THE

EVE OF THE DELUGE.

THE

EVE OF THE DELUGE.

"God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth,
and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only
evil continually."-GENESIS VI, 5.

BY

THE HON. AND REV. H. W. VILLIERS STUART.

LONDON:

WILLIAM SHOBERL, PUBLISHER,
20, GREAT MARLBOROUGH STREET.
Entered at Stationers' Hall.]

1851.

250. f.329.

LONDON

Printed by Schulze and Co., 13, Poland Street.

TO THE

LORD STUART DE DECIES.

THIS LITTLE VOLUME

IS INSCRIBED

BY

HIS AFFECTIONATE SON,

H. W. VILLIERS STUART.