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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.