PARLOUR CAR***


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A COUNTERFEIT PRESENTMENT.

A COMEDY.


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    BY THE SAME AUTHOR

    _And published with Mr. Howells's sanction._

    A FOREGONE CONCLUSION.

    A CHANCE ACQUAINTANCE.

    THE LADY OF THE AROOSTOOK. 2 VOLS.

    OUT OF THE QUESTION and AT THE
    SIGN OF THE SAVAGE.

    THEIR WEDDING JOURNEY.

    THE UNDISCOVERED COUNTRY. 2 VOLS.

    A FEARFUL RESPONSIBILITY and
    TONELLI'S MARRIAGE.

    EDINBURGH: DAVID DOUGLAS.

    LONDON: HAMILTON, ADAMS AND CO.

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A COUNTERFEIT PRESENTMENT AND THE PARLOUR CAR

by

WILLIAM D. HOWELLS







[Illustration]

Author's Edition

Edinburgh
David Douglas, Castle Street
1882

Edinburgh University Press
T. and A. Constable, Printers to Her Majesty.

[Illustration]

Frederic Ernest Allsopp.




CONTENTS.


                                                   PAGE

    I. AN EXTRAORDINARY RESEMBLANCE,                  7

    II. DISTINCTIONS AND DIFFERENCES,                61

