Produced by David Widger
THE PROJECT GUTENBERG INDEX OF THE WORKS OF SAMUEL HOPKINS ADAMS
Compiled by David Widger
CONTENTS
## UNSPEAKABLE PERK
## AVERAGE JONES
## THE MYSTERY
## FROM A BENCH IN OUR SQUARE
## SUCCESS
## THE CLARION
## LITTLE MISS GROUCH
## SECRET OF LONSOME COVE
## THE FLYING DEATH
## THE GREAT AMERICAN FRAUD
## WANTED: A HUSBAND
THE BEGGAR'S PURSE
## OUR SQUARE AND THE PEOPLE
## COMMON CAUSE
## THE HEALTH MASTER
TABLES OF CONTENTS OF VOLUMES
THE UNSPEAKABLE PERK
By Samuel Hopkins Adams
CONTENTS
THE UNSPEAKABLE PERK
I. — MR. BEETLE MAN
II. — AT THE KAST
III. — THE BETTER PART OF VALOR
IV. — TWO ON A MOUNTAIN-SIDE
V. — AN UPHOLDER OF TRADITIONS
VI. — FORKED TONGUES
VII. — “THAT WHICH THY SERVANT IS—”
VIII. — LOS YANKIS
IX. — THE BLACK WARNING
X. — THE FOLLY OF PERK
XI. — PRESTO CHANGE
XII. — THE WOMAN AT THE QUINTA
XIII. — LEFT BEHIND
XIV. — THE YELLOW FLAG
AVERAGE JONES
By Samuel Hopkins Adams
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I. THE B-FLAT TROMBONE
CHAPTER II. RED DOT
CHAPTER III. OPEN TRAIL
CHAPTER IV. THE MERCY SIGN-ONE
CHAPTER V. THE MERCY SIGN—TWO
CHAPTER VI. BLUE FIRES
CHAPTER VII. PIN-PRICKS
CHAPTER VIII. BIG PRINT
CHAPTER IX. THE MAN WHO SPOKE LATIN
CHAPTER X. THE ONE BEST BET
CHAPTER XI. THE MILLION-DOLLAR DOG
THE MYSTERY
Illustrations by Will Crawford
CONTENTS
PART ONE
THE SEA RIDDLE
I. DESERT SEAS
II. THE "LAUGHING LASS"
III. THE DEATH SHIP
IV. THE SECOND PRIZE CREW
V. THE DISAPPEARANCE
VI. THE CASTAWAYS
VII. THE FREE LANCE
PART TWO
THE BRASS BOUND CHEST
Being the story told by Ralph Slade, Free Lance,
to the officers of the United States Cruiser "Wolverine"
I. THE BARBARY COAST
II. THE GRAVEN IMAGE
III. THE TWELVE REPEATING RIFLES
IV. THE STEEL CLAW
V. THE PHILOSOPHER'S STONE
VI. THE ISLAND
VII. CAPTAIN SELOVER LOSES HIS NERVE
VIII. WRECKING OF THE "GOLDEN HORN"
IX. THE EMPTY BRANDY BOTTLE
X. CHANGE OF MASTERS
XI. THE CORROSIVE
XII. "OLD SCRUBS" COMES ASHORE
XIII. I MAKE MY ESCAPE
XIV. AN ADVENTURE IN THE NIGHT
XV. FIVE HUNDRED YARDS' RANGE
XVI. THE MURDER
XVII. THE OPEN SEA
XVIII. THE CATASTROPHE
PART THREE
THE MAROON
I. IN THE WARDROOM
II. THE JOLLY ROGER
III. THE CACHE
IV. THE TWIN SLABS
V. THE PINWHEEL VOLCANO
VI. MR. DARROW RECEIVES
VII. THE SURVIVORS
VIII. THE MAKER OF MARVELS
IX. THE ACHIEVEMENT
X. THE DOOM
FROM A BENCH IN OUR SQUARE
By Samuel Hopkins Adams
1922
CONTENTS
FROM A BENCH IN OUR SQUARE
A PATRONESS OF ART
THE HOUSE OF SILVERY VOICES
HOME-SEEKERS’ GOAL
THE GUARDIAN OF GOD’S ACRE
FOR MAYME, READ MARY
BARBRAN
PLOOIE OF OUR SQUARE
TRIUMPH
SUCCESS
By Samuel Hopkins Adams
1921
CONTENTS
SUCCESS
PART I—ENCHANTMENT
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
PART II—THE VISION
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
PART III—FULFILLMENT
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 CLARION
BY
SAMUEL HOPKINS ADAMS
WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY W.D. STEVENS
Published October 1914
CONTENTS
I:THE ITINERANT
II:OUR LEADING CITIZEN
III:ESMÉ
IV:THE SHOP
V:THE SCION
VI:LAUNCHED
VII:THE OWNER
VIII:A PARTNERSHIP
IX:GLIMMERINGS
X:IN THE WAY OF TRADE
XI:THE INITIATE
XII:THE THIN EDGE
XIII:NEW BLOOD
XIV:THE ROOKERIES
XV:JUGGERNAUT
XVI:THE STRATEGIST
XVII:REPRISALS
XVIII:MILLY
XIX:DONNYBROOK
XX:THE LESSER TEMPTING
XXI:THE POWER OF PRINT
XXII:PATRIOTS
XXIII:CREEPING FLAME
XXIV:A FAILURE IN TACTICS
XXV:STERN LOGIC
XXVI:THE PARTING
XXVII:THE GREATER TEMPTING
XXVIII:"WHOSE BREAD I EAT"
XXIX:CERTINA CHARLEY
XXX:ILLUMINATION
XXXI:THE VOICE OF THE PROPHET
XXXII:THE WARNING
XXXIII:THE GOOD FIGHT
XXXIV:VOX POPULI
XXXV:TEMPERED METAL
XXXVI:THE VICTORY
XXXVII:McGUIRE ELLIS WAKES UP
ILLUSTRATIONS
"THEN IT'S ALL LIES! LIES AND MURDER!"
HELP AND CURE ARE AT THEIR BECK AND CALL
"KILL IT," SHE URGED SOFTLY"
"DON'T GO NEAR HIM. DON'T LOOK"
Little Miss Grouch
A NARRATIVE BASED UPON THE
PRIVATE LOG OF
ALEXANDER FORSYTH SMITH'S
MAIDEN TRANSATLANTIC
VOYAGE
BY
SAMUEL HOPKINS ADAMS
"GOOD-NIGHT, SHE SAID, "AND--THANK YOU" Frontispiece
"AREN'T YOU GOING TO SPEAK TO ME?" 38
SURPRISE HELD THE TYRO'S TONGUE IN LEASH 52
"OH, LOOK AT THAT ADORABLE BABY!" 74
"COULDN'T YOU LEND ME FIVE DOLLARS?" 112
HER KNIGHT KEEPING WATCH OVER HER 144
THE TYRO CURLED HIS LEGS UNDER HIM 166
"YOU'VE COME THROUGH, MY BOY" 206
THE SECRET OF LONESOME COVE
BY
SAMUEL HOPKINS ADAMS
ILLUSTRATIONS BY FRANK E. SCHOONOVER
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I—THE BODY ON THE BEACH
CHAPTER II—PROFESSOR KENT MAKES A CALL
CHAPTER III—MY LADY OF MYSTERY
CHAPTER IV—AN INQUIRY
CHAPTER V—ONE USE FOR A MONOCLE
CHAPTER VI—THE RETREAT IN ORDER
CHAPTER VII—SIMON P. GROOT DOES BUSINESS
CHAPTER VIII—RECKONINGS
CHAPTER IX—CHESTER KENT DECLINES A JOB
CHAPTER X—THE INVASION
CHAPTER XI—HEDGEROW HOUSE
CHAPTER XII—THE UNBIDDEN VISITOR
CHAPTER XIII—LOOSE ENDS
CHAPTER XIV—THE LONE FISHERMAN
CHAPTER XV—THE TURN OF THE GAME
CHAPTER XVI—THE MEETING
CHAPTER XVII—CHANCE SITS IN
CHAPTER XVIII—THE MASTER OF STARS
CHAPTER XIX—THE STRANGE TRYST
CHAPTER XX—IN THE WHITE ROOM
CHAPTER XXI—REWARDS
THE FLYING DEATH
By Samuel Hopkins Adams
CONTENTS
CHAPTER ONE—THE INSOMNIAC
CHAPTER TWO—THE VOICE IN THE NIGHT
CHAPTER THREE—THE SEA-WAIF
CHAPTER FOUR—THE DEATH IN THE BUOY
CHAPTER FIVE—THE CRY IN THE DUSK
CHAPTER SIX—HELGA
CHAPTER SEVEN—THE WONDERFUL WHALLEY
CHAPTER EIGHT—THE UNHORSED NIGHTFARER
CHAPTER NINE—CROSS-PURPOSES
CHAPTER TEN—THE TERROR BY NIGHT
CHAPTER ELEVEN—THE BODY ON THE SAND
CHAPTER TWELVE—THE SENATUS
CHAPTER THIRTEEN—THE NEW EVIDENCE
CHAPTER FOURTEEN—THE EARLY EXCURSION
CHAPTER FIFTEEN—THE PROFESSOR ACTS
CHAPTER SIXTEEN—THE LOST CLUE
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN—THE PROFESSOR'S SERMON
CHAPTER EIGHTEEN—READJUSTMENTS
CHAPTER NINETEEN—THE LONE SURVIVOR
THE GREAT AMERICAN FRAUD
By Samuel Hopkins Adams
A Series of Articles on the Patent Medicine Evil, Reprinted from Collier's Weekly
CONTENTS
I. THE GREAT AMERICAN FRAUD.
Drugs That Make Victims.
As to Testimonials.
The Magic "Red Clause."
Fake Testimonials.
The Doctors Are Investigating.
What One Druggist Is Doing.
A Post-Office Report.
Health Boards and Analyses.
II. PERUNA AND THE BRACERS.
What Peruna Is Made Of.
The Government Forbids the Sale of Peruna to Indians.
Two Testimonials.
Medicine or Liquor?
Some Alcohol Percentages.
What the Government Can Do.
III.—LIQUOZONE.
Liquozone "Cures" Thirty-seven Varieties.
The Men Who Back the Fake.
Faked and Garbled Indorsements.
Liquozone Kills a Great German Scientist.
All Ills Look Alike to Liquozone.
The Same Old Fake.
IV—THE SUBTLE POISONS.
Prescribing Without Authority.
An Acetanilid Death Record.
Drugs That Deprave.
On a cocain-laden medicine.
V.—PREYING ON THE INCURABLES.
Absolutely False Claims.
Health for Five Dollars.
Piso Grows Cautious.
VI—THE FUNDAMENTAL FAKES.
Newspaper Accomplices.
Quackery and Religion.
Safe Rewards.
The Immortal Mrs. Pinkham.
The Germicide Family.
Overworked Testimonials.
No Questions Desired.
Getting a Testimonial from a Physician.
Testimonials for a Magic Ring.
THE PATENT MEDICINE CONSPIRACY AGAINST THE FREEDOM OF THE PRESS.
Silence is the Fixed Quantity.
All Muzzle-Clauses Alike.
Where the Money Goes.
Mr. Cheney's Plan.
Extract from a speech delivered before the Proprietary Association of
Valuable Newspaper Aid.
The Trust's Club for Legislators.
The Trust's Club for Newspapers.
An Appeal To The American Woman.
WANTED: A HUSBAND
A Novel
By Samuel Hopkins Adams
With Illustrations By Frederic Dorr Steele
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
OUR SQUARE AND THE PEOPLE IN IT
By Samuel Hopkins Adams
Illustrated by Scott Williams
CONTENTS
OUR SQUARE
I
II
III
IV
THE CHAIR THAT WHISPERED
MACLACHAN OF OUR SQUARE
THE GREAT 'PEACEMAKER
ORPHEUS
A TALE OF WHITE MAGIC IN OUR SQUARE
THE MEANEST MAN IN OUR SQUARE
PAULA OF THE HOUSETOP
THE LITTLE RED 'DOCTOR OF OUR SQUARE
List of Illustrations
Whirled Her out of a Pit Of Darkness
Read from Left to Right
Her Hands Slipped to his Shoulder
What Do I Owe Ye But a Curse
We Have Successfully Terminated the Negotiation
I Puh-hut It in My Huh-huh-hair
Jogging Appreciatively Along Behind Schutz's Mouse-hued Mare
COMMON CAUSE
A Novel of the War in America
By Samuel Hopkins Adams
With Illustrations by Arthur William Brown
CONTENTS
COMMON CAUSE
PART I
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
CHAPTER VI
CHAPTER VII
CHAPTER VIII
CHAPTER IX
CHAPTER X
CHAPTER XI
PART II
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
CHAPTER VI
CHAPTER VII
CHAPTER VIII
CHAPTER IX
CHAPTER X
PART III
CHAPTER I