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IDALIA

A Romance

By OUIDA.

AUTHOR OF "STRATHMORE," "CHANDOS," ETC.


"Etês-vous mon démon ou mon ange?
Je ne suis, mais je suis votre esclave."—Victor Hugo.

"Love, —— not serenely pure
But strong from weakness like a chance-sown plant
Which, cast on stubborn soil, puts forth changed buds,
And softer strains unknown in happier climes."—Robert Browning.



IN THREE VOLUMES.

VOL I.

LONDON:

CHAPMAN & HALL, 193, PICCADILLY.

1867.

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