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  CONTENTS

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  I. DR. JENKINS' PATIENTS 7

  II. A BREAKFAST ON PLACE VENDOME 37

  III. MEMOIRS OF A CLERK.--A CASUAL GLANCE AT THE "CAISSE TERRITORIALE" 63

  IV. A DEBUT IN SOCIETY 77

  V. THE JOYEUSE FAMILY 103

  VI. FELICIA RUYS 128

  VII. JANSOULET AT HOME 156

  VIII. THE WORK OF BETHLEHEM 172

  IX. GRANDMAMMA 193

  X. MEMOIRS OF A CLERK.--THE SERVANTS 216

  XI. THE FETES IN HONOR OF THE BEY 238

  XII. A CORSICAN ELECTION 272

  ILLUSTRATIONS

  "'Take away your flowers, my dear'" _Frontispiece_

  In Felicia's Studio _Page_ 26

  "'His Excellency, the Duc de Mora!'" " 88

  From drawings by Lucius Rossi.