The Martian: A Novel

PETER IBBETSON. With an Introduction by his Cousin, Lady ("Madge Plunket"). Edited and Illustrated by George du Maurier . Post 8vo, Cloth, Ornamental, $1 50; Three‑quarter Calf, $3 25; Three‑quarter Levant, $4 25. ENGLISH SOCIETY. Sketched by George du Maurier . With an Introduction by William Dean Howells . Oblong 4to, Cloth, Ornamental, $2 50. Published BY HARPER & BROTHERS, New York . Copyright, 1896, 1897, by Harper & Brothers . All rights reserved. CONTENTS THE MARTIAN GLOSSARY LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS PORTRAIT OF GEORGE DU MAURIER INSTITUTION F. BROSSARD THE NEW BOY A LITTLE PEACE‑MAKER LOUD RUNSWICK AND ANTOINETTE JOSSELIN "'QUEL AMOUR D'ENFANT!'" "AMIS, LA MATINÉE EST BELLE" "TOO MUCH 'MONTE CRISTO,' I'M AFRAID" LE PÈRE POLYPHÈME FANFARONNADE MÉROVÉE RINGS THE BELL "WEEL MAY THE KEEL ROW" A TERTRE‑JOUAN TO THE RESCUE! MADEMOISELLE MARCELINE "'IF HE ONLY KNEW!'" "'MAURICE AU PIQUET!'" "QUAND ON PERD, PAR TRISTE OCCURRENCE," ETC. THREE LITTLE MAIDS FROM SCHOOL (1853) SOLITUDE "'PILE OU FACE—HEADS OR TAILS?'" "A LITTLE WHITE POINT OF INTERROGATION" "'BONJOUR, MONSIEUR BONZIG'" "'DEMI‑TASSE—VOILÀ, M'SIEUR'" PETER THE HERMIT AU PIQUET "THE CARNIVAL OF VENICE" "'À VOUS, MONSIEUR DE LA GARDE!'" "'I AM A VERY ALTERED PERSON!'" "THE MOONLIGHT SONATA" ENTER MR. SCATCHERD BARTY GIVES HIMSELF AWAY SO NEAR AND YET SO FAR "'HÉLAS! MON JEUNE AMI ...'" "'YOU ASK ME WHY I LOOK SO PALE?'" "'YOU DON'T MEAN TO SAY YOU'RE GOING TO PAINT FOR HIRE!'" "'HE MIGHT HAVE THROWN THE HANDKERCHIEF AS HE PLEASED'" DR. HASENCLEVER AND MRS. BLETCHLEY "'MARTIA, I HAVE DONE MY BEST'" AM RHEIN "'DOES SHE KNOW YOU'RE VERY FOND OF HER?'" "LEAH WAS SUMMONED FROM BELOW" "BETWEEN TWO WELL KNOWN EARLS" "LE DERNIER DES ABENCERRAGES" "SARDONYX" "'RATAPLAN, RATAPLAN'" "'HE PRESENTS ME FIRST TO MADAME JOSSELIN'" "'I DON'T THINK I EVER HEARD HIM MENTION YOUR NAME'" "'I'M A PHILISTINE, AND AM NOT ASHAMED'" "'ZE BRINCESS VOULD BE SO JARMT'" MARTY THE MARTIAN "BARTY JOSSELIN IS NO MORE...." When so great a man dies, it is generally found that a tangled growth of more or less contentious literature has already gathered round his name during his lifetime. He has been so written about, so talked about, so riddled with praise or blame, that, to those who have never seen him in the flesh, he has become almost a tradition, a myth—and one runs the risk of losing all clew to his real personality. This is especially the case with the subject…