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  LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

  _Drawn by_ MARY HALLOCK FOOTE _and Engraved by_ A. V. S. ANTHONY. _The ornamental head-pieces are by_ L. S. IPSEN.

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  THE CUSTOM-HOUSE 1

  THE PRISON DOOR 49

  VIGNETTE,--WILD ROSE 51

  THE GOSSIPS 57

  "STANDING ON THE MISERABLE EMINENCE" 65

  "SHE WAS LED BACK TO PRISON" 78

  "THE EYES OF THE WRINKLED SCHOLAR GLOWED" 87

  THE LONESOME DWELLING 93

  LONELY FOOTSTEPS 99

  VIGNETTE 104

  A TOUCH OF PEARL'S BABY-HAND 113

  VIGNETTE 118

  THE GOVERNOR'S BREASTPLATE 125

  "LOOK THOU TO IT! I WILL NOT LOSE THE CHILD!" 135

  THE MINISTER AND LEECH 148

  THE LEECH AND HIS PATIENT 165

  THE VIRGINS OF THE CHURCH 172

  "THEY STOOD IN THE NOON OF THAT STRANGE SPLENDOR" 185

  HESTER IN THE HOUSE OF MOURNING 195

  MANDRAKE 211

  "HE GATHERED HERBS HERE AND THERE" 213

  PEARL ON THE SEA-SHORE 217

  "WILT THOU YET FORGIVE ME?" 237

  A GLEAM OF SUNSHINE 249

  THE CHILD AT THE BROOK-SIDE 257

  CHILLINGWORTH,--"SMILE WITH A SINISTER MEANING" 287

  NEW ENGLAND WORTHIES 289

  "SHALL WE NOT MEET AGAIN?" 311

  HESTER'S RETURN 320

  THE CUSTOM-HOUSE.

  The Custom-House]