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The Genius, by Margaret Horton Potter
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Title: The Genius
Author: Margaret Horton Potter
Release Date: July 5, 2007 [eBook #22004]
Language: English
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THE GENIUS
by
MARGARET POTTER
Author of "The House of De Mailly" "Istar of Babylon" Etc. Etc.
London and New York Harper & Brothers Publishers 1906 Copyright, 1906, by Harper & Brothers. All rights reserved. Published March, 1906.
TO MY BROTHER EDWARD CLEMENT POTTER
CONTENTS
CHAP. PAGE
Prologue 3 I. The Czar's Ball 8 II. Michael 26 III. The Gregoriev Heir 42 IV. The Corps of Cadets 60 V. Death Joy 75 VI. Nathalie 90 VII. Spring and the Rose 105 VIII. In Camp 126 IX. "Half-gods Go" 156 X. Self-Destiny 184 XI. The Moscow Conservatoire 202 XII. The Gods Arrive 226 XIII. Student's Folly 255 XIV. The Third Section 272 XV. Engulfment 285 XVI. Joseph 302 XVII. Heritage 319 VIII. Joseph the Sower 337 XIX. His Harvest 353 XX. Madame Féodoreff 364 XXI. Tosca Regnant 381 XXII. The Lion 400 XXIII. The Hermit 427 Epilogue 446
THE GENIUS
THEMA
Hark, ye Great, that wit