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ARETHUSA




  [Illustration: ARETHUSA]




     ARETHUSA

     BY
     F. MARION CRAWFORD

     AUTHOR OF "SARACINESCA," "A LADY OF ROME,"
     ETC., ETC.

     _WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY
     GERTRUDE DEMAIN HAMMOND_

     New York
     THE MACMILLAN