1 Beatrice; or, The Unknown Relatives. _Miss Sinclair._ 2 Modern Society; or, The March of Intellect. _Miss Sinclair._ 3 Uncle Tom’s Cabin. Illustrated. _Mrs. Stowe._ 4 How Could He Help It? _Author of “I’ve Been Thinking.”_ 5 To Love and To Be Loved. _Ditto._ 6 The Star and the Cloud; or, A Daughter’s Love. _Ditto._ 7 I’ve Been Thinking; or, The Secrets of Success. _A. S. Roe._ 8 Lamplighter. _Miss Cumming._ 9 Modern Flirtations. _Miss Sinclair._ 10 The Wide, Wide World. _Miss Wetherell._ 11 The Monk. _Mrs. Sherwood._ 12 Alone. _Marion Harland._ 13 Mary Ann Wellington. _R. Cobbold._ 14 Ida May. _Mary Langdon._ 15 Mysterious Marriage. _E. Graham._ 16 Nellie of Truro. _Author of “Estelle.”_ 17 The Nun. _Mrs. Sherwood._ 18 Holiday House. _Catherine Sinclair._ 19 True to the Last. _Author of “I’ve Been Thinking.”_ 20 Mary Bunyan; or, The Dreamer’s Blind Daughter. _S. Rochester Ford._ 21 Modern Accomplishments. _Miss Sinclair._ 22 The £5 Note. An Autobiography. _Author of “Naomi.”_ 23 The Confessor. _Miss Hardy._ 24 Jane Rutherford. _Miss Mayne._ 25 The Pilgrims of New England. _Author of “Naomi.”_ 26 Jane Bouverie. _C. Sinclair._ 27 Freston Tower. _Author of “Margaret Catchpole.”_ 28 The Convent. _Miss McCrindell._ 29 Time and Tide. _Author of “I’ve Been Thinking.”_ 30 The Journey of Life. _Catherine Sinclair._ 31 The Watchman. _J. A. Maitland._ 32 Looking Around. _Author of “I’ve Been Thinking.”_ 33 Rachel Cohen; or, The Miser’s Daughter. _Mrs. Kemp._ 34 The English Governess. _Rachel McCrindell._ 35 Emma De Lissau. _Author of “Sophia de Lissau.”_ 36 Cross Purposes. _Miss Sinclair._ 37 Helen Bury; or, The Errors of My Early Life. _Emma J. Worboise._ 38 Long Look Ahead. _Author of “I’ve Been Thinking.”_ 39 School Girl in France. _Miss McCrindell._ 40 Nightshade. _W. Johnstone, M.P._ London: WARD, LOCK, & TYLER, Warwick House, Paternoster Row. THE ILLUSTRIOUS DR. MATHÉUS. THE ILLUSTRIOUS DR. MATHÉUS. BY MM. ERCKMANN-CHATRIAN, _Authors of “Madame Thérèse,” “The Conscript,” “The Blockade,” “Waterloo,” “The Story of a Peasant,” &c._ LONDON: WARD, LOCK, AND, TYLER, WARWICK HOUSE, PATERNOSTER ROW. THE ILLUSTRIOUS DR. MATHÉUS. CHAPTER I. In the little woodland town of Graufthal, on the borders of the Vosges and of Alsace, there lived one of those respectable rural doctors who still wore perruques, large square-tailed coats, knee-breeches, and silver-buckled shoes.