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NICANOR TELLER OF TALES

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[Illustration: "In a physical ecstasy he spoke out that which clamored
at his lips." (Page 44)]

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NICANOR
TELLER OF TALES

A Story
Of Roman Britain

By
C. BRYSON TAYLOR

Author Of
"In The Dwellings Of The Wilderness"

Having Pictures and Designs by
Troy and Margaret West Kinney

Chicago
A. C. Mcclurg & Co.
1906

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Copyright
A. C. McCLURG & CO.
1906
Entered at Stationers' Hall, London, England
All rights reserved

Published April 28, 1906

Typography by The University Press, Cambridge, U.S.A.
Presswork by The Lakeside Press, Chicago, U.S.A.

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C. H. B.

To you, whose love did come
And oft did sing to me,
When I was working in the furrows.

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CONTENTS

                                  BOOK I                        PAGE

THE MANTLE OF MELCHIOR...................... 1

                                  BOOK II

THE GARDEN OF DREAMS......................  59

                                  BOOK III

PAWNS AND PLAYERS ....................... 119

                                  BOOK IV

THE LORD'S DAUGHTER AND THE ONE WHO WENT IN CHAINS....... 207

                                  BOOK V

THE NIGHT AND THE DAWNING ...................