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THE RED CITY
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| +Books by+ |
| +Dr. S. Weir Mitchell.+ |
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| +Fiction.+ |
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| 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. |
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| +Essays.+ |
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| DOCTOR AND PATIENT. |
| WEAR AND TEAR--HINTS FOR THE OVERWORKED. |
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| +Poems.+ |
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| COLLECTED POEMS. |
| THE WAGER, AND OTHER POEMS. |
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[Illustration: "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 York
The Century Co.
1908
Copyright, 1907, 1908, by
The Century Co.
Published October, 1908
TO
WM. D. HOWELLS
IN PAYMENT OF A DEBT LONG OWED
TO A MASTER OF FICTION AND TO
A FRIEND OF MANY YEARS
TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHAPTER I 3