In the matter of Jezebel's Daughter, my recollections begin with the deaths of two foreign gentlemen, in two different countries, on the same day of the same year. They were both men of some importance in their way, and both strangers to each other. Mr. Ephraim Wagner, merchant (formerly of Frankfort-on-the-Main), died in London on the third day of September, 1828. Doctor Fontaine-famous in his time for discoveries in experimental chemistry-died at Wurzburg on the third day of September, 1828. Both the merchant and the doctor left widows. The merchant's widow (an Englishwoman) was childless. The doctor's widow (of a South German family) had a daughter to console her.

Media	Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover)
Released	June 15, 2007
ISBN13	9781421844985
Publishers	1st World Library - Literary Society
Pages	408
Dimensions	140 × 216 × 27 mm · 653 g
Language	English
Contributor	1st World Library

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