AURIOL
OR
THE ELIXIR OF LIFE
BY W. HARRISON AINSWORTH
AUTHOR OF "THE TOWER OF LONDON"
WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY H. K. BROWNE
AUTHOR'S COPYRIGHT EDITION
LONDON
GEORGE ROUTLEDGE AND SONS, Limited
Broadway, Ludgate Hill
1898
Printed by Ballantyne, Hanson & Co.
At the Ballantyne Press
The mysterious interview in Hyde Park
CONTENTS
PROLOGUE—1599—DR. LAMB
BOOK THE FIRST—EBBA—
CHAPTER I. THE RUINED HOUSE IN THE VAUXHALL ROAD
CHAPTER II. THE DOG-FANCIER
CHAPTER III. THE HAND AND THE CLOAK
CHAPTER IV. THE IRON-MERCHANT'S DAUGHTER
CHAPTER V. THE MEETING NEAR THE STATUE
CHAPTER VI. THE CHARLES THE SECOND SPANIEL
CHAPTER VII. THE HAND AGAIN!
CHAPTER VIII. THE BARBER OF LONDON
CHAPTER IX. THE MOON IN THE FIRST QUARTER
CHAPTER X. THE STATUE AT CHARING CROSS
CHAPTER XI. PREPARATIONS
CHAPTER XII. THE CHAMBER OF MYSTERY
INTERMEAN—1800—
CHAPTER I. THE TOMB OF THE ROSICRUCIAN
CHAPTER II. THE COMPACT
CHAPTER III. IRRESOLUTION
CHAPTER IV. EDITH TALBOT
CHAPTER V. THE SEVENTH NIGHT
BOOK THE SECOND—CYPRIAN ROUGEMONT—
CHAPTER I. THE CELL
CHAPTER II. THE ENCHANTED CHAIRS
CHAPTER III. GERARD PASTON
CHAPTER IV. THE PIT
CHAPTER V. NEW PERPLEXITIES
CHAPTER VI. DR. LAMB AGAIN
THE OLD LONDON MERCHANT
A NIGHT'S ADVENTURE IN ROME—
CHAPTER I. SANTA MARIA MAGGIORE
CHAPTER II. THE MARCHESA
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
The Mysterious Interview in Hyde Park