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LONDON: SWAN SONNENSCHEIN, LE BAS & LOWREY, PATERNOSTER SQUARE. 1886\. THE ABERDEEN UNIVERSITY PRESS. CONTENTS. Chapter Page I.—A Young Mathematician 1 II.—The Strassburgers’ Dilemma 11 III.—The “Lily-Flower” 19 IV.—“Favour and Prejudice” 32 V.—Father Chretei’s Bequest 46 VI.—Radegund’s Inspiration 54 VII.—“The Best of all Words” 66 VIII.—“Oh, dark, dark, dark, without all hope of day!” 74 IX.—A Woman’s Guile 83 X.—A Famous Clock 96 XI.—The Pass Key 105 XII.—“Spirits of Health, or Goblins damn’d?” 121 XIII.—Old-World Tales 135 XIV.—“Das Herz ist gestorben, die Welt ist leer” 153 XV.—Dr. Wolkenberg 176 XVI.—“Is there no Hope?” 187 XVII.—Farewell 200 THE SILVER DIAL. CHAPTER I. A YOUNG MATHEMATICIAN. Long ago, there lived in the city of Strassburg a worthy burgher named Christian Dasipodius. Very highly esteemed was this man by his fellow-citizens, and there were few among them who had not an approving word for him. This was a little remarkable, inasmuch as Christian was by no means a rich man. It is true that he had a goodly house of his own, and wore his fur-bordered gown of stout murrey-cloth with the best of them, and held his head high among the wealthiest of his merchant brethren, looking every inch the honest trader in skins and furs that he was. Still, comparatively, Christian Dasipodius was poor; he had not contrived, after the wont of so many of his fraternity, to lay up much goods for many years. In earlier life he had met with one or two heavy pecuniary losses; and afterwards, when Fortune did smile on him, and everybody said that… [ Sign in to buy ](https://publica.now/access?redirect=%2Fcheckout%2Fthe-silver-dial-volume-1-of-3) The sample continues in the full work. [ #classic ](/search?query=classic) [ #public-domain ](/search?query=public-domain) [ #library ](/search?query=library) ## Reviews No reviews yet. Be the first to share your thoughts. 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