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Istar of Babylon
A Phantasy
BY
MARGARET HORTON POTTER
AUTHOR OF "_THE HOUSE OF DE MAILLY_"
HARPER & BROTHERS
PUBLISHERS
NEW YORK AND LONDON 1902
Copyright, 1902, by HARPER & BROTHERS.
All rights reserved.
Published September, 1902.
TO
MY HUSBAND AND DEAR COMRADE
JOHN DONALD BLACK
CONTENTS
Book I
THE JOURNEY
CHAPTER PAGE
I. THE SEA 3
II. THE VOW 21
III. INTO THE EAST 43
IV. ASHTORETH 62
V. TO THE GATE OF GOD 79