Produced by Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Print project.) Typographical errors have been corrected. A list follows the etext. With a few exceptions, the spelling of French words has not been normalized or corrected. (note of etext transcriber) _SPECIAL LIMITED EDITION_ TRILBY A Novel _By_ GEORGE DU MAURIER AUTHOR OF "PETER IBBETSON" "THE MARTIAN" "SOCIAL PICTORIAL SATIRE" WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY THE AUTHOR [Illustration: "_Aux nouvelles que j'apporte, Vos beaux yeux vont pleurer!_"] NEW YORK INTERNATIONAL BOOK AND PUBLISHING COMPANY 1899 _This volume is issued for sale in paper covers only._ Copyright, 1894, 1899, by HARPER & BROTHERS. _All rights reserved._ [Illustration: "_IT WAS TRILBY!_" [See page 317]] _"Hélas! Je sais un chant d'amour, Triste et gai, tour à tour!"_ ILLUSTRATIONS PAGE "IT WAS TRILBY!" _Frontispiece_ TAFFY, ALIAS TALBOT WYNNE 4 "THE LAIRD OF COCKPEN" 5 "THE THIRD HE WAS 'LITTLE BILLEE'" 7 "IT DID ONE GOOD TO LOOK AT HIM" 9 AMONG THE OLD MASTERS 13 "WISTFUL AND SWEET" 17 THE "ROSEMONDE" OF SCHUBERT 21 TRILBY'S LEFT FOOT 27 THE FLEXIBLE FLAGEOLET 31 THE BRIDGE OF ARTS 34 "THREE MUSKETEERS OF THE BRUSH" 39 TAFFY MAKES THE SALAD 43 "THE GLORY THAT WAS GREECE" 47 TRILBY'S FOREBEARS 52 TAIL-PIECE 56 "AS BAD AS THEY MAKE 'EM" 59 "A VOICE HE DIDN'T UNDERSTAND" 63 "AND SO, NO MORE" 67 "'TWO ENGLANDERS IN ONE DAY'" 70 "'HIMMEL! THE ROOF OF YOUR MOUTH'" 73 "'ÇA FERA UNE FAMEUSE CRAPULE DE MOINS!'" 77 "'AV YOU SEEN MY FAHZER'S OLE SHOES?'" 81 TAFFY À L'ÉCHELLE! 85 "THE FOX AND THE CROW" 89 THE LATIN QUARTER 92