author.