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 THE PROUD PRINCE

 BY

 JUSTIN HUNTLY McCARTHY

 AUTHOR OF "MARJORIE" "IF I WERE KING" ETC.

 ILLUSTRATED

 NEW YORK
 R. H. RUSSELL
 1903




 Copyright, 1903, by HARPER & BROTHERS.

 _All rights reserved._

 Published October, 1903.




 [Illustration: "'I LOVE THE MAN'"
 See p. 276]




 DEDICATED

 TO

 E. H. SOTHERN




 CONTENTS


 CHAPTER                                                      PAGE

 I.     FAIR MAID AND FOUL FOOL                                 1

 II.    THE COMING OF THE KING                                 28

 III.   ROBERT OF SICILY                                       46

 IV.    THE HUNTER                                             71

 V.     LYCABETTA                                              89

 VI.    THE ARCHANGEL                                          99