# The Heart of Princess Osra

Book 1 in the Ruritania trilogy, although the short stories are more targetted at adults. All the stories were first published serially in To-day weekly (London), beginning August 3, 1895; many of the stories were also published individually in other American magazines. Curiously, the first story was published in To-day (August 3, 1895) as "The Heart of Stephen the Smith;" subsequent stories as "The Heart of Princess Osra. II—The Wager of the Marquis de Mérosailles," e.g.
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THE HEART OF PRINCESS OSRA
By ANTHONY HOPE
Author of "The Prisoner of Zenda"
In Preparation
"PHROSO"
By the Author of this Volume
"'KILL HIM FOR ME, THEN; KILL HIM FOR ME'"—Page 239
THE HEART OF
PRINCESS OSRA
BY
ANTHONY HOPE
AUTHOR OF
"The Prisoner of Zenda" "The Dolly Dialogues" Etc.
WITH NUMEROUS FULL-PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS
BY
H. C. EDWARDS
New York and London Frederick A. Stokes Company
PUBLISHERS
Copyright, 1895, 1896
By A. H. Hawkins
Copyright, 1896
By Frederick A. Stokes Company
Copyright, 1895, 1896
By S. S. McClure, Limited
* CHAP.PAGE.
* I.The Happiness of Stephen the Smith1
* II.The Wager of the Marquis de Mérosailles51
* III.The Madness of Lord Harry Culverhouse79
* IV.The Courtesy of Christian the Highwayman100
* V.The Sin of the Bishop of Modenstein131
* VI.The Device of Giraldo the Painter175
* VII.The Indifference of the Miller of Hofbau201
* VIII.The Love of the Prince of Glottenberg226
* IX.The Victory of the Grand Duke of Mittenheim258
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
* PAGE.
* "'Kill him for me, then; kill him for me'"------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Frontispiece
* "'Take her and be happy'"------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------11
* "Stephen stood on the threshold with his staff in his hand"------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------37
* The physician receives Princess Osra------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------56
* "'Madame, if you will, you can do me a great service'"------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------101
* "With either hand he drew a silver-mounted pistol"------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------114
* "She asked the officer why a throng of people hastened to the city"------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------118
* "'My lord, where is the Princess?'"------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------160
* "He drove his sword into his body, and the Count gave back before it"------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------165
* "He walked with his head down and his eyes on the ground"------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------171
* "He took it and drained it"------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------204
* "On either side of it sat the priest of the village and the Miller of Hofbau"------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------215
* "'Forgive me, forgive me!'"------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------252
* "A young man sprang up, and, with a low bow, drew aside to let her pass"------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------259
* "'You are the beauty of the world,' he answered smiling"------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------263