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Title: Stradella
Author: Francis Marion Crawford
Release Date: November 3, 2007 [EBook #23299]
Language: English
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STRADELLA
[Illustration: 'But Ortensia did not even hear him, and sat quite still in her chair' (See p. 271.)]
STRADELLA
BY
F. MARION CRAWFORD AUTHOR OF "SARACINESCA," "FAIR MARGARET," ETC., ETC.
ILLUSTRATED
New York THE MACMILLAN COMPANY
1909
All rights reserved
COPYRIGHT, 1908, BY F. MARION CRAWFORD.
COPYRIGHT, 1908, BY BUTTERICK PUBLISHING CO.
COPYRIGHT, 1909. BY THE MACMILLAN COMPANY.
Set up and electrotyped. Published October, 1909.
Norwood Press J. S. Cushing Co.--Berwick & Smith Co. Norwood, Mass., U.S.A.
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
'But Ortensia did not even hear him, and sat quite still in her chair' Frontispiece
FACING PAGE
'"This is the celebrated Maestro Alessandro Stradella of Naples"' 11
'The footman came back at last with a white face' 87
'The two Bravi faced t