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THE RED CITY
Books by Dr. S. Weir Mitchell.
Fiction.
HUGH WYNNE.
CONSTANCE TRESCOT.
THE YOUTH OF WASHINGTON.
CIRCUMSTANCE.
THE ADVENTURES OF FRANÇOIS.
THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A QUACK.
DR. NORTH AND HIS FRIENDS.
IN WAR TIME.
ROLAND BLAKE.
FAR IN THE FOREST.
CHARACTERISTICS.
WHEN ALL THE WOODS ARE GREEN.
A MADEIRA PARTY.
THE RED CITY.
Essays.
DOCTOR AND PATIENT.
WEAR AND TEAR—HINTS FOR THE OVERWORKED.
Poems.
COLLECTED POEMS.
THE WAGER, AND OTHER POEMS.
"She stood still, amazed"
THE RED CITY
A NOVEL OF THE SECOND ADMINISTRATION OF PRESIDENT WASHINGTON
BY
S. WEIR MITCHELL, M.D., LL.D.
WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY ARTHUR I. KELLER
NEW YORK THE CENTURY CO. 1908
Copyright, 1907, 1908, by The Century Co.
Published October, 1908
TO
WM. D. HOWELLS
IN PAYMENT OF A DEBT LONG OWED TO A MASTER OF FICTION AND TO A FRIEND OF MANY YEARS