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All
agog to teach the higher mathematics
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I
am going out, simply in search of adventure
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Oui,
Madame; Merci Beaucoup, Madame
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Excuse
me, I said, but I think I can see a way out of your difficulty
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A
most urbane and obliging Continental gentleman
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Persons
of Miladi's temperament are always young
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That
succeeds? the shabby-looking man muttered
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I
put her hand back firmly
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He
cast a hasty glance at us
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Harold,
you viper, what do you mean by trying to avoid me?
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Circumstances
alter cases, he murmured
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Miss
Cayley, he said, you are playing with me
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I
rose of a sudden, and ran down the hill
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I
was going to oppose you and Harold
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He
kept close at my heels
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I
was pulled up short by a mounted policeman
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Seems
I didn't make much of a job of it
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Don't
scorch, miss; don't scorch
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How
far ahead the first man?
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I
am here behind you, Herr Lieutenant
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Let
them boom or bust on it
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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
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I
thought it kinder to him to remove it altogether
|
|
Inch
by inch he retreated
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Never
leave a house to the servants, my dear!
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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
|
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'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
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
CONTENTS.
STRANGE STORIES
By Grant Allen
1884
CONTENTS.
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.
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PAGE
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A Ballade of Evolution
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1
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I.
|
Microscopic Brains
|
3
|
|
II.
|
A Wayside Berry
|
16
|
|
III.
|
In Summer Fields
|
25
|
|
IV.
|
A Sprig of Water Crowfoot
|
36
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|
V.
|
Slugs and Snails
|
48
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|
VI.
|
A Study of Bones
|
59
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VII.
|
Blue Mud
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67
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|
VIII.
|
Cuckoo-Pint
|
77
|
|
IX.
|
Berries and Berries
|
87
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X.
|
Distant Relations
|
96
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XI.
|
Among the Heather
|
105
|
|
XII.
|
Speckled Trout
|
114
|
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XIII.
|
Dodder and Broomrape
|
124
|
|
XIV.
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Dog's Mercury and Plantain
|
133
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|
XV.
|
Butterfly Psychology
|
142
|
|
XVI.
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Butterfly Æsthetics
|
153
|
|
XVII.
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The Origin of Walnuts
|
161
|
|
XVIII.
|
A Pretty Land-Shell
|
172
|
|
XIX.
|
Dogs and Masters
|
181
|
|
XX.
|
Blackcock
|
189
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XXI.
|
Bindweed
|
198
|
|
XXII.
|
On Cornish Cliffs
|
207
|
BLOOD ROYAL
A Novel
By Grant Allen
1892
CONTENTS </3>
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.
CHAPTER II. RURAL ENGLAND.
CHAPTER III. PERNICIOUS LITERATURE.
CHAPTER IV. PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY.
CHAPTER V. EMANCIPATION.
CHAPTER VI. ENTER A NEW ENGLANDER.
CHAPTER VII. THE DEACON FALTERS.
CHAPTER VIII. WOOD AND STONE.
CHAPTER IX. CONSPIRACY.
CHAPTER X. MINNA IMPROVES HERSELF.
CHAPTER XI. EDUCATIONAL ADVANTAGES.
CHAPTER XII. AN ARTISTIC ENGAGEMENT.
CHAPTER XIII. AN EVE IN EDEN.
CHAPTER XIV. MINNA GIVES NOTICE.