Item - The Escape of Lavalette

(New York Weekly edition - source: NIU Libraries)

(New York Weekly edition - source: Digital Library @ Villanova University)

Combined Summary

Online Full Text:	Digital Library @ Villanova University (New York Weekly edition) Northern Illinois University (New York Weekly edition)
Series:	New York Weekly — v. 34 no. 32 — page 8 New York Weekly — v. 60 no. 18 — pages 6-7
Subject / Tag:	Sketch
Author:	Leslie, Lawrence
Dates:	June 23, 1879 (New York Weekly edition) February 11, 1905 (New York Weekly edition)
First Sentence:	On one of the balmiest days of spring, just fifteen years ago, a small company of mourners gather in the gloomy chapel of an old church near the city of Paris to pay the last tribute of respect to the memory of her whose open coffin stood on the altar before them. (New York Weekly edition) On one of the balmiest days of spring, several years ago, a small company of mourners gather in the gloomy chapel of an old church near the city of Paris to pay the last tribute of respect to the memory of her whose open coffin stood on the altar before them. (New York Weekly edition)