Front matter
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THE FURNACE
BY R. MACAULAY
AUTHOR OF 'ABBOTS VERNEY'
LONDON JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET, W. 1907
TO THE OTHER CITIZENS OF SANTA CATERINA, VARAZZE, WHO, AT PRESENT SCATTERED LABORIOUSLY OVER THREE CONTINENTS, INTEND, IN THE SPACIOUS DAYS OF LEISURE THAT AGE SHALL BRING, TO INHABIT AGAIN THE RED HOUSE BEYOND THE TOWN AND NAVIGATE THE WHITE CANOE.
'Le métal precieux qu'on trouvera un jour au fond des cendres....' Maurice Maeterlinck