Chapter I: Front Matter

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THE
TYPE-WRITER GIRL

BY
OLIVE PRATT RAYNER

LONDON

C. ARTHUR PEARSON LIMITED

HENRIETTA STREET W.C.

1897

TO
THEODORE RAYNER

AND

OLIVER WENDELL PRATT,

A WIFE’S HOMAGE,

A SISTER’S LOVE.

CONTENTS

CHAP. PAGE
I. —INTRODUCES A LATTER-DAY HEROINE 9
II. —THE STRUGGLE FOR LIFE 18
III. —ENVIRONMENT WINS 29
IV. —THE CHOICE OF A PATRON 41
V. —VIVE L’ANARCHIE! 47
VI. —THE INNER BROTHERHOOD 60
VII. —A MUTINOUS MUTINEER 68
VIII. —CALLED “OF ACCIDENTS” 83
IX. —I PLAY CARMEN 95
X. —SIC ME SERVAVIT APOLLO! 104
XI. —A SAIL ON THE HORIZON 114
XII. —A CAVALIER MAKES ADVANCES 131
XIII. —CONCERNING ROMEO 137
XIV. —“NOW BARABBAS WAS A PUBLISHER” 145
XV. —FRESH LIGHT ON ROMEO 155
XVI. —I TRY LITERATURE 165
XVII. —A DRAWN BATTLE 176
XVIII. —AN AUTUMN HOLIDAY 194
XIX. —“O ROMEO, ROMEO!” 203
XX. —“WHEREFORE ART THOU ROMEO?” 223
XXI. —ENVOY PLENIPOTENTIARY 242
XXII. —I CLING TO THE RIGGING 253

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