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# A Beleaguered City

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London, Macmillan and Co., c. 1880, reprinted 1900. A story of The Seen and Unseen.
A BELEAGUERED CITY.
A
BELEAGUERED CITY
BEING
A Narrative of Certain Recent Events in the
City of Semur, in the Department
of the Haute Bourgogne
A Story of the Seen and the Unseen
BY
MRS. OLIPHANT AUTHOR OF 'CURATE IN CHARGE,' 'YOUNG MUSGRAVE,' ETC.
London MACMILLAN AND CO., Limited
NEW YORK: THE MACMILLAN COMPANY 1900
All rights reserved
First Edition 1879, dated 1880
Reprinted 1887 i889, 1892, 1897, 1900
The 'Author inscribes this little Book, with tender and grateful greetings, to those whose sympathy has supported her through many and long years, the kind audience of her Unknown Friends.

### CONTENTS

CHAPTER I.
CHAPTER II.
CHAPTER III.
CHAPTER IV.
Outside the Walls 98
CHAPTER V.
The Narrative of Paul Lecamus 130
CHAPTER VI.
M. LE Maire resumes his Narrative 155
CHAPTER VII.
Supplement by M. de Bois-Sombre 173
CHAPTER VIII.
CHAPTER IX.
The Narrative of Madame Veuve Dupin (née Lepelletier) 204
CHAPTER X.
M. LE Maire concludes his Record 241
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# A Beautiful Day

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“What a beautiful day,” says Mom. “Wake up Nicholas.”
“Hello sun,” says Nicholas. “Good morning birds.”
“It’s a lovely day,” says Dad. “Let’s have a picnic by the river.”
“Can my friend Jacob come?” asks Nicholas.
“Don’t forget me. I love picnics!” says Donkey.
“Follow us,” say the birds.
“And me. I want to come too!” says Dog.
“I’ll race you to that tree,” Nicholas says.
“I won, I won,” says Donkey. “Not fair,” says Nicholas. “You’ve got four legs.”
“Look what I can do,” says Nicholas.
“I bet you can’t do this,” says Jacob.
“Here’s our picnic spot,” says Dad.
“Race you to the water!” says Jacob.
“Come and eat, boys and girls,” says Mom.
“Time to go home,” says Mom. “Say goodbye to Jacob.”
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# A Dictionary of Saintly Women/Gertrude (4)

​St. Gertrude (4), Dec. 6. + c. 655. Founder and first abbess of Hamaye, on the Scarp, near Douai. She had a daughter, Gerberta, who, when a widow, lived there with her mother. Gerberta was the mother of St. Adalbald, who married St. Rictrude. Gertrude adopted her great-granddaughter, St. Eusebia, and left her the lands and monastery ​of Hamaye. Mabillon, AA.SS. O.S.B., Sæc. ii. 984, ed. 1669. AA.SS., May 12. Sanderus, Hag. Flandriæ. Le Mire, Fasti Bonqnet, iii. 621.
# A Dictionary of Saintly Women/Gertrude (9)

​Ven. Gertrude (9), May 7. O.S.B. + 1160. Daughter of Boleslaus Crivousti, duke of the Poles. Nun at Zwifalt, and commemorated there. AA.SS., Præter. Bucelinus. Mabillon.
# A Dictionary of Saintly Women/Echea

​St. Echea, Aug. 5 (Achia, Echi, Ethehea). 5th century. Sister of St. Lalloca. Daughter of Conis and St. Darerca, sister of St. Patrick. Echea had a nunnery at Killglaiss, in Longford. Smith and Wace.
# A Dictionary of Saintly Women/Errata

ERRATA
Abia: for "Thecla (1)," read "Thecla (16)."
Anna (19): for "Legnitz," read "Leignitz."
Basilica (2): for "Placidia (1)," read "Placida."
Benedicta (17): for "Varasio," read "Varese."
Britta (1): for "July 3," read "July 13."
Catherine (10): for "Varasio," read "Varese."
Dionysia (5): for "Victoria (19)," read "Victoria (24)."
Emily (1): for "Nyassa," read "Nyssa."
# A Dictionary of Saintly Women/Gertrude (1)

​St. Gertrude (1), Oct. 18 (Guntrudis, Gontrude). Perhaps 4th century. Sister of SS. Libaria, Manna, Oda, and Susanna, and their brothers, SS. Elphius and Encharius. The names, number, and date of this group vary in different accounts, and they are sometimes confounded with another family of saints. (See Hoylda.) Perhaps this Gertrude is confounded with Gebetrude, abbess of Habend.
# A Dictionary of Saintly Women/Gertrude (2)

​St. Gertrude (2) (Gegoberga). Second abbess of Habend.
# A Dictionary of Saintly Women/Gertrude (10)

​B. Gertrude (10), March 17. + 1270. Abbess of the Cistercian monastery of Trebnitz, in Silesia, founded in 1203 by her parents, Henry Barbatus, duke of Poland and Silesia, and St. Hedwig. Gertrude is called "Blessed" by Henriquez, Bucelinus, and Ferrarius. The Bollandists place her among the Prætermissi. See also Mabillon.
# A Dictionary of Saintly Women/Gertrude (3)

​St. Gertrude (3) (Gebetrude). Third abbess of Habend.
# A Dictionary of Saintly Women/Gertrude (6)

​St. Gertrude (6), Monday after Ascension Day, V. M. at Vauxdiuellet, or Belval, in Lorraine, where there is a legend that she was murdered by her brothers on account of her opposition to a marriage with a heathen prince, arranged for her by her family. The Bollandists consider the story fabulous, and think the saint honoured at Belval is a niece of St. Gertrude of Nivelle. AA.SS.
# A Chinese Biographical Dictionary/Ch'ên T'uan

​257 Ch'ên T'uan 陳摶 (T. 圖南. H. 希夷). Died A.D. 989. A native of Po-chou in Anhui, who when three or four years old received suck from a strange woman as he was playing on the banks of a stream. From that moment his mental powers quickened, and he could readily learn anything by reading it over once. He soon acquired distinction as a poet, and in 932 went up for his chin shih degree. Failing to succeed, he retired to the 武當 Wu-tang mountains in Hupeh, and remained there in seclusion for over twenty years. Five supernatural beings, who came to hear his teaching, are said to have transported him thence in the twinkling of an eye to the Hua mountain in Shensi, where they taught him the art of hibernating like an animal so that he would sometimes go to sleep for a hundred days at a time. In 956 the Emperor Shih Tsung of the Later Chou dynasty, who was fond of the alchemistic art, summoned him to Court, and kept him a month at the palace. But Ch'ên T'uan said, "Your Majesty, as lord of all within the Four Seas, should think only of the administration. What has your Majesty do with transmutations of the yellow and the white?" Refusing all offers of employment, he returned to his mountain refuge; but twice more visited the Court during the reign of the Emperor T'ai Tsung of the Sung dynasty, who showed him much kindness and bestowed upon him the designation of 希夷先生. In 988 he bade his disciples prepare a rock chamber for him, saying, "My hour for rest is at hand;" and in the autumn of the following year, as soon as it was finished, he said, "My days are numbered," and quietly passed away. His body remained ​warm for seven days, and for a whole month a glory played around the entrance to his tomb. A profound student of the Canon of Changes, he was never seen without a book in his hand, and gave himself the nickname of 扶搖子. Author of the 指元, a treatise on the elixir of life, and of other works. He is sometimes known as the 麻衣道人 Hemp-clad Philosopher.
# A Chinese Biographical Dictionary/Ch'ên Ta-shou

​248 Ch'ên Ta-shou 陳大受 (T. 占咸. H. 可齋). A.D. 1701–1751. A successful official, who graduated as chin shih in 1733. Early distinguished for erudition, he won the first place at the special examination of Han-lin graduates held by the Emperor Ch'ien Lung in 1737. In 1748 he was a Minister of the Grand Council, and earned the Emperor's high approval by his diligence in dealing with the vast mass of correspondence during the war in Chin-ch'uan. He was subsequently Viceroy at Canton. Canonised as 文肅, and included in the Temple of Worthies.
# A Chinese Biographical Dictionary/Ch'ên Ti

​251 Ch'ên Ti 陳第 (T. 季立). 16th cent. A.D. A native of 連江 Lien-chiang in Fuhkien, who served as a military official beyond the Great Wall to the north of Peking, but who is chiefly known as a writer on linguistic subjects. Author of 屈宋 ​古音義 and of the 毛詩古音考, works on the old sounds of characters as deduced from the rhymes in ancient poetry, etc. etc. He maintained à outrance that in early ages there was no such thing as pronouncing a word in poetry not according to its ordinary sound, but in accordance with the requirements of rhyme. He named his home the 世善堂, and under that title published a catalogue of the books in his library.
# A Chinese Biographical Dictionary/Ch'ên Ts'ao

​254 Ch'ên Ts'ao 陳慥 (T. 卒常. H. 方山子 and 龍邱 ​子). 11th cent. A.D. A recluse from Ssŭch'uan, who studied under the Taoist 張易簡 Chang I-chien along with Su Tung-p'o. He was intimate with Su after the latter's banishment to Huang-chou in Hupeh. Author of the 方山子傳, a treatise on the value of harmony in life and nature.
# A Chinese Biographical Dictionary/Ch'ên Tsu-fan

​255 Ch'ên Tsu-fan 陳祖范 (T. 亦韓. H. 見復). A.D. 1676–1754. A native of Kiangsu, who distinguished himself as a scholar, but who refused to take his degrees in the usual course. He lived in retirement, and gathered around him many disciples, reluctantly accepting the headship of the 紫陽 Tzŭ-yang College at Soochow, and afterwards that of several other Colleges. In 1751 he headed the list of men recommended to the Throne for classical knowledge and exemplary conduct, but he declined to take office. His literary efforts consist chiefly of essays and poems.
# A Chinese Biographical Dictionary/Ch'ên Tsun

​256 Ch'ên Tsun 陳遵 (T. 孟公). Died A.D. 25. A native of Tu-ling in Shensi, of a wild and festive disposition. When he became a subordinate official at the capital, he used to appear with a handsome equipage instead of the lean horse and poor carriage of his colleagues. He also happened to have exactly the same names as one o£ the grandees of the Court, for whom he was constantly mistaken; and in consequence of the excitement often caused by the supposed arrival of the great man, he was nicknamed 陳驚坐 Ch'ên the Disturber of Sittings. He was almost always drunk, but it was said that he never let this weakness interfere with the dispatch of business. He rose to high office under the Emperor Ai Ti, and for services against some dangerous rebels he was ennobled as Marquis. He became Governor of Honan under Wang Mang the Usurper, and was sent under Kêng Shih on a mission to the Khan of the Hsiung-nu. On his return he heard that Kêng Shih had fallen, and remained for safety in Kansuh where he was killed by brigands, being dead ​drank at the time. He was distinguished as a letter-writer, but still more famous for his love of good company. He used to keep his guests with him, even against their will, by throwing the linch-pins of their carriages into a well.
# A Chinese Biographical Dictionary/Ch'ên Tzŭ-ang

​258 Ch'ên Tzŭ-ang 陳子昂 (T. 伯玉). A.D. 656-698. A native of 射洪 Shê-hung in Ssŭch'uan, who belonged to a wealthy family, and up to the age of 17 amused himself only with hunting and gambling. He then set himself to study, and in 684 he graduated as chin shih. Proceeding to the capital he adopted the following expedient to bring himself into notice. He purchased a very expensive guitar which had been for a long time on sale, and then let it be known that on the following day he would perform upon it in public. This attracted a large crowd; but when Ch'ên arrived he informed his auditors that he had something in his pocket worth much more than the guitar. Thereupon he dashed the instrument into a thousand pieces, and forthwith began handing round copies of his own writings. After this he soon attracted the notice of the Empress Wu Hou, and became one of her most intimate counsellors, giving her excellent advice upon great matters and at the same time flattering her pride on such points as the change of dynastic title from T'ang to Chou. His ill-health, coupled with attacks of his enemies drove him into retirement, nominally to wait upon his aged father. At the death of the latter he got into trouble with the magistrate of his District, who had an eye upon the family wealth, and was thrown into prison on a trumped-up charge and died. His poetry ranks among the most beautiful even of the poetical dynasty under which he lived.
# A Chinese Biographical Dictionary/Ch'ên T'ao

​250 Ch'ên T'ao 陳陶. 9th and 10th cent. A.D. A poet and astronomer of the T'ang dynasty. Unable to brook the rule of the Later T'angs, he retired to the hills, and lived in retirement with his wife, who was also a scholar, and grew oranges for a livelihood. "It is not," said he in one of his political poems, "that the phoenix and the ch'i lin visit the Middle Kingdom no more, but that they are all caught in the nets of the Imperial family." A neighbouring official once sent a waiting-maid to try his chastity, but he was proof against all her arts. He called himself 三教布衣.
# A Chinese Biographical Dictionary/Ch'ên Ting

​252 Ch'ên Ting 陳定 (T. 子終). 4th cent. B.C. Commonly known as 陳仲子 Ch'ên Chung Tzŭ. A man of the Ch'i state, who was offered a large sum of money to become Minister to the Prince of Ch'u. But he would not face the cares of official life, and fled away with his wife into the country, where they occupied themselves in watering plants. On one occasion he went without food until he could neither see nor hear. His principles were so lofty, not to say impossible, that Mencius declared a man would have to be an earthworm in order to carry them out.
# A Chinese Biographical Dictionary/Ch'ên T'ing-ching

​253 Ch'ên T'ing-ching 陳廷敬 (T. 子端, H. 悅巖). Died A.D. 1712. Originally named Ch'ên Ching, the "T'ing" was added by the Emperor to distinguish him from another Ch'ên Ching, who also graduated as chin shih in 1658. He served in Peking in various literary and educational posts, and afterwards in the Boards, until in 1703 he became a Grand Secretary. He retired in 1711, but was recalled to office next year. He was a constant and diligent student, and compiled, with Hsŭ Ch'ien-hsüo, the 鑑古輯覺; and was also an editor of many of the chief works published by K'ang Hsi. His poems gained the commendation of the Emperor for their elegant simplicity and directness. His chief theme at Court was the need of repressing extravagance and of making clean-handedness the first requisite for all offices. Canonised as 文貞.
# A Dictionary of Music and Musicians/Hünten, Franz

From volume 1 of the work.
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# A Dictionary of Music and Musicians/Iastan mode

From volume 1 of the work.
​IASTIAN MODE. [See Ionian.]
# A Dictionary of Music and Musicians/Idea

From volume 1 of the work.
​IDEA, a theme or subject.
# A Dictionary of Music and Musicians/Ifigenia

From volume 1 of the work.
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# A Dictionary of Music and Musicians/Hüttenbrenner

From volume 1 of the work.
​HÜTTENBRENNER. An Austrian musical family, memorable from its connexion with Beethoven and Schubert. Anselm, the eldest, a professional musician, was born at Gratz, Oct. 13, 1794. He was for five years a pupil of Salieri's in Vienna, during which time he became intimate with Beethoven, Schubert, and other musicians of the day. He was one of the two persons present when Beethoven died. Why he took no part in the funeral is not explained, but it is certain that his name is not mentioned. He was a very voluminous composer in ail departments, and one of his Requiems, dedicated to Salieri, is spoken of as a work of real merit. It was performed for Schubert Dec. 23, 1828. Schubert had a great regard for Anselm. The well-known song 'Die Forelle' (op. 32) was written at his house 'at 12 o'clock at night,' as Schubert himself says. In his hurry Schubert shook the ink over the paper instead of the sand, a fact to which the autograph bears ample witness. The B minor Symphony was in Anselm's possession up to the time of its first performance at Vienna in Dec. 1865. He died at Ober-Andritz, Styria, June 5, 1868. For full details see his biography by von Leitner (Gratz, 1868).
Josef, the second brother, an enthusiastic amateur, was a government employé. His devotion to Schubert was excessive, so great as sometimes to bore the object of it; he was unwearied in his active services, communicated with publishers, and did all that devotion and admiration could do for his idol. The two used to play duets on an old worn-out piano. He was about Schubert during his last illness, and obtained the official permission for the performance of the Requiem after his death. The fine dramatic song 'Die Erwartung' by Schiller (op. 116) is dedicated by Schubert to 'his friend Josef Hüttenbrenner.'
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# A Dictionary of Music and Musicians/Idomeneo Ré di Creta

From volume 1 of the work.
​IDOMENEO RÉ DI CRETA, ossia Ilia e Adamante, an opera seria in 3 acts; music by Mozart. Composed at Salzburg in 1780, and produced at Munich, Jan. 29, 1781 (the 2nd day of Mozart's 26th year). The libretto was Italian, adapted by the Abbé Varesco (also author of that of 'L'Oca del Cairo') from a French piece of the same name by Danchet, which had been composed by Campra in 1712. Mozart's autograph is in the possession of André at Offenbach. Full score published by Simrock with Italian text. The opera contains a complete ballet in 5 numbers (autog. André) which has not yet been printed, but is announced for publication in the new edition of Breitkopfs.
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# A Dictionary of Music and Musicians/Ile Enchantée

From volume 1 of the work.
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# A Dictionary of Music and Musicians/Iambic

From volume 1 of the work.
'Ĭāmbĭcs mārch frŏm shōrt tŏ lōng.'
This, from Handel's Alexander's Feast, is an iambic passage. So also is 'Rejoice greatly' from the Messiah. So is the following from the Finale to Beethoven's Kreutzer Sonata' (op. 47).
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# A Dictionary of Music and Musicians/Imbroglio

From volume 1 of the work.
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# A Dictionary of the Booksellers and Printers who Were at Work in England, Scotland and Ireland from 1641 to 1667/Baker (John) (II)

​BAKER (JOHN), bookseller in London, (1) Peacock in St. Paul's Churchyard, 1659–66; (2) Peacock in Little Britain, 1667–70; (3) Three Pigeons, St. Paul's Churchyard, 1670–84. The Register of Apprenticeships at Stationers' Hall records a John Baker, son of Michael Baker, stationer, as bound to George Thomason on September 6th, 1647. He was out of his time in 1655. In 1659, in partnership with Edward Brewster, he published a Greek edition of Hesiod for the use of schools, which was printed for them by D. Maxwell. The title-page, printed in red and black, is preserved in the Ames Collection of title-pages in the British Museum, No. 2867.
# A Dictionary of the Booksellers and Printers who Were at Work in England, Scotland and Ireland from 1641 to 1667/Banks (Thomas)

​BANKS (THOMAS), bookseller in London, (1) Blackfriars, on the top of Bridewell Stairs; (2) In the Old Bailey, 1641; (3) At the sign of the Seal in Westminster Hall, 1641–49. Took up his freedom on June 26th, 1637. [Arber, iii. 688.] Dealt chiefly in theological and political tracts and broadsides. In 1647 and at other times he had a stall in Westminster Hall, distinguished by the sign of the "Seal," and he was associated with another stall-holder there. Mistress Breach, in the publication of the Rev. John Cotton's Controversie concerning liberty of conscience, 1649. [Library, N.S., October, 1905, pp. 382-3.]
# A Dictionary of the Booksellers and Printers who Were at Work in England, Scotland and Ireland from 1641 to 1667/Baker (John) (I)

​BAKER (JOHN), bookseller in London; Ship in St. Paul's Churchyard, 1653. Smyth in his Obituary, p. 36, has this entry: "Novem. 16, 1653, John Baker, bookseller, died." Shirley's masque of Cupid and Death, which was ​presented before the Portuguese Ambassador upon March 26th, 1653, and apparently printed before the end of that year, has the imprint, "London: Printed according to the Authors own Copy, by T. W. for J. Crook and J. Baker, at the sign of the Ship in St. Paul's Church yard, 1653." There was another bookseller of this name.
# A Dictionary of the Booksellers and Printers who Were at Work in England, Scotland and Ireland from 1641 to 1667/Barber (Joseph)

​BARBER (JOSEPH), bookseller in London; The Lamb, in the New Buildings, St. Paul's Churchyard, 1653–58. Was associated with Samuel Speed in the publication of Sir P. Temple's Man's Master Piece, 1658.
# A Dictionary of the Booksellers and Printers who Were at Work in England, Scotland and Ireland from 1641 to 1667/Barker (Christopher)

​BARKER (CHRISTOPHER), the Third, printer, 1640-80, son of Christopher Barker the second, and grandson of Robert Barker, the King's Printer. In 1643 he was sequestered for carrying the printing presses to the City of York, and the inference is that he was also the printer of the documents that were printed subsequently at Nottingham, Shrewsbury, and Bristol. At the Restoration, Christopher Barker the third, and John Bill the second, were restored to their moiety of the King's Printing Office, but Barker immediately assigned his moiety over to Sawbridge, Hills, Kirton, Roycroft, and Meame, for an annuity of £ioo a year, and appears to have given up printing, although his name continued to appear in the imprints of books down to the expiration of the patent in 1680. [Library, October, 1901. The King's Printing House under the Stuarts.]
# A Dictionary of the Booksellers and Printers who Were at Work in England, Scotland and Ireland from 1641 to 1667/Bailey, or Baily (George)

​BAILEY, or BAILY (GEORGE), bookseller (?) in London, 1642. His name appears in the imprint to a broadside To the Honourable the knights, etc. [b.m.], 669, f. 4 (49).] He may have been a relative of Thomas Bailey, the bookseller of Middle Row, Holborn, and perhaps carried on business with him.
# A Dictionary of the Booksellers and Printers who Were at Work in England, Scotland and Ireland from 1641 to 1667/Barley (Richard)

​BARLEY (RICHARD), bookseller in Dover, 1654. Only known from the imprint to a pamphlet entitled. An Antidote against Anabaptisme … By Jo. Reading, B.D. … London. Printed by Tho. Newcomb, for Simon York and Richard Barley, dwelling in Dover, 1654. 4°. [Ames Collection of Title-pages, No. 2,410.]
# A Dictionary of the Booksellers and Printers who Were at Work in England, Scotland and Ireland from 1641 to 1667/Balden (Richard)

​BALDEN (RICHARD), bookseller (?) in London, 1642. His name occurs on the title-page of a pamphlet entitled An Uprore at Portsmouth, 1642. [Hazlitt, ii. 489.] His place of business is not indicated.
# A Dictionary of the Booksellers and Printers who Were at Work in England, Scotland and Ireland from 1641 to 1667/Ballard (William)

​BALLARD (WILLIAM), bookseller in Bristol; Bible in Com Street, 1651–53. His name is found on Robert Purnell's Way to Heaven discovered, 1653. [E. 1489 (2).] He was a dealer in Welsh books. [Rowland's Cambrian Bibliograpy, p. 156.]