Transcriber’s Note: The cover image was created by the transcriber and is placed in the public domain. Issued Monthly. By Subscription, $3.00 per Year. WAS HE A LEPER? A novel bearing the above title, written by the author of “The God of Civilization,” is now in press. The story, the scene of which is laid in Honolulu, deals with the dread scourge leprosy. Eureka Publishing Company, Eureka Publishing Company THE God of Civilization. A ROMANCE THE A ROMANCE MRS. M. A. PITTOCK, Copyright 1890. All rights reserved. TO The valued friend who pointed out to me a pleasant path wherein my feet might tread; and to whose loving advice I shall owe whatever of success I may hereafter achieve. The Author. The God of Civilization. 3 CHAPTER I. “Oh! I have grown so tired of this continual round of parties, calls, and theatre going; I do wish something would happen to break the monotony of my life.”