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Appletons' Town and Country Library
No. 215
THE BEAUTIFUL WHITE DEVIL
_BY THE SAME AUTHOR._
DR. NIKOLA.
12mo. Paper, 50 cents; cloth, $1.00.
"Crowded to the covers with the mysterious, the startling, and the supernatural."--_New York Mail and Express._
"A novel containing a more ingenious, exciting, and absorbing romance has not appeared upon our book table this season."--_Boston Courier._
A BID FOR FORTUNE.
12mo. Paper, 50 cents; cloth, $1.00.
"Mr. Boothby never allows the interest of their doings to drop from first page to last: and he tells his tale in a pleasant, brisk fashion that carries the reader along, and is as convincing a vehicle as could be chosen for the relation of strange adventures such as befell the hero and his friends."--_London Times._
THE MARRIAGE OF ESTHER.
12mo. Paper, 50 cents; cloth, $1.00.
"Abounds in dramatic situations, and is bright in dialogue, graphic in description, and subtle in character analysis."--_Boston Advertiser._
"Crowded with incident yet perfectly natural throughout, the story is one of the most charming that its author has yet written."--_New York World._
New York: D. APPLETON & CO., 72 Fifth Avenue.
THE BEAUTIFUL WHITE DEVIL
BY
GUY BOOTHBY
AUTHOR OF A BID FOR FORTUNE, DR. NIKOLA, THE MARRIAGE OF ESTHER, ETC.
NEW YORK D. APPLETON AND COMPANY 1897
COPYRIGHT, 1896, BY D. APPLETON AND COMPANY.
CONTENTS.
CHAPTER PAGE
I. HOW I COME TO HEAR OF THE BEAUTIFUL WHITE DEVIL 1