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THE

LOVE-LIFE OF DR. KANE;

CONTAINING

THE CORRESPONDENCE, AND A HISTORY OF THE
ACQUAINTANCE, ENGAGEMENT, AND
SECRET MARRIAGE BETWEEN

ELISHA K. KANE AND MARGARET FOX,

WITH FACSIMILES OF LETTERS,

AND HER PORTRAIT.

NEW YORK:

Carleton, Publisher, 413 Broadway.

M DCCC LXVI.

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1865, by

GEO. W. CARLETON,

in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York.

THE NEW YORK
PUBLICE ARY

ASTOR. LENDY AND
TILDEN FOUNDATIONS.

1897.

R. CRAIGHEAD,
Printer, Stereotyper, and Electrotyper,
Carton Building,

81, 82, and 85 Centre Street.

A New Excitement in Philadelphia.-Dr. Kane's First Visit.-Love at First Sight.-

Charms of the Young Lady.-Her Freedom from Vanity.-Dr. Kane's repeated

Visits.-Notes to Mrs. and Miss Fox.-" A Prophecy."-Dr. Kane's Proposal of

Marriage. Its Acceptance.-Good Advice and Promises of Devotion.-Drives

about Philadelphia.-Visit to Laurel Hill Cemetery.-Introductions as "The

Future Mrs. Kane."-" A Story" in Verse by Dr. Kane..

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Dr. Kane's Anxiety to remove Miss Fox from her Association with Spiritualists.-

His Attentions noticed.-His Indifference to Mrs. Grundy.-His Discontent.-

Plain speaking to his " Maggie."-The Dream of Love.-Regard for Eti-

quette

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Mrs. Fox takes her Daughters to New York.-Residence in Twenty-sixth Street.

Dr. Kane follows them.-His Complaints of the Young Lady's Coldness.-His

Loneliness without Her.-His burdensome Duties.-He proposes a Meeting at

Sattler's Cosmoramas.-Miss Fox refuses any clandestine Meeting.-Dr. Kane

goes to Boston.-Letters written while Miss Fox was in New York.-Dr. Kane

buying a Bonnet
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IV.

Visit of Mrs. Fox and her Daughters to Washington.-Telegraphic Despatches

and Letters from Dr. Kane.-Mayor Seaver's Dinner at the Revere House, Bos-

ton.-Dr. Kane's Lecture in Boston.-Dr. Kane admires his Lady Love, but

complains of her not writing, and her Want of ardent Love.-Advice as to

Behavior and Dress in Washington.-The Laces.-The Lover merged in the

Friend. Dr. Kane's Illness from hard Work.-His Longing for "Maggie."—

Her"Milk and Water Love."-Dr. Kane craves "Her whole Heart."-Tele-

graphic Despatches during Illness.-Miss Fox lost in Washington...

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Dr. Kane's Letter to Miss Kate Fox.-" The Spirits" in Boston.-Warnings against

a Life of Deception.-A Sad Instance of Credulity.-Cruelty in the " Medium."

-Dr. Kane thinks "Maggie" esteems him too lightly.-Dr. Kane's Letter of

Retrospection. His own Destinies.-The "Little Priestess."-His falling in

Love deplored.-Is she worthy so much Affection?-Appeal to "Maggie" to

decide if she really cares for him.-She is like Surrey's Geraldine.....

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