Produced by David Widger
INDEX OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG
WORKS OF
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Compiled by David Widger
CONTENTS
## THE BRITISH BARBARIANS
## THE WOMAN WHO DID
## BIOGRAPHIES OF WORKING MEN
## AN AFRICAN MILLIONAIRE
## HILDA WADE
## RECALLED TO LIFE
## MICHAEL'S CRAG
## WHAT'S BRED IN THE BONE
## PHILISTIA
## BIOGRAPHIES OF WORKING MEN
## THE GREAT TABOO
## SCIENCE IN ARCADY
## EARLY BRITAIN
## FALLING IN LOVE
## POST-PRANDIAL PHILOSOPHY
## MISS CAYLEY'S ADVENTURES
## CHARLES DARWIN
## THE WHITE MAN'S FOOT
## THE BECKONING HAND AND OTHERS
## STRANGE STORIES
## WEDNESDAY THE TENTH
## THE EVOLUTIONIST AT LARGE
## BLOOD ROYAL
## BABYLON, VOLUME 1 (of 3)
## BABYLON, VOLUME 2 (of 3)
## BABYLON, VOLUME 3 (of 3)
## LINNET
## MOORLAND IDYLLS
## CITIES OF BELGIUM
## PARIS
## EVOLUTION OF THE IDEA OF GOD
TABLES OF CONTENTS OF VOLUMES
THE BRITISH BARBARIANS
A HILL-TOP NOVEL
By Grant Allen
1895
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
THE BRITISH BARBARIANS
I
II
III
IV
V
VI
VII
VIII
IX
X
XI
XII
XIII
THE WOMAN WHO DID
by
Grant Allen
1895
I II III IV V VI VII VIII
IX X XI XII XIII XIV XV XVI
XVII XVIII XIX XX XXI XXII XXIII XXIV
BIOGRAPHIES OF WORKING MEN
by
GRANT ALLEN, B.A.
1884
CONTENTS.
I. THOMAS TELFORD, STONEMASON
II. GEORGE STEPHENSON, ENGINE-MAN
III. JOHN GIBSON, SCULPTOR
IV. WILLIAM HERSCHEL, BANDSMAN
V. JEAN FRANCOIS MILLET, PAINTER
VI. JAMES GARFIELD, CANAL BOY
VII. THOMAS EDWARD, SHOEMAKER
An African Millionaire
Episodes in the Life of the Illustrious Colonel Clay
By Grant Allen
First published in 1897
CONTENTS
1. The Episode of the Mexican Seer
2. The Episode of the Diamond Links
3. The Episode of the Old Master
4. The Episode of the Tyrolean Castle
5. The Episode of the Drawn Game
6. The Episode of the German Professor
7. The Episode of the Arrest of the Colonel
8. The Episode of the Seldon Gold-Mine
9. The Episode of the Japanned Dispatch-Box
10. The Episode of the Game of Poker
11. The Episode of the Bertillon Method
12. The Episode of the Old Bailey
HILDA WADE
A WOMAN WITH TENACITY OF PURPOSE
By Grant Allen
1899
CONTENTS
PUBLISHERS' NOTE
HILDA WADE
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
CHAPTER VI
CHAPTER VII
CHAPTER VIII
CHAPTER IX
CHAPTER X
CHAPTER XI
CHAPTER XII
RECALLED TO LIFE
By Grant Allen
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I. — UNA CALLINGHAM’S FIRST RECOLLECTION
CHAPTER II. — BEGINNING LIFE AGAIN
CHAPTER III. — AN UNEXPECTED VISITOR
CHAPTER IV. — THE STORY OF THE PHOTOGRAPHS
CHAPTER V. — I BECOME A WOMAN
CHAPTER VI. — RELIVING MY LIFE
CHAPTER VII. — THE GRANGE AT WOODBURY
CHAPTER VIII. — A VISION OF DEAD YEARS
CHAPTER IX. — HATEFUL SUSPICIONS
CHAPTER X. — YET ANOTHER PHOTOGRAPH
CHAPTER XI. — THE VISION RECURS
CHAPTER XII. — THE MOORES OF TORQUAY
CHAPTER XIII. — DR. IVOR OF BABBICOMBE
CHAPTER XIV. — MY WELCOME TO CANADA
CHAPTER XV. — A NEW ACQUAINTANCE
CHAPTER XVI. — MY PLANS ALTER
CHAPTER XVII. — A STRANGE RECOGNITION
CHAPTER XVIII. — MURDER WILL OUT
CHAPTER XIX. — THE REAL MURDERER
CHAPTER XX. — THE STRANGER FROM THE SEA
CHAPTER XXI. — THE PLOT UNRAVELS ITSELF
CHAPTER XXII. — MY MEMORY RETURNS
CHAPTER XXIII. — THE FATAL SHOT
CHAPTER XXIV. — ALL’S WELL THAT ENDS WELL
MICHAEL’S CRAG
By Grant Allen
1893
CONTENTS
CONTENTS.
CHAPTER I. — A CORNISH LANDLORD.
CHAPTER II. — TREVENNACK.
CHAPTER III. — FACE TO FACE.
CHAPTER IV. — TYRREL’S REMORSE.
CHAPTER V. — A STRANGE DELUSION.
CHAPTER VI. — PURE ACCIDENT.
CHAPTER VII. — PERIL BY LAND.
CHAPTER VIII. — SAFE AT LAST.
CHAPTER IX. — MEDICAL OPINION.
CHAPTER X. — A BOLD ATTEMPT.
CHAPTER XI. — BUSINESS IS BUSINESS.
CHAPTER XII. — A HARD BARGAIN.
CHAPTER XIII. — ANGEL AND DEVIL.
CHAPTER XIV. — AT ARM’S LENGTH.
CHAPTER XV. — ST. MICHAEL DOES BATTLE.
WHAT’S BRED IN THE BONE.
By Grant Allen
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I. — ELMA’S STRANGER.
CHAPTER II. — TWO’S COMPANY.
CHAPTER III. — CYRIL WARING’S BROTHER.
CHAPTER IV. — INSIDE THE TUNNEL.
CHAPTER V. — GRATITUDE.
CHAPTER VI. — TWO STRANGE MEETINGS.
CHAPTER VII. — KELMSCOTT OF TILGATE.
CHAPTER VIII. — ELMA BREAKS OUT.
CHAPTER IX. — AND AFTER?
CHAPTER X. — COLONEL KELMSCOTT’S REPENTANCE.
CHAPTER XI. — A FAMILY JAR.
CHAPTER XII. — IN SILENCE AND TEARS.
CHAPTER XIII. — BUSINESS FIRST.
CHAPTER XIV. — MUSIC HATH POWER.
CHAPTER XV. — THE PATH OF DUTY.
CHAPTER XVI. — STRUGGLE AND VICTORY.
CHAPTER XVII. — VISIONS OF WEALTH.
CHAPTER XVIII. — GENTLE WOOER.
CHAPTER XIX. — SELF OR BEARER.
CHAPTER XX. — MONTAGUE NEVITT FINESSES.
CHAPTER XXI. — COLONEL KELMSCOTT’S PUNISHMENT.
CHAPTER XXII. — CROSS PURPOSES.
CHAPTER XXIII. — GUY IN LUCK.
CHAPTER XXIV. — A SLIGHT MISUNDERSTANDING.
CHAPTER XXV. — LEAD TRUMPS.
CHAPTER XXVI. — A CHANCE MEETING.
CHAPTER XXVII. — SOMETHING TO THEIR ADVANTAGE.
CHAPTER XXVIII. — MISTAKEN IDENTITY.
CHAPTER XXIX. — WOMAN’S INTUITION
CHAPTER XXX. — FRESH DISCOVERIES.
CHAPTER XXXI. — “GOLDEN JOYS.”
CHAPTER XXXII. — A NEW DEPARTURE.
CHAPTER XXXIII. — TIME FLIES.
CHAPTER XXXIV. — A STROKE FOR FREEDOM.
CHAPTER XXXV. — PERILS BY THE WAY.
CHAPTER XXXVI. — DESERTED.
CHAPTER XXXVII. — AUX ARMES!
CHAPTER XXXVIII. — NEWS FROM THE CAPE.
CHAPTER XXXIX. — A GLEAM OF LIGHT.
CHAPTER XL. — THE BOLT FALLS.
CHAPTER XLI. — WHAT JUDGE?
CHAPTER XLII. — UNEXPECTED EVIDENCE.
CHAPTER XLIII. — SIR GILBERT’S TEMPTATION.
CHAPTER XLIV. — AT BAY.
CHAPTER XLV. — ALL’S WELL THAT ENDS WELL.
THE END.
PHILISTIA
By Grant Allen
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I. — CHILDREN OF LIGHT.
CHAPTER II. — THE COASTS OF THE GENTILES.
CHAPTER III. — MAGDALEN QUAD.
CHAPTER IV. — A LITTLE MUSIC.
CHAPTER V. — ASKELON VILLA, GATH.
CHAPTER VI. — DOWN THE RIVER.
CHAPTER VII. — GHOSTLY COUNSEL.
CHAPTER VIII. — IN THE CAMP OF THE PHILISTINES.
CHAPTER IX. — THE WOMEN OF THE LAND.
CHAPTER X. — THE DAUGHTERS OF CANAAN.
CHAPTER XI. — CULTURE AND CULTURE.
CHAPTER XII. — THE MORE EXCELLENT WAY.
CHAPTER XIII. — YE MOUNTAINS OF GILBOA!
CHAPTER XIV. — ‘WHAT DO THESE HEBREWS HERE?’
CHAPTER XV. — EVIL TIDINGS.
CHAPTER XVI. — FLAT REBELLION.
CHAPTER XVII. — ‘COME YE OUT AND BE YE SEPARATE.’
CHAPTER XVIII. — A QUIET WEDDING.
CHAPTER XIX. — INTO THE FIRE.
CHAPTER XX. — LITERATURE, MUSIC, AND THE DRAMA.
CHAPTER XXI. — OFF WITH THE OLD LOVE.
CHAPTER XXII. — THE PHILISTINES TRIUMPH.
CHAPTER XXIII. — THE STREETS OF ASKELON.
CHAPTER XXIV. — THE CLOUDS BEGIN TO BREAK.
CHAPTER XXV. — HARD PRESSED.
CHAPTER XXVI. — IRRECLAIMABLE.
CHAPTER XXVII. — RONALD COMES OF AGE.
CHAPTER XXVIII. — TELL IT NOT IN OATH.
CHAPTER XXIX. — A MAN AND A MAID.
CHAPTER XXX. — THE ENVIRONMENT FINALLY TRIUMPHS.
CHAPTER XXXI. — DE PROFUNDIS.
CHAPTER XXXII. — PRECONTRACT OF MARRIAGE.
CHAPTER XXXIII. — A GLEAM OF SUNSHINE.
CHAPTER XXXIV. — HOPE.
CHAPTER XXXV. — THE TIDE TURNS.
CHAPTER XXXVI. — OUT OF THE HAND OP THE PHILISTINES.
CHAPTER XXXVII. — LAND AT LAST: BUT WHAT LAND?
BIOGRAPHIES OF WORKING MEN
By Grant Allen
CONTENTS
PREFACE.
I. — THOMAS TELFORD, STONEMASON.
II. — GEORGE STEPHENSON, ENGINE-MAN.
III. — JOHN GIBSON, SCULPTOR.
IV. — WILLIAM HERSCHEL, BANDSMAN.
V. — JEAN FRANCOIS MILLET, PAINTER.
VI. — JAMES GARFIELD, CANAL BOY.
VII. — THOMAS EDWARD, SHOEMAKER.
THE GREAT TABOO
By Grant Allen
CONTENTS
PREFACE
CHAPTER I. — IN MID PACIFIC.
CHAPTER II. — THE TEMPLE OF THE DEITY.
CHAPTER III. — LAND; BUT WHAT LAND?
CHAPTER IV. — THE GUESTS OF HEAVEN.
CHAPTER V. — ENROLLED IN OLYMPUS.
CHAPTER VI. — FIRST DAYS IN BOUPARI.
CHAPTER VII. — INTERCHANGE OF CIVILITIES.
CHAPTER VIII. — THE CUSTOMS OF BOUPARI.
CHAPTER IX. — SOWING THE WIND.
CHAPTER X. — REAPING THE WHIRLWIND.
CHAPTER XI. — AFTER THE STORM.
CHAPTER XII. — A POINT OF THEOLOGY.
CHAPTER XIII. — AS BETWEEN GODS.
CHAPTER XIV. — “MR. THURSTAN, I PRESUME.”
CHAPTER XV. — THE SECRET OF KORONG.
CHAPTER XVI. — A VERY FAINT CLUE.
CHAPTER XVII. — FACING THE WORST.
CHAPTER XVIII. — TU-KILA-KILA PLAYS A CARD.
CHAPTER XIX. — DOMESTIC BLISS.
CHAPTER XX. — COUNCIL OF WAR.
CHAPTER XXI. — METHUSELAH GIVES SIGN.
CHAPTER XXII. — TANTALIZING, VERY.
CHAPTER XXIII. — A MESSAGE FROM THE DEAD.
CHAPTER XXIV. — AN UNFINISHED TALE.
CHAPTER XXV. — TU-KILA-KILA STRIKES.
CHAPTER XXVI. — A RASH RESOLVE.
CHAPTER XXVII. — A STRANGE ALLY.
CHAPTER XXVIII. — WAGER OF BATTLE.
CHAPTER XXIX. — VICTORY—AND AFTER?
CHAPTER XXX. — SUSPENSE.
CHAPTER XXXI. — AT SEA: OFF BOUPARI.
CHAPTER XXXII. — THE DOWNFALL OF A PANTHEON.
SCIENCE IN ARCADY
BY
GRANT ALLEN
CONTENTS.
PAGE
MY ISLANDS 1
TROPICAL EDUCATION 21
ON THE WINGS OF THE WIND 40
A DESERT FRUIT 56
PRETTY POLL 71
HIGH LIFE 90
EIGHT-LEGGED FRIENDS 105
MUD 123
THE GREENWOOD TREE 140
FISH AS FATHERS 157
AN ENGLISH SHIRE 177
THE BRONZE AXE 212
THE ISLE OF RUIM 231
A HILL-TOP STRONGHOLD 250
A PERSISTENT NATIONALITY 266
CASTERS AND CHESTERS 274
EARLY BRITAIN.
ANGLO-SAXON BRITAIN.
BY
GRANT ALLEN, B.A.
Table of Contents.
PREFACE.
CHAPTER I.
The Origin of the English.
CHAPTER II.
The English by the Shores of the Baltic.
CHAPTER III.
The English Settle in Britain.
CHAPTER IV.
The Colonisation of the Coast.
CHAPTER V.
The English in Their New Homes.
CHAPTER VI.
The Conquest of the Interior.
CHAPTER VII.
The Nature and Extent of the English Settlement.
CHAPTER VIII.
Heathen England.
CHAPTER IX.
The Conversion of the English.
CHAPTER X.
Rome and Iona.
CHAPTER XI.
Christian England.
CHAPTER XII.
The Consolidation of the Kingdoms.
CHAPTER XIII.
The Resistance to the Danes.
CHAPTER XIV.
The Saxons at Bay in Wessex.
CHAPTER XV.
The Recovery of the North.
CHAPTER XVI.
The Augustan Age and the Later Anglo-Saxon Civilisation.
CHAPTER XVII.
The Decadence.
CHAPTER XVIII.
The Anglo-Saxon Language.
CHAPTER XIX.
Anglo-Saxon Nomenclature.
CHAPTER XX.
Anglo-Saxon Literature.
CHAPTER XXI.
Anglo-Saxon Influences in Modern Britain.
INDEX.
FALLING IN LOVE
WITH OTHER ESSAYS
ON
MORE EXACT BRANCHES OF SCIENCE
BY
GRANT ALLEN
1889
CONTENTS
PAGE
Falling in Love 1
Right and Left 18
Evolution 31
Strictly Incog. 50
Seven-Year Sleepers 72
A Fossil Continent 88
A Very Old Master 106
British and Foreign 123
Thunderbolts 137
Honey-dew 159
The Milk in the Coco-Nut 176
Food and Feeding 193
De Banana 216
Go to the Ant 233
Big Animals 251
Fossil Food 271
Ogbury Barrows 287
Fish Out of Water 302
The First Potter 316
The Recipe for Genius 328
Desert Sands 341
Post-Prandial
Philosophy
By Grant Allen
1894
CONTENTS
PAGE
I.
THE STRUGGLE FOR LIFE AMONG LANGUAGES
1
II.
IN THE MATTER OF ARISTOCRACY
9
III.
SCIENCE IN EDUCATION
18
IV.
THE THEORY OF SCAPEGOATS
27
V.
AMERICAN DUCHESSES
35
VI.
IS ENGLAND PLAYED OUT?
44
VII.
THE GAME AND THE RULES
53
VIII.
THE RÔLE OF PROPHET
61
IX.
THE ROMANCE OF THE CLASH OF RACES
70
X.
THE MONOPOLIST INSTINCTS
79
XI.
"MERE AMATEURS"
87
XII.
A SQUALID VILLAGE
95
XIII.
CONCERNING ZEITGEIST
104
XIV.
THE DECLINE OF MARRIAGE
112
XV.
EYE versus EAR
122
XVI.
THE POLITICAL PUPA
130
XVII.
ON THE CASINO TERRACE
138
XVIII.
THE CELTIC FRINGE
147
XIX.
IMAGINATION AND RADICALS
156
XX.
ABOUT ABROAD
165
XXI.
WHY ENGLAND IS BEAUTIFUL
173
XXII.
ANENT ART PRODUCTION
182
XXIII.
A GLIMPSE INTO UTOPIA
190
XXIV.
OF SECOND CHAMBERS
199
XXV.
A POINT OF CRITICISM
207
MISS CAYLEY'S
ADVENTURES
BY
GRANT ALLEN
WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY GORDON BROWNE
London
1899
CONTENTS
I The Adventure of the Cantankerous Old Lady
II The Adventure of the Supercilious Attaché
III The Adventure of the Inquisitive American
IV The Adventure of the Amateur Commission Agent
V The Adventure of the Impromptu Mountaineer
VI The Adventure of the Urbane Old Gentleman
VII The Adventure of the Unobtrusive Oasis
VIII The Adventure of the Pea-Green Patrician
IX The Adventure of the Magnificent Maharajah
X The Adventure of the Cross-Eyed Q.C.
XI The Adventure of the Oriental Attendant
XII The Adventure of the Unprofessional Detective
ILLUSTRATIONS
All agog to teach the higher mathematics
I am going out, simply in search of adventure
Oui, Madame; Merci Beaucoup, Madame
Excuse me, I said, but I think I can see a way out of your difficulty
A most urbane and obliging Continental gentleman
Persons of Miladi's temperament are always young
That succeeds? the shabby-looking man muttered
I put her hand back firmly
He cast a hasty glance at us
Harold, you viper, what do you mean by trying to avoid me?
Circumstances alter cases, he murmured
Miss Cayley, he said, you are playing with me
I rose of a sudden, and ran down the hill
I was going to oppose you and Harold
He kept close at my heels
I was pulled up short by a mounted policeman
Seems I didn't make much of a job of it
Don't scorch, miss; don't scorch
How far ahead the first man?
I am here behind you, Herr Lieutenant
Let them boom or bust on it
His open admiration was getting quite embarrassing
Minute inspection
I felt a perfect little hypocrite
She invited Elsie and myself to stop with her
The Count
I thought it kinder to him to remove it altogether
Inch by inch he retreated
Never leave a house to the servants, my dear!
I may stay, mayn't I?
I advanced on my hands and knees to the edge of the precipice
I gripped the rope and let myself down
I rolled and slid down
There's enterprise for you
Painting the sign-board
The urbane old gentleman
He went on dictating for just an hour
He bowed to us each separately
I waited breathless
What, you here! he cried
He read them, cruel man, before my very eyes
'Tis Doctor Macloghlen, he answered
Too much Nile
Emphasis
Riding a camel does not greatly differ from sea-sickness
Her agitation was evident
Crouching by the rocks sat our mysterious stranger
An odd-looking young man
He turned to me with an inane smile
Nothing seemed to put the man down
Yah don't catch me going so fah from Newmarket
Wasn't Fra Diavolo also a composah?
Take my word for it, you're staking your money on the wrong fellah
I am the Maharajah of Moozuffernuggar
Who's your black friend?
A tiger-hunt is not a thing to be got up lightly
It went off unexpectedly
I saw him now the Oriental despot
It's I who am the winnah!
He wrote, I expect you to come back to England and marry me
It was endlessly wearisome
The cross-eyed Q.C. begged him to be very careful
I was a grotesque failure
The jury smiled
The question requires no answer, he said
I reeled where I sat
The messenger entered
He took a long, careless stare at me
I beckoned a porter
You can't get out here, he said, crustily
We told our tale
I have found a clue
I've held the fort by main force
Never! he answered. Never!
We shall have him in our power
Victory!
You wished to see me, sir?
Well, this is a fair knock-out, he ejaculated
Harold, your wife has bested me
CHARLES DARWIN
By Grant Allen
CONTENTS
I. THE WORLD INTO WHICH DARWIN WAS BORN
II. CHARLES DARWIN AND HIS ANTECEDENTS
III. EARLY DAYS
IV. DARWIN'S WANDER-YEARS
V. THE PERIOD OF INCUBATION
VI. THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES
VII. THE DARWINIAN REVOLUTION BEGINS
VIII. THE DESCENT OF MAN
IX. THE THEORY OF COURTSHIP
X. VICTORY AND REST
XI. DARWIN'S PLACE IN THE EVOLUTIONARY MOVEMENT
XII. THE NET RESULT
INDEX[Pg viii]
THE WHITE MAN'S FOOT.
BY
GRANT ALLEN,
WITH SEVENTEEN ILLUSTRATIONS BY J. FINNEMORE.
1888.
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
"BOWING DOWN TOWARDS THE MOUTH OF THE CRATER, THEY SEEMED TO SALUTE THE GODDESS OF THE VOLCANO" Frontispiece.
"IT'S MORE THAN DANGEROUS. IT'S ALMOST CERTAINLY FATAL"
"ALL AT ONCE A GREAT BODY OF GAS WAS EJECTED INTO THE AIR, IN A BLAZE OF LIGHT"
"'YOUNG MAN,' HE CRIED, '...I WARN YOU NOT TO TRIFLE WITH THE BURNING MOUNTAIN'"
"I ROLLED DOWN RAPIDLY TO THE VERY BOTTOM"
"I LAY THERE HORROR-STRICKEN, AND GAZED IDLY DOWN"
"I CLUTCHED THE CRUMBLING PEAK WITH MY HOOKED FINGERS"
"SHE CARRIED ME SLOWLY UP THE ZIG-ZAG PATH"
"'IF YOU KNEW ALL,' SHE ANSWERED, 'HOW YOU WOULD PITY ME!'"
"'EVERYTHING IS CORRECT,' HE WHISPERED"
"SHE LOOKED UP IN AN AGONY OF SUSPENSE"
"KEA TRIED ON ALL HER THINGS"
"A STRANGE PROCESSION BEGAN SLOWLY TO DESCEND"
"THE BAMBOO BENT OMINOUSLY DOWN"
"WE RODE AT FULL SPEED IN BREATHLESS HASTE"
THE BECKONING HAND
ETC.
BY GRANT ALLEN.
STRANGE STORIES.
CONTENTS.
The Beckoning Hand
Lucretia
The Third Time
The Gold Wulfric
My Uncle's Will
The Two Carnegies
Olga Davidoff's Husband
John Cann's Treasure
Isaline and I
Professor Milliter's Dilemma
In Strict Confidence
The Search Party's Find
Harry's Inheritance
STRANGE STORIES
BY
GRANT ALLEN
1884
CONTENTS.
The Reverend John Creedy
Dr. Greatrex's Engagement
Mr. Chung
The Curate of Churnside
An Episode in High Life
My New Year's Eve among the Mummies
The Foundering of the "Fortuna"
The Backslider
The Mysterious Occurrence in Piccadilly
Carvalho
Pausodyne
The Empress of Andorra
The Senior Proctor's Wooing
The Child of the Phalanstery
Our Scientific Observations on a Ghost
Ram Das of Cawnpore
WEDNESDAY THE TENTH
A TALE OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC
BY GRANT ALLEN
1890
CONTENTS.
CHAPTER I.
WE SIGHT A BOAT 9
CHAPTER II.
THE BOAT'S CREW 27
CHAPTER III.
THE MYSTERY SOLVED 41
CHAPTER IV.
MARTIN LUTHER'S STORY 56
CHAPTER V.
A BREAK-DOWN 72
CHAPTER VI.
ON THE ISLAND 86
CHAPTER VII.
ERRORS EXCEPTED 100
CHAPTER VIII.
HOT WORK 113
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
There was a terrible scene of noise and confusion Front.
Where the Frenchmen landed 19
Natives of the Island of Tanaki 58
The savages fell back and listened with eagerness 70
THE EVOLUTIONIST AT LARGE
BY GRANT ALLEN
1881
CONTENTS.
PAGE
A Ballade of Evolution 1
I. Microscopic Brains 3
II. A Wayside Berry 16
III. In Summer Fields 25
IV. A Sprig of Water Crowfoot 36
V. Slugs and Snails 48
VI. A Study of Bones 59
VII. Blue Mud 67
VIII. Cuckoo-Pint 77
IX. Berries and Berries 87
X. Distant Relations 96
XI. Among the Heather 105
XII. Speckled Trout 114
XIII. Dodder and Broomrape 124
XIV. Dog's Mercury and Plantain 133
XV. Butterfly Psychology 142
XVI. Butterfly Æsthetics 153
XVII. The Origin of Walnuts 161
XVIII. A Pretty Land-Shell 172
XIX. Dogs and Masters 181
XX. Blackcock 189
XXI. Bindweed 198
XXII. On Cornish Cliffs 207
BLOOD ROYAL
A Novel
By Grant Allen
1892
CONTENTS
BLOOD ROYAL
CHAPTER I. PERADVENTURE.
CHAPTER II. THE HEAD OF THE HOUSE
CHAPTER III. DISCOUNTING IT.
CHAPTER IV. A ROYAL POURPARLER.
CHAPTER V. GOOD SOCIETY.
CHAPTER VI. THE PROOF OF THE PUDDING.
CHAPTER VII. AFFAIRS OF THE HEART.
CHAPTER VIII. AT 'OXFORD COLLEGE.'
CHAPTER IX. A SUDDEN RESOLVE.
CHAPTER X. MR. PLANTAGENET LIVES AGAIN.
CHAPTER XI. A TRAGEDY OR A COMEDY?
CHAPTER XII TRAGEDY WINS.
CHAPTER XIII. AN UNEXPECTED VISITOR.
CHAPTER XIV. BREAKING IT OFF.
CHAPTER XV. A WILLING PRISONER.
CHAPTER XVI. LOOKING ABOUT HIM.
CHAPTER XVII. IN SEARCH OF AN ANCESTOR.
CHAPTER XVIII. GOOD OUT OF EVIL.
BABYLON
By Grant Allen
(Cecil Power)
In Three Volumes
Vol. I.
With Twelve Illustrations By P. Macnab
1885
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I. RURAL AMERICA.