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The Fleming Stone Series
The Clue (1909)
CONTENTS
I. THE VAN NORMANS
II. MISS MORTON ARRIVES
III. A CRY IN THE NIGHT
IV. SUICIDE OR -- ?
V. A CASE FOR THE CORONER
VI. FESSENDEN COMES
VII. MR. BENSON’S QUESTIONS
VIII. A SOFT LEAD PENCIL
IX. THE WILL
X. SOME TESTIMONY
XI. “I DECLINE TO SAY”
XII. DOROTHY BURT
XIII. AN INTERVIEW WITH CICELY
XIV. THE CARLETON HOUSEHOLD
XV. FESSENDEN’S DETECTIVE WORK
XVI. SEARCHING FOR CLUES
XVII. MISS MORTON’S STATEMENTS
XVIII. CARLETON IS FRANK
XIX. THE TRUTH ABOUT MISS BURT
XX. CICELY’S FLIGHT
XXI. A SUCCESSFUL PURSUIT
XXII. A TALK WITH MISS MORTON
XXIII. FLEMING STONE
XXIV. A CONFESSION
The Gold Bag (1911)
CONTENTS
I. THE CRIME IN WEST SEDGWICK
II. THE CRAWFORD HOUSE
III. THE CORONER’S JURY
IV. THE INQUEST
V. FLORENCE LLOYD
VI. THE GOLD BAG
VII. YELLOW ROSES
VIII. FURTHER INQUIRY
IX. THE TWELFTH ROSE
X. THE WILL
XI. LOUIS’S STORY
XII. LOUIS’S CONFESSION
XIII. MISS LLOYD’S CONFIDENCE
XIV. MR. PORTER’S VIEWS
XV. THE PHOTOGRAPH EXPLAINED
XVI. A CALL ON MRS. PURVIS
XVII. THE OWNER OF THE GOLD BAG
XVIII. IN Mr. GOODRICH’S OFFICE
XIX. THE MIDNIGHT TRAIN
XX. FLEMING STONE
XXI. THE DISCLOSURE
A Chain of Evidence (1912)
CONTENTS
I. THE GIRL ACROSS THE HALL
II. THE TRAGEDY
III. JANET PEMBROKE
IV. DOCTOR POST’S DISCOVERY
V. SEVERAL CLUES
VI. THE INQUEST BEGINS
VII. I GIVE EVIDENCE
VIII. AN AWFUL IMPLICATION
IX. GEORGE LAWRENCE
X. PERSON OR PERSONS UNKNOWN
XI. THE CHAINED DOOR
XII. JANET IS OUR GUEST
XIII. JANET IS MYSTERIOUS
XIV. MRS. ALTONSTALL
XV. WHO IS J. S.?
XVI. LEROY ARRIVES ON THE SCENE
XVII. CAN LEROY BE GUILTY?
XVIII. THE ROOMS IN WASHINGTON SQUARE
XIX. A TALK WITH JANET
XX. THE INITIALED HANDKERCHIEF
XXI. FLEMING STONE
XXII. A CALL ON MISS WARING
XXIII. LAWRENCE’S STATEMENT
XXIV. THE CHAIN OF EVIDENCE
The Maxwell Mystery (1913)
CONTENTS
I Concerning Opportunities
II. “Maxwell Chimneys”
III. The Belted Earl
IV. Saucy Mildred
V. The Tragedy
VI. “He Shot Me!”
VII. A Search For Clues
VIII. The Inquest
IX. Further Testimony
X. Mildred’s Strange Story
XI. The Black Spangles
XII. An Interview With Milly
XIII. The Mysterious Missiles
XIV. In Pursuit of the Earl
XV. The Earl’s Story
XVI. The Gray Motorcar
XVII. Big Jack Judson
XVIII. A Pistol Shot
XIX. Red Ink Spots
XX. Irene Tells The Truth
XXI. Circumstantial Evidence
XXII. Fleming Stone’s Discoveries
XXIII. The Confession
Anybody But Anne (1914)
CONTENTS
Chapter I Buttonwood Terrace
Chapter II The Van Wyck Household
Chapter III All About A Fan
Chapter IV The Decision Of David Van Wyck
Chapter V The Crime In The Study
Chapter VI Surmises
Chapter VII The Mysterious Motor Car
Chapter VIII Enter, A Detective
Chapter IX The Inquest
Chapter X Further Evidence
Chapter XI Archer’s Theory
Chapter XII Anne’s Testimony
Chapter XIII An Adjournment
Chapter XIV A Mysterious Disappearance
Chapter XV Who Wrote The Letter?
Chapter XVI Telltale Typewriting
Chapter XVII The Search For The Pearls
Chapter XVIII Fleming Stone Arrives
Chapter XIX The Two Carstairs
Chapter XX The Mystery Solved
The White Alley (1915)
CONTENTS
Chapter I White Birches
Chapter II Wilful Dorothy
Chapter III May And December
Chapter IV With Dancing Steps
Chapter V Scolding Is Barred
Chapter VI On A Balcony
Chapter VII Missing!
Chapter VIII The Search
Chapter IX Not Found
Chapter X Dorothy’s Promise
Chapter XI Flirtation
Chapter XII A Check Stub
Chapter XIII The Detective
Chapter XIV Found!
Chapter XV The Scarlet Sage
Chapter XVI The Coroner’s Questions
Chapter XVII The Weapon
Chapter XVIII The Inquest
Chapter XIX Dorothy’s Disclosures
Chapter XX Fleming Stone
Chapter XXI The Key Of The Mystery
Chapter XXII The White Alley
Chapter XXIII Confession
The Curved Blades (1915)
CONTENTS
I MISS LUCY CARRINGTON
II A CLASH OF TONGUES
III THE TRAGEDY
IV A PAPER SNAKE
V A MAN’S GLOVE
VI A NEIGHBOR’S CALL
VII THE INQUEST
VIII ANITA’S STORY
IX FURTHER TESTIMONY
X BIZARRE CLUES
XI FLEMING STONE
XII ESTELLE’S STORY
XIII BATES, THE BURGLAR
XIV WHO GAVE THE POISON?
XV PAULINE’S PURCHASE
XVI THE TWO GIRLS
XVII THE OVERHEARD CONVERSATION
XVIII FLED!
XIX LETTERS FROM THE FUGITIVE
XX IN THE BOUDOIR
XXI FLEMING STONE’S THEORY
XXII PAULINE IN CAIRO
XXIII TWO WILLS
XXIV CONFESSION
The Mark of Cain (1917)
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I. THROUGH THE GREEN CORD
CHAPTER II. WHO COULD HAVE DONE IT?
CHAPTER III. PINCKNEY, THE REPORTER
CHAPTER IV. THE INQUEST BEGINS
CHAPTER V. THE SWEDE
CHAPTER VI. OUT OF THE WEST
CHAPTER VII. STEPHANOTIS
CHAPTER VIII. THE MILK BOTTLE
CHAPTER IX. A CLAUSE IN THE WILL
CHAPTER X. STRYKER’S HANDKERCHIEF
CHAPTER XI. DUANE THE DETECTIVE
CHAPTER XII. A NEW THEORY
CHAPTER XIII. FIBSY FIBS
CHAPTER XIV. TWO SUITORS
CHAPTER XV. THE TRAP THAT WAS SET
CHAPTER XVI. A PROMISE
CHAPTER XVII. MADAME ISIS
CHAPTER XVIII. ALL FOR LOVE
CHAPTER XIX. TWO AT LUNCHEON
CHAPTER XX. FLEMING STONE
CHAPTER XXI. STONE’S QUESTIONS
CHAPTER XXII. JUDGE HOYT’S PLAN
CHAPTER XXIII. IN KITO’S CARE
CHAPTER XXIV. ESCAPE
CHAPTER XXV. THE WHOLE TRUTH
Vicky Van (1918)
CONTENTS
Chapter I Vicky Van
Chapter II Mr. Somers
Chapter III The Waiter’s Story
Chapter IV Somers’ Real Name
Chapter V The Schuyler Household
Chapter VI Vicky’s Ways
Chapter VII Ruth Schuyler
Chapter VIII The Letter-Box
Chapter IX The Social Secretary
Chapter X The Inquest
Chapter XI A Note From Vicky
Chapter XII More Notes
Chapter XIII Fleming Stone
Chapter XIV Walls Have Tongues
Chapter XV Fibsy
Chapter XVI A Futile Chase
Chapter XVII The Gold-Fringed Gown
Chapter XVIII Fibsy Dines Out
Chapter XIX Proofs And More Proofs
Chapter XX The Truth From Ruth
The Diamond Pin (1919)
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
CHAPTER VI
CHAPTER VII
CHAPTER VIII
CHAPTER IX
CHAPTER X
CHAPTER XI
CHAPTER XII
CHAPTER XIII
CHAPTER XIV
CHAPTER XV
CHAPTER XVI
CHAPTER XVII
CHAPTER XVIII
Raspberry Jam (1920)
CONTENTS
Chapter I The Great Hanlon
Chapter II A Trip To Newark
Chapter III The Stunt
Chapter IV The Emburys
Chapter V The Explanation
Chapter VI A Slammed Door
Chapter VII A Vision
Chapter VIII The Examiner
Chapter IX Hamlet
Chapter X A Confession
Chapter XI Fifi
Chapter XII In Hanlon’s Office
Chapter XIII Fleming Stone
Chapter XIV The Five Senses
Chapter XV Marigny The Medium
Chapter XVI Fibsy’s Busy Day
Chapter XVII Hanlon’s Ambition
Chapter XVIII The Guilty One
The Mystery of the Sycamore (1921)
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I. THE LETTER THAT SAID COME
CHAPTER II. NORTH DOOR AND SOUTH DOOR
CHAPTER III. ONE LAST ARGUMENT
CHAPTER IV. THE BIG SYCAMORE TREE
CHAPTER V. THE BUGLE SOUNDED TAPS
CHAPTER VI. THE OTHER HEIR
CHAPTER VII. INQUIRIES
CHAPTER VIII. CONFESSION
CHAPTER IX. COUNTER-CONFESSIONS
CHAPTER X. THE PHANTOM BUGLER
CHAPTER XI. FLEMING STONE
CHAPTER XII. THE GARAGE FIRE
CHAPTER XIII. SARA WHEELER
CHAPTER XIV. RACHEL’S STORY
CHAPTER XV. THE AWFUL TRUTH
CHAPTER XVI. MAIDA’S DECISION
CHAPTER XVII. MAIDA AND HER FATHER
CHAPTER XVIII. A FINAL CONFESSION
The Mystery Girl (1922)
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I. A PRESIDENT-ELECT
CHAPTER II. MISS MYSTERY ARRIVES
CHAPTER III. THIRTEEN BUTTONS
CHAPTER IV. A BROKEN TEACUP
CHAPTER V. THE TRAGEDY
CHAPTER VI. AN INCREDIBLE CASE
CHAPTER VII. THE VOLUME OF MARTIAL
CHAPTER VIII. WHERE IS NOGI?
CHAPTER IX. A LOVE LETTER
CHAPTER X. WHO IS MISS MYSTERY?
CHAPTER XI. THE SPINSTER’S EVIDENCE
CHAPTER XII. MAURICE TRASK, HEIR
CHAPTER XIII. THE TRUESDELL EYEBROWS
CHAPTER XIV. A PROPOSAL
CHAPTER XV. FLEMING STONE COMES
CHAPTER XVI. MISS MYSTERY’S TESTIMONY
CHAPTER XVII. PLANNING AN ELOPEMENT
CHAPTER XVIII. MISS MYSTERY NO LONGER
Feathers Left Around (1923)
CONTENTS
Chapter I Little Anna
Chapter II A Celebrated Guest
Chapter III The Tragedy
Chapter IV The Meredith Story
Chapter V Roly Takes The Lead
Chapter VI What Tessie Saw
Chapter VII The Sister Arrives
Chapter VIII Little Anna’s Wiles
Chapter IX Pauline’s Grief
Chapter X Curran’s Watch
Chapter XI Pauline’s Flight
Chapter XII With Mary Malden
Chapter XIII How Loft Took It
Chapter XIV Fibsy Meets A Countess
Chapter XV The Needle Again
Chapter XVI Curran’s Cruelty
Chapter XVII On To Mapledale
Chapter XVIII The Truth At Last
Spooky Hollow (1923)
CONTENTS
Chapter I Prout Has A Fare
Chapter II The Guest At Greatlarch
Chapter III Rosemary
Chapter IV A Mysterious Death
Chapter V Where Was Johnson?
Chapter VI The Wild Harp
Chapter VII Uncle And Niece
Chapter VIII Spooky Hollow
Chapter IX A Living Tragedy
Chapter X How Collins Felt About It
Chapter XI A Run Over To France
Chapter XII A Nameless, Homeless Waif
Chapter XIII A Vincent After All
Chapter XIV Fleming Stone on the Case
Chapter XV A Few Deductions
Chapter XVI Fibsy Explores
Chapter XVII Finch’s Story
Chapter XVIII The Terrible Truth
The Furthest Fury (1924)
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
CHAPTER VI
CHAPTER VII
CHAPTER VIII
CHAPTER IX
CHAPTER X
CHAPTER XI
CHAPTER XII
CHAPTER XIII
CHAPTER XIV
CHAPTER XV
CHAPTER XVI
CHAPTER XVII
CHAPTER XVIII
Prillilgirl (1924)
CONTENTS
Chapter I Some Proposition
Chapter II Mrs. Guy Thorndike
Chapter III Guy’s Crowd
Chapter IV The Aggressiveness Of Agatha
Chapter V The Play’s The Thing
Chapter VI What Was The Truth?
Chapter VII Pete’s Proceedings
Chapter VIII Police Investigation
Chapter IX Mcgee Gets Very Busy
Chapter X More Inquiry
Chapter XI An Important Interview
Chapter XII Loose Screws
Chapter XIII The Thorndikes
Chapter XIV Corinne’s Story
Chapter XV Sir Andrew Baine
Chapter XVI The Truth
Chapter XVII Strange Doings
Chapter XVIII Guy’s Decision
The Daughter of the House (1925)
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
CHAPTER VI
CHAPTER VII
CHAPTER VIII
CHAPTER IX
CHAPTER X
CHAPTER XI
CHAPTER XII
CHAPTER XIII
CHAPTER XIV
CHAPTER XV
CHAPTER XVI
CHAPTER XVII
CHAPTER XVIII
The Bronze Hand (1926)
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
CHAPTER VI
CHAPTER VII
CHAPTER VIII
CHAPTER IX
CHAPTER X
CHAPTER XI
CHAPTER XII
CHAPTER XIII
CHAPTER XIV
CHAPTER XV
CHAPTER XVI
CHAPTER XVII
CHAPTER XVIII
Where’s Emily (1927)
CONTENTS
Chapter I Personality
Chapter II A Kiss For Luck
Chapter III The Rehearsal
Chapter IV Where’s Emily?
Chapter V As To The Hindu
Chapter VI Tragedy
Chapter VII The Sable Fur
Chapter VIII What The Police Thought
Chapter IX The Inquest
Chapter X All The Cards On The Table
Chapter XI The Funeral
Chapter XII A Wedding Party
Chapter XIII Request For Ransom
Chapter XIV Fleming Stone
Chapter XV Miss Marsden’s Story
Chapter XVI Miss Wolcott’s Books
Chapter XVII Emily!
Chapter XVIII The Whole Story
The Crime in the Crypt (1928)
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
CHAPTER VI
CHAPTER VII
CHAPTER VIII
CHAPTER IX
CHAPTER X
CHAPTER XI
CHAPTER XII
CHAPTER XIII
CHAPTER XIV
CHAPTER XV
CHAPTER XVI
CHAPTER XVII
CHAPTER XVIII
The Huddle (1936)
CONTENTS
Chapter I The Quartet
Chapter II Rosella Comes In
Chapter III Rosella Takes The Helm
Chapter IV Fleming Stone Tackles His New Case
Chapter V The Strange Illness Of Charles Curtis
Chapter VI The Great Project Of The Sports
Chapter VII Young Stafford
Chapter VIII The Back Way
Chapter IX How About Grant?
Chapter X The Clever Contortionist
Chapter XI The Three Partners
Chapter XII The Great Waldo Marsh
Chapter XIII Was It The Curse?
Chapter XIV Despair Assails The Detective
Chapter XV The Sports’ Christmas Party
Chapter XVI Doctor Fisher’s Information
Chapter XVII The Tragedy Of Munson Davis
Chapter XVIII Fleming Stone Finds The Criminal
Murder in the Bookshop (1936)
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
CHAPTER VI
CHAPTER VII
CHAPTER VIII
CHAPTER IX
CHAPTER X
CHAPTER XI
CHAPTER XII
CHAPTER XIII
CHAPTER XIV
CHAPTER XV
CHAPTER XVI
CHAPTER XVII
CHAPTER XVIII
Murder Will In (1942)
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
CHAPTER VI
CHAPTER VII
CHAPTER VIII
CHAPTER IX
CHAPTER X
CHAPTER XI
CHAPTER XII
CHAPTER XIII
CHAPTER XIV
CHAPTER XV
CHAPTER XVI
CHAPTER XVII
CHAPTER XVIII
CHAPTER XIX
CHAPTER XX
CHAPTER XXI
CHAPTER XXII
CHAPTER XXIII
CHAPTER XXIV
CHAPTER XXV
Who Killed Caldwell? (1942)
CONTENTS
WHO KILLED CALDWELL?
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
CHAPTER VI
CHAPTER VII
CHAPTER VIII
CHAPTER IX
CHAPTER X
CHAPTER XI
CHAPTER XII
CHAPTER XIII
CHAPTER XIV
CHAPTER XV
CHAPTER XVI
CHAPTER XVII
CHAPTER XVIII
CHAPTER XIX
CHAPTER XX
CHAPTER XXI
CHAPTER XXII
CHAPTER XXIII
CHAPTER XXIV
The Alan Ford Series
The Bride of a Moment (1916)
CONTENTS
I. A June Wedding
II. The Silent Shot
III. A Few Bars of Music
IV. The Pearl Veil Pin
V. The East Side of the West?
VI. A Woman’s Will
VII. Warry’s Getaway
VIII. The Family Lawyer
IX. The Turning Point
X. The Woman at the Window
XI. The Woman the Bridegroom Loved
XII. Two Telegrams
XIII. Alan Ford
XIV. A Musical Cipher
XV. Flora Wood
XVI. Hal Kennedy
XVII. The Cipher Solved
XVIII. A Downward Course
XIX. Caprice
XX. The Music of the Choir
XXI. The Call of the Siren
XXII. Ford’s Theory
XXIII. Only One Way
XXIV. A Midnight Marriage
Faulkner’s Folly (1917)
CONTENTS
I. In the Studio
II. Where They Stood
III. What They Said
IV. Goldenheart
V. Blake’s Story
VI. Mrs. Faulkner’s Account
VII. Natalie, Not Joyce
VIII. The Emeralds
IX. One or the Other
X. Orienta
XI. Sealed Envelopes
XII. A Vision
XIII. An Alibi Needed
XIV. From Seven to Seventy
XV. Natalie in Danger
XVI. Confession and Arrest
XVII. Alan Ford
XVIII. Questions and Answers
XIX. Ford’s Day
XX. On the Staircase
The Pennington Wise Series
The Room with the Tassels (1918)
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I Wanted: A Haunted House
CHAPTER II The Old Montgomery Place
CHAPTER III Black Aspens
CHAPTER IV The Story of the House
CHAPTER V Eve’s Experience
CHAPTER VI At Four o’Clock
CHAPTER VII The Mystery
CHAPTER VIII By What Means
CHAPTER IX Conflicting Theories
CHAPTER X Was It Supernatural?
CHAPTER XI The Heir Speaks Out
CHAPTER XII The Professor’s Experience
CHAPTER XIII Pennington Wise
CHAPTER XIV Zizi
CHAPTER XV Tracy’s Story
CHAPTER XVI What Happened to Zizi
CHAPTER XVII Stebbins Owns Up
CHAPTER XVIII Another Confession
The Man Who Fell Through the Earth (1919)
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I Moving Shadow-Shapes
CHAPTER II Jenny’s Version
CHAPTER III The Elevator
CHAPTER IV The Black Squall
CHAPTER V Olive Raynor
CHAPTER VI Clews
CHAPTER VII Hudson’s Errand
CHAPTER VIII The Man Who Fell Through the Earth
CHAPTER IX The Man in Boston
CHAPTER X Penny Wise and Zizi
CHAPTER XI Case Rivers
CHAPTER XII The Link
CHAPTER XIII Olive’s Adventure
CHAPTER XIV Where is Manning?
CHAPTER XV Wise’s Pipe Dream
CHAPTER XVI The Snowflake
CHAPTER XVII Zizi’s Hunch
CHAPTER XVIII Clear as Crystal
In the Onyx Lobby (1920)
CONTENTS
Chapter I Such a Feud!
Chapter II A Tricky Game
Chapter III The Scrawled Message
Chapter IV The Busy Police
Chapter V Who Were the Women?
Chapter VI The Little Dinner
Chapter VII Enlightening Interviews
Chapter VIII Julie Baxter
Chapter IX The Library Set
Chapter X Seek the Women
Chapter XI The Old Feud
Chapter XII One Woman and Another
Chapter XIII Motives
Chapter XIV Penny Wise
Chapter XV And Zizi
Chapter XVI Testimony
Chapter XVII A Woman Scorned
Chapter XVIII Fitted to a T
The Come Back (1921)
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
CHAPTER VI
CHAPTER VII
CHAPTER VIII
CHAPTER IX
CHAPTER X
CHAPTER XI
CHAPTER XII
CHAPTER XIII
CHAPTER XIV
CHAPTER XV
CHAPTER XVI
CHAPTER XVII
CHAPTER XVIII
The Luminous Face (1921)
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I - Doctor Fell
CHAPTER II - The Telephone Call
CHAPTER III - The Lindsays
CHAPTER IV - Pollard’s Threat
CHAPTER V - Mrs Mansfield’s Story
CHAPTER VI - The Fur Collar
CHAPTER VII - Barry’s Suspect
CHAPTER VIII - Miss Adams’ Story
CHAPTER IX - Ivy Hayes
CHAPTER X - The Signed Letter
CHAPTER XI - Miss Adams Again
CHAPTER XII - Louis’ Confession
CHAPTER XIII - Philip and Phyllis
CHAPTER XIV - Hester’s Statement
CHAPTER XV - Phyllis and Ivy
CHAPTER XVI - Buddy
CHAPTER XVII - Zizi
CHAPTER XVIII - The Luminous Face
The Vanishing of Betty Varian (1922)
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I Headland Harbor
CHAPTER II Betty Varian
CHAPTER III The Tragedy
CHAPTER IV The Search
CHAPTER V The Yellow Pillow
CHAPTER VI The Varian Pearls
CHAPTER VII Minna Varian
CHAPTER VIII Ransom
CHAPTER IX Poor Martha
CHAPTER X Pennington Wise
CHAPTER XI Clues
CHAPTER XII A Letter from Nowhere
CHAPTER XIII Where is North?
CHAPTER XIV A Green Stain
CHAPTER XV Criminal or Victim?
CHAPTER XVI In Greenvale
CHAPTER XVII The Last Letter
CHAPTER XVIII The Trap
The Affair at Flower Acres (1923)
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
CHAPTER VI
CHAPTER VII
CHAPTER VIII
CHAPTER IX
CHAPTER X
CHAPTER XI
CHAPTER XII
CHAPTER XIII
CHAPTER XIV
CHAPTER XV
CHAPTER XVI
CHAPTER XVII
CHAPTER XVIII
Wheels within Wheels (1923)
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
CHAPTER VI
CHAPTER VII
CHAPTER VIII
CHAPTER IX
CHAPTER X
CHAPTER XI
CHAPTER XII
CHAPTER XIII
CHAPTER XIV
CHAPTER XV
CHAPTER XVI
CHAPTER XVII
CHAPTER XVIII
Kenneth Carlisle Series
Sleeping Dogs (1929)
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
CHAPTER VI
CHAPTER VII
CHAPTER VIII
CHAPTER IX
CHAPTER X
CHAPTER XI
CHAPTER XII
CHAPTER XIII
CHAPTER XIV
CHAPTER XV
CHAPTER XVI
CHAPTER XVII
The Patty Fairfield Series
Patty Fairfield (1901)
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
CHAPTER VI
CHAPTER VII
CHAPTER VIII
CHAPTER IX
CHAPTER X
CHAPTER XI
CHAPTER XII
CHAPTER XIII
CHAPTER XIV
CHAPTER XV
CHAPTER XVI
CHAPTER XVII
CHAPTER XVIII
CHAPTER XIX
CHAPTER XX
CHAPTER XXI
CHAPTER XXII
Patty at Home (1904)
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
CHAPTER VI
CHAPTER VII
CHAPTER VIII
CHAPTER IX
CHAPTER X
CHAPTER XI
CHAPTER XII
CHAPTER XIII
CHAPTER XIV
CHAPTER XV
CHAPTER XVI
CHAPTER XVII
CHAPTER XVIII
CHAPTER XIX
CHAPTER XX
CHAPTER XXI
CHAPTER XXII
CHAPTER XXIII
CHAPTER XXIV
Patty in the City (1905)
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I. PLANS
CHAPTER II. A LAST MEETING
CHAPTER III. A NEW HOME
CHAPTER IV. LORRAINE
CHAPTER V. A NEW SCHOOL
CHAPTER VI. THE REASON WHY
CHAPTER VII. SOME NEW FRIENDS
CHAPTER VIII. A TEA-PARTY
CHAPTER IX. HILDA
CHAPTER X. GRIGS
CHAPTER XI. EXPERIENCES
CHAPTER XII. A VISIT TO THE HOSPITAL
CHAPTER XIII. ELISE
CHAPTER XIV. THE CASINO
CHAPTER XV. A PLEASANT SATURDAY
CHAPTER XVI. A CAPABLE COOK
CHAPTER XVII. LORRAINE’S ENDEAVOUR
CHAPTER XVIII. THE CIRCUS PARTY
CHAPTER XIX. THEMES
CHAPTER XX. TWO CONFIDENTIAL INTERVIEWS
CHAPTER XXI. THE CINDERELLA PARTY
CHAPTER XXII. “IT”
CHAPTER XXIII. CHRISTMAS
Patty’s Summer Days (1906)
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
CHAPTER VI
CHAPTER VII
CHAPTER VIII
CHAPTER IX
CHAPTER X
CHAPTER XI
CHAPTER XII
CHAPTER XIII
CHAPTER XIV
CHAPTER XV
CHAPTER XVI
CHAPTER XVII
CHAPTER XVIII
CHAPTER XIX
CHAPTER XX
CHAPTER XXI
CHAPTER XXII
CHAPTER XXIII
Patty in Paris (1907)
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
CHAPTER VI
CHAPTER VII
CHAPTER VIII
CHAPTER IX
CHAPTER X
CHAPTER XI
CHAPTER XII
CHAPTER XIII
CHAPTER XIV
CHAPTER XV
CHAPTER XVI
CHAPTER XVII
CHAPTER XVIII
CHAPTER XIX
CHAPTER XX
CHAPTER XXI
Patty’s Friends (1908)
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
CHAPTER VI
CHAPTER VII
CHAPTER VIII
CHAPTER IX
CHAPTER X
CHAPTER XI
CHAPTER XII
CHAPTER XIII
CHAPTER XIV
CHAPTER XV
CHAPTER XVI
CHAPTER XVII
CHAPTER XVIII
CHAPTER XIX
CHAPTER XX
Patty’s Pleasure Trip (1909)
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V.
CHAPTER VI
CHAPTER VII
CHAPTER VIII
CHAPTER IX
CHAPTER X
CHAPTER XI
CHAPTER XII
CHAPTER XIII
CHAPTER XIV
CHAPTER XV
CHAPTER XVI
CHAPTER XVII
CHAPTER XVIII
CHAPTER XIX
CHAPTER XX
Patty’s Success (1910)
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
CHAPTER VI
CHAPTER VII
CHAPTER VIII
CHAPTER IX
CHAPTER X
CHAPTER XI
CHAPTER XII
CHAPTER XIII
CHAPTER XIV
CHAPTER XV
CHAPTER XVI
CHAPTER XVII
CHAPTER XVIII
CHAPTER XIX
CHAPTER XX
Patty’s Motor Car (1911)
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
CHAPTER VI
CHAPTER VII
CHAPTER VIII
CHAPTER IX
CHAPTER X
CHAPTER XI
CHAPTER XII
CHAPTER XIII
CHAPTER XIV
CHAPTER XV
CHAPTER XVI
CHAPTER XVII
CHAPTER XVIII
CHAPTER XIX
CHAPTER XX
Patty’s Butterfly Days (1912)
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
CHAPTER VI
CHAPTER VII
CHAPTER VIII
CHAPTER IX
CHAPTER X
CHAPTER XI
CHAPTER XII
CHAPTER XIII
CHAPTER XIV
CHAPTER XV
CHAPTER XVI
CHAPTER XVII
CHAPTER XVIII
CHAPTER XIX
CHAPTER XX
Patty’s Social Season (1913)
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
CHAPTER VI
CHAPTER VII
CHAPTER VIII
CHAPTER IX
CHAPTER X
CHAPTER XI
CHAPTER XII
CHAPTER XIII
CHAPTER XIV
CHAPTER XV
CHAPTER XVI
CHAPTER XVII
CHAPTER XVIII
CHAPTER XIX
CHAPTER XX
Patty’s Suitors (1914)
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
CHAPTER VI
CHAPTER VII
CHAPTER VIII
CHAPTER IX
CHAPTER X
CHAPTER XI
CHAPTER XII
CHAPTER XIII
CHAPTER XIV
CHAPTER XV
CHAPTER XVI
CHAPTER XVII
CHAPTER XVIII
CHAPTER XIX
CHAPTER XX
Patty’s Romance (1915)
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
CHAPTER VI
CHAPTER VII
CHAPTER VIII
CHAPTER IX
CHAPTER X
CHAPTER XI
CHAPTER XII
CHAPTER XIII
CHAPTER XIV
CHAPTER XV
CHAPTER XVI
CHAPTER XVII
CHAPTER XVIII
CHAPTER XIX
CHAPTER XX
Patty’s Fortune (1916)
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
CHAPTER VI
CHAPTER VII
CHAPTER VIII
CHAPTER IX
CHAPTER X
CHAPTER XI
CHAPTER XII
CHAPTER XIII
CHAPTER XIV
CHAPTER XV
CHAPTER XVI
CHAPTER XVII
CHAPTER XVIII
CHAPTER XIX
CHAPTER XX
Patty Blossom (1917)
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
CHAPTER VI
CHAPTER VII
CHAPTER VIII
CHAPTER IX
CHAPTER X
CHAPTER XI
CHAPTER XII
CHAPTER XIII
CHAPTER XIV
CHAPTER XV
CHAPTER XVI
CHAPTER XVII
CHAPTER XVIII
CHAPTER XIX
CHAPTER XX
Patty-Bride (1918)
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I. PHILIP’S CHANCE
CHAPTER II. BUMBLE ARRIVES
CHAPTER III. CAPTAIN BILL
CHAPTER IV. THE BOYS IN KHAKI
CHAPTER V. A FIRE-EATER
CHAPTER VI. A SLEIGHRIDE
CHAPTER VII. A QUEER CHAPERON
CHAPTER VIII. IN THE TEA-ROOM
CHAPTER IX. LETTERS
CHAPTER X. A VALENTINE
CHAPTER XI. PATTY IN TEARS
CHAPTER XII. LENA AND BILL
CHAPTER XIII. AN IMPORTANT DOCUMENT
CHAPTER XIV. HELEN’S ADVENTURE
CHAPTER XV. A DESPERATE SITUATION
CHAPTER XVI. THE FLAG AND THE GIRL BACK HOME
CHAPTER XVII. PATTY AND BILL
CHAPTER XVIII. PATTY’S WEDDING
Patty and Azalea (1919)
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
CHAPTER VI
CHAPTER VII
CHAPTER VIII
CHAPTER IX
CHAPTER X
CHAPTER XI
CHAPTER XII
CHAPTER XIII
CHAPTER XIV
CHAPTER XV
CHAPTER XVI
CHAPTER XVII
CHAPTER XVIII
The Marjorie Maynard Series
Marjorie’s Vacation (1907)
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
CHAPTER VI
CHAPTER VII
CHAPTER VIII
CHAPTER IX
CHAPTER X
CHAPTER XI
CHAPTER XII
CHAPTER XIII
CHAPTER XIV
CHAPTER XV
CHAPTER XVI
CHAPTER XVII
CHAPTER XVIII
CHAPTER XIX
CHAPTER XX
CHAPTER XXI
Marjorie’s Busy Days (1908)
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
CHAPTER VI
CHAPTER VII
CHAPTER VIII
CHAPTER IX
CHAPTER X
CHAPTER XI
CHAPTER XII
CHAPTER XIII
CHAPTER XIV
CHAPTER XV
CHAPTER XVI
CHAPTER XVII
CHAPTER XVIII
CHAPTER XIX
CHAPTER XX
Marjorie’s New Friend (1909)
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
CHAPTER VI
CHAPTER VII
CHAPTER VIII
CHAPTER IX
CHAPTER X
CHAPTER XI
CHAPTER XII
CHAPTER XIII
CHAPTER XIV
CHAPTER XV
CHAPTER XVI
CHAPTER XVII
CHAPTER XVIII
CHAPTER XIX
CHAPTER XX
Marjorie in Command (1910)
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I. A FAMILY CONFAB
CHAPTER II. A FLORAL WELCOME
CHAPTER III. THE LADY ARRIVES
CHAPTER IV. THE IDES OF MARCH
CHAPTER V. REMORSEFUL ROMANS
CHAPTER VI. LETTERS AND CARDS
CHAPTER VII. A JINKS PARTY
CHAPTER VIII. ROMPS AND RHYMES
CHAPTER IX. WILLING HELPERS
CHAPTER X. ON THE WAY HOME
CHAPTER XI. A FRIEND IN NEED
CHAPTER XII. THE HOUSE ON SPRUCE STREET
CHAPTER XIII. A BIRTHDAY PLAN
CHAPTER XIV. HENDERSON PALACE
CHAPTER XV. A FINE CELEBRATION
CHAPTER XVI. WINDOW BOXES
CHAPTER XVII. DELIGHTFUL ANTICIPATIONS
CHAPTER XVIII. THE ARBOR DAY FESTIVAL
CHAPTER XIX. THE CONTEST
CHAPTER XX. A SPRING RAMBLE
Marjorie’s Maytime (1911)
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
CHAPTER VI
CHAPTER VII
CHAPTER VIII
CHAPTER IX
CHAPTER X
CHAPTER XI
CHAPTER XII
CHAPTER XIII
CHAPTER XIV
CHAPTER XV
CHAPTER XVI
CHAPTER XVII
CHAPTER XVIII
CHAPTER XIX
CHAPTER XX
Marjorie at Seacote (1912)
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
CHAPTER VI
CHAPTER VII
CHAPTER VIII
CHAPTER IX
CHAPTER X
CHAPTER XI
CHAPTER XII
CHAPTER XIII
CHAPTER XIV
CHAPTER XV
CHAPTER XVI
CHAPTER XVII
CHAPTER XVIII
CHAPTER XIX
CHAPTER XX
The Dorrance Family Series
The Dorrance Domain (1905)
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
CHAPTER VI
CHAPTER VII
CHAPTER VIII
CHAPTER IX
CHAPTER X
CHAPTER XI
CHAPTER XII
CHAPTER XIII
CHAPTER XIV
CHAPTER XV
CHAPTER XVI
CHAPTER XVII
CHAPTER XVIII
CHAPTER XIX
CHAPTER XX
CHAPTER XXI
CHAPTER XXII
CHAPTER XXIII
CHAPTER XXIV
Dorrance Doings (1906)
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
CHAPTER VI
CHAPTER VII
CHAPTER VIII
CHAPTER IX
CHAPTER X
CHAPTER XI
CHAPTER XII
CHAPTER XIII
CHAPTER XIV
CHAPTER XV
CHAPTER XVI
CHAPTER XVII
CHAPTER XVIII
CHAPTER XIX
CHAPTER XX
CHAPTER XXI
CHAPTER XXII
CHAPTER XXIII
CHAPTER XXIV
The Two Little Women Series
Two Little Women (1915)
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
CHAPTER VI
CHAPTER VII
CHAPTER VIII
CHAPTER IX
CHAPTER X
CHAPTER XI
CHAPTER XII
CHAPTER XIII
CHAPTER XIV
CHAPTER XV
CHAPTER XVI
CHAPTER XVII
CHAPTER XVIII
CHAPTER XIX
CHAPTER XX
Two Little Women and Treasure House (1916)
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I. ALL THEIR OWN!
CHAPTER II. A JOKE AT SCHOOL
CHAPTER III. AN AFTERNOON CALL
CHAPTER IV. THE HIGH SCHOOL DANCE
CHAPTER V. TREASURE HOUSE
CHAPTER VI. SUCH A LUNCHEON!
CHAPTER VII. FUNNY UNCLE JIM
CHAPTER VIII. A STRANGE INTRUDER
CHAPTER IX. FAIRIES AND SUCH
CHAPTER X. FORTUNES FOR ALL
CHAPTER XI. THE FIRE SPIRIT
CHAPTER XII. MAD AND MEASLES
CHAPTER XIII. THE FEAST THAT FAILED
CHAPTER XIV. NEWS INDEED!
CHAPTER XV. DOLLY AND BERNICE
CHAPTER XVI. BROTHERS AND FUDGE
CHAPTER XVII. BOOMING BERNICE
CHAPTER XVIII. BERT AND THE BARGAIN
CHAPTER XIX. THE ELECTION
CHAPTER XX. THE CARNIVAL QUEEN
Two Little Women on a Holiday (1917)
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
CHAPTER VI
CHAPTER VII
CHAPTER VIII
CHAPTER IX
CHAPTER X
CHAPTER XI
CHAPTER XII
CHAPTER XIII
CHAPTER XIV
CHAPTER XV
CHAPTER XVI
CHAPTER XVII
CHAPTER XVIII
CHAPTER XIX
CHAPTER XX
Other Novels
Abeniki Caldwell (1902)
CONTENTS
Chapter I The Napoleon Feather
Chapter II The Poisoned Handkerchief
Chapter III D’orsay’s Left Foot
Chapter IV The Pot of Painted Butter
Chapter V An Easter Greeting
Chapter VI The Brass Andirons
Chapter VII The Loyalty Of Lorraine
Chapter VIII The Six-Sided Square
Chapter IX The Counterfeit Ticket
Chapter X The Isabel Scarf
Chapter XI The Ides Of March
Chapter XII The Red Rosette
Chapter XIII The Confession Of Callimachus
Chapter XIV The Tricolor of Lorraine
Chapter XV The Somnambulist of The Monastery
Eight Girls and a Dog (1902)
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
CHAPTER VI
CHAPTER VII
CHAPTER VIII
CHAPTER IX
CHAPTER X
CHAPTER XI
CHAPTER XII
CHAPTER XIII
CHAPTER XIV
CHAPTER XV
CHAPTER XVI
The Gordon Elopement (1904)
CONTENTS
Chapter I
Chapter II
Chapter III
Chapter IV
Chapter V
Chapter VI
Chapter VII
Chapter VIII
Chapter IX
Chapter X
Chapter XI
Chapter XII
Chapter XIII
Chapter XIV
Chapter XV
Chapter XVI
Chapter XVII
Chapter XVIII
Chapter XIX
Chapter XX
Chapter XXI
The Staying Guest (1904)
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I. PRIMROSE HALL
CHAPTER II. LADYBIRD
CHAPTER III. A GUEST FOR THE NIGHT
CHAPTER IV. A FEW QUESTIONS
CHAPTER V. ANOTHER ATTEMPT
CHAPTER VI. UP A TREE
CHAPTER VII. CIVIL WAR
CHAPTER VIII. STELLA RUSSELL
CHAPTER IX. DOING RIGHT
CHAPTER X. A SELF-MADE BURGLAR
CHAPTER XI. A MATRIMONIAL BUREAU
CHAPTER XII. A SCRIPTURAL COMMAND
CHAPTER XIII. A RIDICULOUS PARTY
CHAPTER XIV. SOME LETTERS
CHAPTER XV. THE ARRIVAL OF THE EARL
CHAPTER XVI. LADYBIRD TRIUMPHANT
CHAPTER XVII. IN THE APPLE-TREE
CHAPTER XVIII. LAVINIA LOVELL
CHAPTER XIX. LADYBIRD vs. LAVINIA
CHAPTER XX. HALF-SISTERS
CHAPTER XXI. AN ORCHARD WEDDING
The Matrimonial Bureau (1905)
CONTENTS
Chapter I
Chapter II
Chapter III
Chapter IV
Chapter V
Chapter VI
Chapter VII
Chapter VIII
Chapter IX
Chapter X
Chapter XI
Chapter XII
Chapter XIII
Chapter XIV
Chapter XV
Chapter XVI
Chapter XVII
Chapter XVIII
Chapter XIX
Chapter XX
Chapter XXI
Chapter XXII
Chapter XXIII
Chapter XXIV
Chapter XXV
The Emily Emmins Papers (1907)
CONTENTS
I.A Ticket to Europe
II. Crossing the Atlantic
III. “In England - Now!”
IV. Mayfair in the Fair Month of May
V. A Hostess at Home
VI. The Light on Burns’s Brow
VII. Certain Social Uncertainties
VIII. A Sentimental Journey
IX. All in a Garden Fair
X. “I Went and Ranged about to Many Churches”
XI. Piccadilly Circus and its Environs
XII. The Game of Going On
XIII. A French Week-End
Dick and Dolly (1909)
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
CHAPTER VI
CHAPTER VII
CHAPTER VIII
CHAPTER IX
CHAPTER X
CHAPTER XI
CHAPTER XII
CHAPTER XIII
CHAPTER XIV
CHAPTER XV
CHAPTER XVI
CHAPTER XVII
CHAPTER XVIII
CHAPTER XIX
CHAPTER XX
Betty’s Happy Year (1910)
CONTENTS
I. A THANKSGIVING GUEST
II. A CHRISTMAS CELEBRATION
III. BETTY AT BOARDING-SCHOOL
IV. AN ACCEPTABLE VALENTINE
V. THE PALACE OF TIME
VI. BETTY’S PRACTICAL JOKE
VII. THE GREEN PAPER DOLL
VIII. THE CHAPLET OF HONOR
IX. AN INDEPENDENCE DAY RECEPTION
X. BETTY CRUSOE
XI. A LABOR DAY LUNCHEON
XII. A LUCKY PENNY
Ptomaine Street (1921)
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
CHAPTER VI
CHAPTER VII
CHAPTER VIII
CHAPTER IX
CHAPTER X
CHAPTER XI
CHAPTER XII
CHAPTER XIII
Face Cards (1925)
CONTENTS
Chapter I The King of Clubs
Chapter II Lulie
Chapter III Masks and Faces
Chapter IV More Mystery
Chapter V The Clearman Doom
Chapter VI United States Mail
Chapter VII Scott’s Questions
Chapter VIII Where is Lulie?
Chapter IX The Accusation
Chapter X Painting Stones
Chapter XI Galley West
Chapter XII Two Investigators
Chapter XIII Tony Barron
Chapter XIV Hamilton Children
Chapter XV The Red-Haired Girl
Chapter XVI Bobbed Hair
Chapter XVII A Perilous Descent
Chapter XVIII The Queen of Hearts
The Deep-Lake Mystery (1928)
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I. “A STATELY PLEASURE DOME ...”
CHAPTER II. THE GIRL IN THE CANOE
CHAPTER III. THE TRAGEDY
CHAPTER IV. THE NAIL
CHAPTER V. THE LADY OF THE LAKE
CHAPTER VI. THE WATCH IN THE WATER PITCHER
CHAPTER VII. THE INQUEST
CHAPTER VIII. ALMA’S STATEMENTS
CHAPTER IX. CLUES
CHAPTER X. DISCUSSION
CHAPTER XI. EVIDENCE
CHAPTER XII. MY SECRET
CHAPTER XIII. AS TO TUESDAY AFTERNOON
CHAPTER XIV. POSY MAY
CHAPTER XV. JENNIE
CHAPTER XVI. WHISTLING REEDS
CHAPTER XVII. AMES TAKES A HAND
CHAPTER XVIII. ALL RIGHT AT LAST
Short Stories
Christabel’s Crystal (1905)
An Easy Errand (1910)
The Adventure of the Mona Lisa (1912)
The Adventure of the Clothes-Line (1915)
The Poetry and Nonsense Works
The Jingle Book (1899)
CONTENTS
A Serious Question
Two Old Kings
A Day Dream
Our Club
Puzzled
An Intercepted Valentine
A Long-Felt Want
The Musical Carp
The Intelligent Hen
The Happy Hyena
A Great Lady
Opulent Ollie
The Two Bears
The Very Merry Voyage of the Macaroni Man
The 4.04 Train
A Valuable Gift
The Grandiloquent Goat
How the Cat was Belled
The Rhyme of Triangular Tommy
A Modern Invention
An April Joke
An Alice Alphabet
The Funny Kittens
The Strike of the Fireworks
The Arch Armadillo
A Dream Lesson
The Rivals
The New Cup
A Photographic Failure
Christmas Gifts
Young America
A Bicycle built for Two
Dorothy’s Opinion
The Roll of Roly Poly Roy
My Barometer
The Butter Betty Bought
A Marvel
An Alphabet Zoo
Found Wanting
A Tragic Tale of Tea
The Erratic Rat
The Two Friends
The Smiling Shark
The Mercury’s Plaint
The Pirate Poodle
An Old Love
Bobby’s Pocket
The Instructiphone
The Lay of the Lady Lorraine
A Phenomenal Fauna (1902)
CONTENTS
THE REG’LAR LARK
THE HUMBUG
THE POPPYCOCK
THE HAYCOCK
THE POWDER MONKEY
THE TREE CALF
THE MILITARY FROG
THE FEATHER BOA
THE BRICK BAT
THE CAT O’ NINE TAILS
THE ROUND ROBIN
THE IRON SPIDER
THE BOOKWORM
THE BLACK SHEEP
TIME FLIES
THE APPLE BEE
THE WELSH RABBIT
THE CRICKET BAT
THE COMMON SWALLOW
THE TOMAHAWK
THE JAIL-BIRD
THE ROYAL SEAL
THE FIRE DOGS
THE MACKEREL KIT
GOLF LYNX
THE TRAVELING CRANE
THE FLYING BUTTRESS
THE SEA PUSS
THE BATTERING RAM
THE SPRING CHICKEN
THE SHUTTLECOCK
THE SAW-BUCK
THE PIGEON TOAD
THE GOLDEN BUCK
THE BUMBLE PUPPY
THE WATCH DOG
THE GOLD EAGLE
THE BUGBEAR
THE IRISH BULL
THE JAY
FOREBEARS
THE HIGH HORSE
Children of Our Town (1902)
CONTENTS
FLYING KITES
BOATS ON THE LAKE
AT CONEY ISLAND
IN CENTRAL PARK
THE FIRST OF APRIL
PLEBEIAN
PATRICIAN
QUARRELSOMENESS
THE ETERNAL FEMININE
WISTFULNESS
KINDNESS TO ANIMALS
A COLD DAY
SKATES
THE EXCURSION BOAT
EVOLUTIONARY FAME
PIETY
WEALTH
THE SKIPPING-ROPE
MUSIC’S MIGHT
A BALL GAME
THE RIVAL QUEENS
LITTLE MOTHERS
OTHER LITTLE MOTHERS
FOURTH OF JULY
THANKSGIVING-DAY
ICE-CREAM
A Parody Anthology (1904)
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION PARODY AS A FINE ART
THE GOLFER’S RUBAIYAT
AN OMAR FOR LADIES[A]
FOOTNOTE:
THE MODERN RUBAIYAT
LINES WRITTEN (“BY REQUEST”) FOR A DINNER OF THE OMAR KHAYYAM CLUB
THE BABY’S OMAR
YE CLERKE OF YE WETHERE
AFTER SPENSER
AFTER SHAKESPEARE
POKER
TOOTHACHE
A DREARY SONG
TO THE STALL-HOLDERS AT A FANCY FAIR
SONG
THE WHIST-PLAYER’S SOLILOQUY
AFTER WITHER
AFTER HERRICK
TO JULIA UNDER LOCK AND KEY
AFTER NURSERY RHYMES
NURSERY SONG IN PIDGIN ENGLISH
THE HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT
BOSTON NURSERY RHYMES
RHYME FOR ASTRONOMICAL BABY
RHYME FOR BOTANICAL BABY
RHYME FOR A CHEMICAL BABY
A SONG OF A HEART
THE DOMICILE OF JOHN
MARY AND THE LAMB
AFTER WALLER
AFTER DRYDEN
OYSTER-CRABS
AFTER DR. WATTS
THE CROCODILE
AFTER GOLDSMITH
AFTER BURNS
MY FOE
RIGID BODY SINGS
AFTER CATHERINE FANSHAWE
AFTER WORDSWORTH
JACOB
FRAGMENT IN IMITATION OF WORDSWORTH
JANE SMITH
ONLY SEVEN
LUCY LAKE
AFTER SIR WALTER SCOTT
AFTER COLERIDGE
STRIKING
AFTER SOUTHEY
FATHER WILLIAM
LADY JANE
AFTER CAMPBELL
JOHN THOMPSON’S DAUGHTER
AFTER THOMAS MOORE
‘TWAS EVER THUS
“THERE’S A BOWER OF BEAN-VINES”
DISASTER
SARAH’S HALLS
‘TWAS EVER THUS
AFTER JANE TAYLOR
AFTER BARRY CORNWALL
AFTER BYRON
A GRIEVANCE
AFTER CHARLES WOLFE
NOT A SOU HAD HE GOT
THE MARRIAGE OF SIR JOHN SMITH
AFTER MRS. HEMANS
AFTER KEATS
AFTER HEINE
COMMONPLACES
AFTER HOOD
I REMEMBER, I REMEMBER
AFTER ALFRED BUNN
SELF-EVIDENT
AFTER LORD MACAULAY
FYTTE THE FIRST
FYTTE THE SECOND
AFTER EMERSON
AFTER MARY HOWITT
AFTER MRS. BROWNING
GWENDOLINE
AFTER LONGFELLOW
HIGHER
TOPSIDE GALAH!
EXCELSIOR
“THE DAY IS DONE”
A PSALM OF LIFE
HOW OFTEN
DESOLATION
THE BIRDS AND THE PHEASANT
AFTER WHITTIER
AFTER MRS. NORTON
THE NEW VERSION
AFTER POE
THE AMATEUR FLUTE
SAMUEL BROWN
THE PROMISSORY NOTE
THE CANNIBAL FLEA
ANNABEL LEE
THE BELLS
THE GOBLIN GOOSE
AFTER LORD HOUGHTON
AFTER TENNYSON
LITTLE MISS MUFFET
THE MUSICAL PITCH
TO AN IMPORTUNATE HOST
THE VILLAGE CHOIR
THE BITER BIT
THE LAUREATE
THE LAY OF THE LOVELORN
IN IMMEMORIAM
SIR EGGNOGG
GODIVA
A LAUREATE’S LOG
MONDAY
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
SATURDAY
SUNDAY
THE RECOGNITION
THE HIGHER PANTHEISM IN A NUTSHELL
TIMBUCTOO. - PART I.
AFTER TUPPER
OF READING
AFTER THACKERAY
AFTER CHARLES DICKENS
AFTER ROBERT BROWNING
HOME TRUTHS FROM ABROAD
AFTER BROWNING
THE COCK AND THE BULL
A STACCATO TO O LE LUPE
BY THE SEA
ANGELO ORDERS HIS DINNER
THE FLIGHT OF THE BUCKET
THE JAM-POT
IMITATION OF ROBERT BROWNING
THE LAST RIDE TOGETHER
UP THE SPOUT
AFTER WHITMAN
CAMERADOS
IMITATION OF WALT WHITMAN
IMITATION OF WALT WHITMAN
THE POET AND THE WOODLOUSE
AFTER CHARLES KINGSLEY
THE THREE POETS
AFTER MRS. R. H. STODDARD
AFTER BAYARD TAYLOR
AFTER WILLIAM MORRIS
AFTER ALFRED AUSTIN
AFTER W. S. GILBERT
PRESIDENT GARFIELD
PROPINQUITY NEEDED
AFTER R. H. STODDARD
AFTER A. A. PROCTOR
THE LOST APE
THE LOST WORD
AFTER GEORGE MEREDITH
AFTER DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI
Part II
CIMABUELLA
THE POSTER GIRL
AFTER JEAN INGELOW
THE SHRIMP-GATHERERS
AFTER CHRISTINA ROSSETTI
AFTER LEWIS CARROLL
THE VULTURE AND THE HUSBANDMAN
AFTER A. C. SWINBURNE
ATALANTA IN CAMDEN-TOWN
THE MANLET
IF!
THE MAID OF THE MEERSCHAUM
QUAERITUR
A MELTON MOWBRAY PORK-PIE
FOAM AND FANGS
A SONG OF RENUNCIATION
NEPHELIDIA
THE LAY OF MACARONI
AFTER BRET HARTE
DE TEA FABULA
AFTER AUSTIN DOBSON
ENVOI:
AFTER ANDREW LANG
AFTER W. E. HENLEY
AFTER R. L. STEVENSON
AFTER OSCAR WILDE
NURSERY RHYMES À LA MODE
POSTSCRIPT
A MAUDLE-IN BALLAD
QUITE THE CHEESE
AFTER WILLIAM WATSON
AFTER KIPLING
A BALLAD
JACK AND JILL
THE LEGEND OF REALISM
AFTER STEPHEN PHILLIPS
AFTER FIONA McLEOD, W. B. YEATS, AND OTHERS
AFTER VARIOUS WRITERS OF VERS DE SOCIÉTÉ
ENVOY
CULTURE IN THE SLUMS
A BALLADE OF BALLADE-MONGERS
ENVOY
AFTER VARIOUS POPULAR SONGS
THE NEWEST THING IN CHRISTMAS CAROLS
THE TALE OF LORD LOVELL
“SONGS WITHOUT WORDS”
THE ELDERLY GENTLEMAN
TURTLE SOUP
SOME DAY
IF I SHOULD DIE TO-NIGHT
A LOVE SONG
OLD FASHIONED FUN
THEMES WITH VARIATIONS
Fantasia
RONDEAU
MODERN VERSIFICATION ON ANCIENT THEMES
THREE CHILDREN SLIDING
JACK AND JILL
JACK AND JILL
THE REJECTED “NATIONAL HYMNS”
A THEME WITH VARIATIONS
SONG
THE POETS AT TEA
THE POETS AT A HOUSE-PARTY
The Limerick
AN OLD SONG BY NEW SINGERS
TRIOLET
RONDEAU
VILLANELLE
A Satire Anthology (1905)
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
CHORUS OF WOMEN
A WOULD-BE LITERARY BORE
THE WISH FOR LENGTH OF LIFE
THE ASS’S LEGACY
A BALLADE OF OLD-TIME LADIES
A CARMAN’S ACCOUNT OF A LAWSUIT
THE SOUL’S ERRAND
OF A CERTAIN MAN
A PRECISE TAILOR
THE WILL
SHAKESPEAREAN SATIRE
FROM “LOVE’S LABOUR’S LOST”
FROM “AS YOU LIKE IT”
HORACE CONCOCTING AN ODE
ON DON SURLY
THE SCHOLAR AND HIS DOG
THE MANLY HEART
THE CONSTANT LOVER
THE REMONSTRANCE
SAINTSHIP VERSUS CONSCIENCE
DESCRIPTION OF HOLLAND
THE RELIGION OF HUDIBRAS
SATIRE ON THE SCOTS
SONG
THE CHARACTER OF HOLLAND
THE DUKE OF BUCKINGHAM
ON SHADWELL
SATIRE ON EDWARD HOWARD
ST. ANTHONY’S SERMON TO THE FISHES
INTRODUCTION TO THE TRUE-BORN ENGLISHMAN
AN EPITAPH
THE REMEDY WORSE THAN THE DISEASE
TWELVE ARTICLES
THE FURNITURE OF A WOMAN’S MIND
FROM “THE LOVE OF FAME”
DR. DELANY’S VILLA
THE QUIDNUNCKIS
THE SICK MAN AND THE ANGEL
SANDYS’ GHOST
FROM “THE EPISTLE TO DR. ARBUTHNOT”
THE THREE BLACK CROWS
AN EPITAPH
AN EPISTLE TO SIR ROBERT WALPOLE
THE PUBLIC BREAKFAST
AN ELEGY ON THE DEATH OF A MAD DOG
ON SMOLLETT
THE UNCERTAIN MAN
A FAITHFUL PICTURE OF ORDINARY SOCIETY
ON JOHNSON
TO BOSWELL
THE HEN
LET US ALL BE UNHAPPY TOGETHER
THE FRIAR OF ORDERS GRAY
THE COUNTRY SQUIRE
THE EGGS
THE LITERARY LADY
SLY LAWYERS
REPORTERS
ADDRESS TO THE UNCO GUID, OR THE RIGIDLY RIGHTEOUS
HOLY WILLIE’S PRAYER
KITTY OF COLERAINE
THE FRIEND OF HUMANITY AND THE KNIFE-GRINDER
NORA’S VOW
JOB
COLOGNE
GILES’ HOPE
THE BATTLE OF BLENHEIM
THE WELL OF ST. KEYNE
THE POET OF FASHION
CHRISTMAS OUT OF TOWN
ETERNAL LONDON
THE MODERN PUFFING SYSTEM
LYING
THE KING OF YVETOT[A]
FOOTNOTE:
SYMPATHY
A MODEST WIT
THE PHILOSOPHER’S SCALES
FROM “THE FEAST OF THE POETS”
RICH AND POOR; OR, SAINT AND SINNER
MR. BARNEY MAGUIRE’S ACCOUNT OF THE CORONATION
FROM “THE DEVIL’S DRIVE.”
FROM “ENGLISH BARDS AND SCOTCH REVIEWERS”
TO WOMAN
A COUNTRY HOUSE PARTY
GREEDINESS PUNISHED
WOMAN
THE RICH AND THE POOR MAN
OZYMANDIAS
CUI BONO?
FATHER-LAND AND MOTHER-TONGUE
FATHER MOLLOY OR, THE CONFESSION
GAFFER GRAY
COCKLE V. CACKLE
OUR VILLAGE
THE DEVIL AT HOME
HOW TO MAKE A NOVEL
TWO CHARACTERS
THE SAILOR’S CONSOLATION
VERSES ON SEEING THE SPEAKER ASLEEP IN HIS CHAIR DURING ONE OF THE DEBATES OF THE FIRST REFORMED PARLIAMENT
PELTERS OF PYRAMIDS
THE ANNUITY
MALBROUCK
A MAN’S REQUIREMENTS
CRITICS
THE MISER
CACOËTHES SCRIBENDI
A FAMILIAR LETTER TO SEVERAL CORRESPONDENTS
CONTENTMENT
HOW TO MAKE A MAN OF CONSEQUENCE
THE WIDOW MALONE
THE PAUPER’S DRIVE
ON LYTTON
SORROWS OF WERTHER
MR. MOLONY’S ACCOUNT OF THE BALL
DAMAGES, TWO HUNDRED POUNDS.
THE LOST LEADER
THE POPE AND THE NET
SOLILOQUY OF THE SPANISH CLOISTER
CYNICAL ODE TO AN ULTRA-CYNICAL PUBLIC
THE GREAT CRITICS
THE LAUREATE
WOMAN’S WILL
THE MOURNER À LA MODE
THERE IS NO GOD
THE LATEST DECALOGUE
FROM “A FABLE FOR CRITICS”
THE PIOUS EDITOR’S CREED
REVELRY IN INDIA
A FRAGMENT
NOTHING TO WEAR
A REVIEW
THE POSITIVISTS
SKY-MAKING
MY LORD TOMNODDY
HIDING THE SKELETON
MIDGES
THE SCHOOLMASTER ABROAD WITH HIS SON
OF PROPRIETY
PEACE: A Study
ALL-SAINTS
FAME’S PENNY TRUMPET
THE DIAMOND WEDDING
TRUE TO POLL
SLEEP ON
TO THE TERRESTRIAL GLOBE
THE APE AND THE LADY
ANGLICISED UTOPIA
ETIQUETTE
THE ÆSTHETE
TOO LATE!
LIFE IN LACONICS
DISTICHES
THE POET AND THE CRITICS
THE LOVE-LETTER
FAME
FIVE LIVES
HE AND SHE
WHAT WILL WE DO?
THE TOOL
GIVE ME A THEME
THE POEM, TO THE CRITIC
BALLADE OF LITERARY FAME
CHORUS OF ANGLOMANIACS
THE NET OF LAW
A BOSTON LULLABY
THE V-A-S-E
THURSDAY
A BIRD IN THE HAND
AN ADVANCED THINKER
A THOUGHT
A SONNET
THEY SAID
TO R. K.
TO MIGUEL DE CERVANTES SAAVEDRA
WHAT’S IN A NAME?
WED.
ATLANTIC CITY
THE FONT IN THE FOREST
THE ORIGIN OF SIN
A PHILOSOPHER
THE FATE OF PIOUS DAN
THE MEETING OF THE CLABBERHUSES
WEDDED BLISS
A CONSERVATIVE
SAME OLD STORY
HEM AND HAW
THE SCEPTICS
THE EVOLUTION OF A “NAME”
“THE HURT THAT HONOUR FEELS”
JOHN JENKINS
A CERTAIN CURE
THE BEAUTIES OF NATURE
PARADISE
HOCH! DER KAISER
ON A MAGAZINE SONNET
EARTH
A BUTTERFLY OF FASHION
GENERAL SUMMARY
THE CONUNDRUM OF THE WORKSHOPS
EXTRACTS FROM THE RUBAIYAT OF OMAR CAYENNE
BALLADE OF EXPANSION
FRIDAY AFTERNOON AT THE BOSTON SYMPHONY HALL
WAR IS KIND
LINES
FROM THE HOUSE OF A HUNDRED LIGHTS
THE BRITISH VISITOR
A MATCH
WANTED - A GOVERNESS
LINES BY AN OLD FOGY
Rubáiyát of a Motor Car (1906)
RUBÁIYÁT OF A MOTOR CAR
At the Sign of the Sphinx (1906)
CONTENTS
1
2
3
4
5
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At the Sign of the Sphinx: Second Series (1906)
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A Vers de Société Anthology (1907)
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
TO CELIA
CUPID
ROSALIND’S MADRIGAL
ALL THINGS EXCEPT MYSELF I KNOW
ENVOY
CUPID AND CAMPASPE
A DITTY
SONG FROM “TWELFTH NIGHT”
SIGH NO MORE (From “Much Ado About Nothing”)
PHILLIDA AND CORYDON
CHERRY-RIPE
SEND BACK MY LONG-STRAY’D EYES TO ME
PACK CLOUDS AWAY
SHALL I, WASTING IN DESPAIR
TO THE VIRGINS TO MAKE MUCH OF TIME
THE BRACELET
AN OLD RHYME
LOVE ME NOT FOR COMELY GRACE
ON A GIRDLE
TO MY LOVE
TO ALTHEA (FROM PRISON)
SONG
THE DESPAIRING LOVER
CUPID MISTAKEN
THE CONTRAST
OH, TELL ME HOW TO WOO THEE
SONG FROM “THE DUENNA”
THE RACES A BALLAD
TO LADY ANNE HAMILTON
TO MRS. LEIGH UPON HER WEDDING-DAY
NAMES
THE EXCHANGE
DEFIANCE
HER LIPS
COMMINATION
MARGARET AND DORA
A CERTAIN YOUNG LADY
SONG
THE TIME I’VE LOST IN WOOING
WHEN I LOVED YOU
REASON, FOLLY, AND BEAUTY
TIRESOME SPRING!
ROSETTE
SHE IS SO PRETTY
RONDEAU
STOLEN FRUIT
LOVE AND AGE
CLUBS
TO ANNE
SONG
WHAT IS LONDON’S LAST NEW LION?
I’D BE A BUTTERFLY
“I MUST COME OUT NEXT SPRING”
“WHY DON’T THE MEN PROPOSE?”
ASK AND HAVE
LINES IN A YOUNG LADY’S ALBUM
THE TIME OF ROSES
LOVE
TO HELEN
THE BELLE OF THE BALL-ROOM
AMY’S CRUELTY
BEWARE!
LOVE IN A COTTAGE
BECAUSE
LILIAN
THE HENCHMAN
DOROTHY Q A FAMILY PORTRAIT
A REMINISCENCE
THE AGE OF WISDOM
THE BALLAD OF BOUILLABAISSE
AN INVITATION
FANNY; OR THE BEAUTY AND THE BEE
GARDEN FANCIES THE FLOWER’S NAME
A POEM OF EVERY-DAY LIFE
LOVE DISPOSED OF
MABEL, IN NEW HAMPSHIRE
THE COQUETTE A PORTRAIT
JUSTINE, YOU LOVE ME NOT!
SING HEIGH-HO!
SNOWDROP
THE PROTEST
SCHERZO
THE HANDSOMEST MAN IN THE ROOM
THE LAWYER’S INVOCATION TO SPRING
A TERRIBLE INFANT
LOULOU AND HER CAT
PICCADILLY
A WORD THAT MAKES US LINGER
MY MISTRESS’S BOOTS
A NICE CORRESPONDENT!
THERE’S A TIME TO BE JOLLY
I REMEMBER, I REMEMBER
THE FLOWER OF LOVE LIES BLEEDING
THE GOLD ROOM AN IDYL
COMFORT
A SUMMER SONG
MY AUNT’S SPECTRE
A CONCEIT
MARTIAL IN LONDON
THE BEST OF THE BALL
THE BALLAD OF DEAD LADIES
FEMININE ARITHMETIC
A TRIFLE
FLIGHT
LOVE
SINCE WE PARTED
A KISS - BY MISTAKE
A GAME OF FIVES
A VALENTINE
THE WEDDING DAY
EDGED TOOLS
WITCHCRAFT
TOUJOURS AMOUR
DICTUM SAPIENTI
UNDOWERED
THE LOVE-KNOT
VERS DE SOCIÉTÉ
A LETTER OF ADVICE
AT THE LATTICE
FRENCH WITH A MASTER
ON AN INTAGLIO HEAD OF MINERVA
THE LUNCH
THE WITCH IN THE GLASS
TO PHŒBE
MY LOVE AND MY HEART
TO A COUNTRY COUSIN
THE FAMILY FOOL
AN INTERLUDE
A MATCH
CAPRICE
THE MINUET
A STREET SKETCH
SAINT MAY A CITY LYRIC
PET’S PUNISHMENT
HER LETTER
A SONG OF THE FOUR SEASONS
IN TOWN
WHEN I SAW YOU LAST, ROSE
TO “LYDIA LANGUISH”
THE OLD SEDAN CHAIR
“LE ROMAN DE LA ROSE”
NINETY-NINE IN THE SHADE
BRIGHTON PIER
A CONTRADICTION
RONDEL
WHITE, PILLARED NECK
JANET
FOR A FAN
BALLADE OF SUMMER
ENVOY
COLINETTE
BALLADE OF DEAD LADIES (After Villon)
ENVOY
IL BACIO
SUR L’HERBE
THE ROMANCE OF A GLOVE
DON’T
ON REREADING TÉLÉMAQUE
VALENTINE
BIFTEK AUX CHAMPIGNONS
AN EXPLANATION
MARJORIE’S KISSES
MISS NANCY’S GOWN
“LE DERNIER JOUR D’UN CONDAMNÉ”
MY WOOING
WINTRY PARIS
THE ROSE
INDECISION
LOGIC
I. HER RESPECTABLE PAPA’S
II. HER MOTHER’S
III. HER ETERNAL FRIEND’S
IV. HER BROTHER’S
V. HER OWN
CONVERSATIONAL
IF YOU WANT A KISS, WHY, TAKE IT
EDUCATIONAL COURTSHIP
KISSING’S NO SIN
THE BEST THING IN THE WORLD
HER NEIGHBOURS
TO CELIA
IN FOR IT
KIRTLE RED
A BAGATELLE
A LOVE TEST
THE MISTAKEN MOTH
MY PRETTY NEIGHBOR
TO MISTRESS PYRRHA
THE TEA-GOWN
A PARAPHRASE
A LEAP-YEAR EPISODE
BALLADE OF LADIES’ NAMES
ENVOY
BALLADE OF JUNE
ENVOY
BALLADE MADE IN THE HOT WEATHER
ENVOY
A ROSE
TO MINNIE
AN AMERICAN GIRL
ENVOY
LARKS AND NIGHTINGALES
LADY MINE
THE RIPEST PEACH[A]
FOOTNOTES:
“I JOURNEYED SOUTH TO MEET THE SPRING”
BEFORE THE BLOSSOM
LOVE IN THE CALENDAR
MY GRANDMOTHER’S TURKEY-TAIL FAN
VALENTINE
A VALENTINE
ON A HYMN-BOOK
THE BALLADE OF THE SUMMER-BOARDER
ENVOY
INTERESTING
THE WAY TO ARCADY
DA CAPO
THE MAID OF MURRAY HILL
KITTY’S SUMMERING
FORFEITS
WHEN WILL LOVE COME?
HELIOTROPE
BORDERLAND
EPITHALAMIUM
INFIRM
WORDS, WORDS, WORDS
THE BLUEBELL
A MODERN MARTYRDOM
A CORSAGE BOUQUET
THE BALLAD OF CASSANDRA BROWN
FROM THREE FLY LEAVES
QUESTION AND ANSWER
A RHYME FOR PRISCILLA
THE OLD COLLECTOR
THE LAST DITCH
BE YE IN LOVE WITH APRIL-TIDE
STRAWBERRIES
APPLIED ASTRONOMY
COURTSHIP
EYES OF BLACK AND EYES OF BLUE
HER FAULTS
A MODERN DIALOGUE
THE POET’S PROPOSAL
TRUTH
THE BACHELOR GIRL
THE SEA
IN PHILISTIA
BETWEEN THE SHOWERS
GRACE’S CHOICE
ENVOY
TO VIOLET
HER BONNET
A SONG
LES PAPILLOTTES
UPON GRACIOSA, WALKING AND TALKING
HER VALENTINE
STORY OF THE GATE
TWO TRIOLETS
(What He Said)
(What She Thought)
A BALLADE OF OLD SWEETHEARTS
L’ENVOI
AMOUR DE VOYAGE
THE LOVERS’ LITANY
A LENTEN CALL
HELEN’S FACE A BOOK
THE BUTTERFLY’S MADRIGAL
BALLADE OF THE DEVIL-MAY-CARE
ENVOY
BALLADE OF DREAMS TRANSPOSED
ENVOY
VILLANELLE OF HIS LADY’S TREASURE
L’ENVOI
A MERRY BLUE-EYED LADDIE
DANCE TIME
HOW LIKE A WOMAN
A VIGNETTE
The Seven Ages of Childhood (1908)
Rubáiyát of Bridge (1909)
A Nonsense Anthology (1910)
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
JABBERWOCKY
MORS IABROCHII
THE NYUM-NYUM
UFFIA
SPIRK TROLL-DERISIVE
THE WHANGO TREE
SING FOR THE GARISH EYE
THE CRUISE OF THE “P.C.”
TO MARIE
L’ENVOI
LUNAR STANZAS
NONSENSE
SONNET FOUND IN A DESERTED MAD HOUSE
THE OCEAN WANDERER
SHE’S ALL MY FANCY PAINTED HIM
MY RECOLLECTEST THOUGHTS
FATHER WILLIAM
IN THE GLOAMING
BALLAD OF BEDLAM
‘TIS SWEET TO ROAM
HYMN TO THE SUNRISE
THE MOON IS UP
‘TIS MIDNIGHT
UPRISING SEE THE FITFUL LARK
LIKE TO THE THUNDERING TONE
MY DREAM
MY HOME
IN IMMEMORIAM
THE HIGHER PANTHEISM IN A NUTSHELL
DARWINITY
SONG OF THE SCREW
MOORLANDS OF THE NOT
METAPHYSICS
ABSTROSOPHY
ABSTEMIA
PSYCHOLOPHON
TIMON OF ARCHIMEDES
ALONE
LINES BY A MEDIUM
TRANSCENDENTALISM
INDIFFERENCE
HEART-FOAM
COSSIMBAZAR
THE PERSONIFIED SENTIMENTAL
A CLASSIC ODE
WHERE AVALANCHES WAIL
BLUE MOONSHINE
NONSENSE
SUPERIOR NONSENSE VERSES
WHEN MOONLIKE ORE THE HAZURE SEAS
LINES BY A PERSON OF QUALITY
FRANGIPANNI
LINES BY A FOND LOVER
FORCING A WAY
THY HEART
A LOVE-SONG BY A LUNATIC
THE PARTERRE
TO MOLLIDUSTA
JOHN JONES
THE OWL AND THE PUSSY-CAT
A BALLADE OF THE NURSERIE
ENVOI
A BALLAD OF HIGH ENDEAVOR
THE LUGUBRIOUS WHING-WHANG
OH! WEARY MOTHER
SWISS AIR
THE BULBUL
OH, MY GERALDINE
BUZ, QUOTH THE BLUE FLY
A SONG ON KING WILLIAM III
THERE WAS A MONKEY
THE GUINEA PIG
THREE CHILDREN
A RIDDLE
THREE JOVIAL HUNTSMEN
THREE ACRES OF LAND
MASTER AND MAN
HYDER IDDLE
KING ARTHUR
IN THE DUMPS
TWEEDLE-DUM AND TWEEDLE-DEE
MARTIN TO HIS MAN
THE YONGHY-BONGHY-BO
THE POBBLE WHO HAS NO TOES
THE JUMBLIES
INCIDENTS IN THE LIFE OF MY UNCLE ARLY
LINES TO A YOUNG LADY
WAYS AND MEANS
THE WALRUS AND THE CARPENTER
THE HUNTING OF THE SNARK
SYLVIE AND BRUNO
GENTLE ALICE BROWN
THE STORY OF PRINCE AGIB
FERDINANDO AND ELVIRA, OR THE GENTLE PIEMAN
GENERAL JOHN
LITTLE BILLEE
THE WRECK OF THE “JULIE PLANTE”
MORAL
THE SHIPWRECK
A SAILOR’S YARN
THE WALLOPING WINDOW-BLIND
THE ROLLICKING MASTODON
THE SILVER QUESTION
THE SINGULAR SANGFROID OF BABY BUNTING
FAITHLESS NELLY GRAY
THE ELDERLY GENTLEMAN
MALUM OPUS
L’ENVOI
ÆSTIVATION
A HOLIDAY TASK
PUER EX JERSEY
MORAL
THE LITTLE PEACH
YE LAYE OF YE WOODPECKORE
COLLUSION BETWEEN A ALEGAITER AND A WATER-SNAIK
ODD TO A KROKIS
SOME VERSES TO SNAIX
A GREAT MAN
AN ELEGY
PARSON GRAY
AN ELEGY ON THE DEATH OF A MAD DOG
THE WONDERFUL OLD MAN
A CHRONICLE
MORAL
ON THE OXFORD CARRIER
NEPHELIDIA
MARTIN LUTHER AT POTSDAM
COMPANIONS
THE COCK AND THE BULL
LOVERS AND A REFLECTION
AN IMITATION OF WORDSWORTH
THE FAMOUS BALLAD OF THE JUBILEE CUP
A SONG OF IMPOSSIBILITIES
TRUST IN WOMEN
HERE IS THE TALE
AFTER RUDYARD KIPLING
THE AULD WIFE
NOT I
MINNIE AND WINNIE
THE MAYOR OF SCUTTLETON
THE PURPLE COW
ENVOI
THE INVISIBLE BRIDGE
THE LAZY ROOF
MY FEET
THE HEN
THE COW
THE CHIMPANZEE
THE HIPPOPOTAMUS
THE PLATYPUS
SOME GEESE
THE FLAMINGO
FIRST VOICE.
SECOND VOICE.
FIRST VOICE.
SECOND VOICE.
FIRST VOICE.
SECOND VOICE.
FIRST VOICE.
BOTH.
KINDNESS TO ANIMALS
SAGE COUNSEL
OF BAITING THE LION
THE FROG
THE YAK
THE PYTHON
THE BISON
THE PANTHER
THE MONKEY’S GLUE
THERE WAS A FROG
THE BLOATED BIGGABOON
WILD FLOWERS
TIMID HORTENSE
HER POLKA DOTS
HER DAIRY
TURVEY TOP
WHAT THE PRINCE OF I DREAMT
THE DINKEY-BIRD
THE MAN IN THE MOON
THE STORY OF THE WILD HUNTSMAN
THE STORY OF PYRAMID THOTHMES
THE STORY OF CRUEL PSAMTEK
THE CUMBERBUNCE
THE AHKOND OF SWAT
A THRENODY
DIRGE OF THE MOOLLA OF KOTAL
RUSSIAN AND TURK
LINES TO MISS FLORENCE HUNTINGDON
COBBE’S PROPHECIES
AN UNSUSPECTED FACT
THE SORROWS OF WERTHER
NONSENSE VERSES
THE NOBLE TUCK-MAN
THE PESSIMIST
THE MODERN HIAWATHA
ON THE ROAD
UNCLE SIMON AND UNCLE JIM
POOR DEAR GRANDPAPA
THE SEA-SERPENT
MELANCHOLIA
THE MONKEY’S WEDDING
MR. FINNEY’S TURNIP
THE SUN
THE AUTUMN LEAVES
IN THE NIGHT
POOR BROTHER
THE BOY
THE SEA
THERE WAS A LITTLE GIRL
FIN DE SIÈCLE
MARY JANE
TENDER-HEARTEDNESS
IMPETUOUS SAMUEL
MISFORTUNES NEVER COME SINGLY
AUNT ELIZA
SUSAN
BABY AND MARY
THE SUNBEAM
LITTLE WILLIE
MARY AMES
MUDDLED METAPHORS
VILLON’S STRAIGHT TIP TO ALL CROSS COVES
THE MORAL
ODE TO THE HUMAN HEART
IMERICKS
VERS NONSENSIQUES
The Lover’s Baedeker and Guide to Arcady (1912)
CONTENTS
ARCADY AND ITS ENVIRONS
PRELIMINARY INFORMATION
TOPOGRAPHY
TIME’S VALENTINE
THE LAY OF LOTHARIO LEE
CUPID’S FAILURE
HISTORY
AN ARCADY GIRL
UNDER A NEW CHARTER
ARCADIA
AN ARCADIAN LADY
ARCADY
FLORA
THE ARCADIAN LANGUAGE OF FLOWERS
HOTELS
HEARD IN ARCADY
DITHYRAMB BY AN ARCADIAN POET
CONVEYANCES
SHOPS
CUPID’S SALE
CUPID’S BILL
INSTITUTIONS AND PUBLIC BUILDINGS
BALLADE OF ARCADY
AMUSEMENTS
THE OLD STORY
LANGUAGE
SOME ARCADIAN BROMIDIOMS
EXERCISE FOR THE LANGUAGE STUDENT
DEFINITIONS
THE SPELLING LESSON
LOVE IN ARCADY
INSENSIBILITY
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF CUPID
POLITICAL NOTES
ARCADIAN LAWS
COSTUMES
THEN AND NOW
WALKS
OLD VALENTINES
BUSINESS SECTION
IT HAPPENED IN ARCADY
CALAMITOUS CATASTROPHE
ADVERTISEMENTS
ADVERTISEMENT
The Re-Echo Club (1913)
CONTENTS
THE RE-ECHO CLUB
MR. P. BYSSHE SHELLEY:
MR. W. WORDSWORTH:
MR. T. GRAY:
MR. J. W. RILEY:
LORD A. TENNYSON:
MR. R. BROWNING:
MR. J. KEATS:
MR. D.G. ROSSETTI:
MR. T.B. ALDRICH:
MR. E. ALLAN POE:
MR. H. LONGFELLOW:
MR. A. SWINBURNE:
MR. F.D. SHERMAN:
MR. B. CARMAN:
MR. H.C. BUNNER:
MR. R.L. STEVENSON:
MR. R. KIPLING:
MR. O. HERFORD:
MR. S. CRANE:
MR. D.G. ROSSETTI:
MR. A.C. SWINBURNE:
THE LAST RIDE TOGETHER:
THE LIMERICK:
OMAR KHAYYAM’S VERSION:
RUDYARD KIPLING’S VERSION:
WALT WHITMAN’S VERSION:
CHAUCER’S VERSION:
HENRY JAMES’S VERSION:
SWINBURNE’S VERSION:
STEPHEN CRANE’S VERSION:
BALLADE OF A PUMPKIN:
L’ENVOI
IN THE PUMPKIN
BY MR. TENNYSON:
BY MR. SHAKESPEARE:
BY MR. WORDSWORTH:
BY MR. DOBSON:
BY MR. SWINBURNE:
BY MR. LONGFELLOW:
BY MR. MOORE:
BY MISS PROCTER:
BY MR. RILEY:
RUBÁIYÁT OF WALL STREET
The Eternal Feminine (1913)
CONTENTS
AT THE LOST-AND-FOUND DESK
TOOTIE AT THE BANK
THE DRESSMAKER IN THE HOUSE
THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS
A NEW RECRUIT
SHOPPING FOR POSTAGE STAMPS
AT THE BRIDGE TABLE
SHE GOES SHOPPING
A QUIET AFTERNOON
TAKING CARE OF UNCLE
IN THE DEPARTMENT STORE
THE HOUSEWIFE’S HELPER
MRS. LESTER’S HOBBLETTE
AT THE COOKING CLASS
ÆSOP UP TO DATE THE MILKMAID AND HER PAIL OF MILK
The Book of Humorous Verse (1920)
CONTENTS
BOOK I. BANTER
BOOK II. THE ETERNAL FEMININE
BOOK III. LOVE AND COURTSHIP
BOOK IV. SATIRE
BOOK V. CYNICISM
BOOK VI. EPIGRAMS
BOOK VII. BURLESQUE
BOOK VIII. BATHOS
BOOK IX. PARODY
BOOK X. NARRATIVE
BOOK XI. TRIBUTE
BOOK XII. WHIMSEY
BOOK XIII. NONSENSE
BOOK XIV. NATURAL HISTORY
BOOK XV. JUNIORS
BOOK XVI. IMMORTAL STANZAS
The Non-Fiction
The Technique of the Mystery Story (1913)
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I - THE ETERNAL CURIOUS
CHAPTER II - THE LITERATURE OF MYSTERY
CHAPTER III - THE HISTORY OF MYSTERY
CHAPTER IV - GHOST STORIES
CHAPTER V - RIDDLE STORIES
CHAPTER VI - DETECTIVE STORIES
CHAPTER VII - THE DETECTIVE
CHAPTER VIII - DEDUCTION
CHAPTER IX - APPLIED PRINCIPLES
CHAPTER X - THE RATIONALE OF RATIOCINATION
CHAPTER XI - CLOSE OBSERVATION
CHAPTER XII - OTHER DETECTIVES OF FICTION
CHAPTER XIII - PORTRAITS
CHAPTER XIV - DEVIOUS DEVICES
CHAPTER XV - FOOTPRINTS AND FINGERPRINTS
CHAPTER XVI - MORE DEVICES
CHAPTER XVII - FALSE DEVICES
CHAPTER XVIII - MURDER IN GENERAL
CHAPTER XIX - PERSONS IN THE STORY
CHAPTER XX - THE HANDLING OF THE CRIME
CHAPTER XXI - THE MOTIVE
CHAPTER XXII - EVIDENCE
CHAPTER XXIII - STRUCTURE
CHAPTER XXIV - PLOTS
CHAPTER XXV - FURTHER ADVICES
CHAPTER XXVI - FINAL ADVICES
The Autobiography
The Rest of My Life
CONTENTS
PRINTED LIVES
A LITTLE LEARNING
GOING SHERLOCK HOLMES
LONDON AND LEMURS
THE VICE OF ADVICE
FOREBEARS
MULBERRY LEAVES
BROADWAY AND THE NILE
THOSE NINETIES
OLIVER HERFORD
THE LARK
SENTIMENTAL TOMMY
HUMOR AND ME
HUMOR WRITERS
FAN MAIL
LIBRARIES AT LARGE
AFTERNOONS HERE AND THERE
ME
MY INGLESIDE
THE CHIMERA OF COLLECTING
FRIENDLY STRANGERS
AT THE SIGN OF THE MERMAID
The Delphi Classics Catalogue
Series Contents
Alphabetical List of Titles
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