TALES OF ALL COUNTRIES

By Anthony Trollope

1867

CONTENTS

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La Mère Bauche 1
The O'Conors of Castle Conor 30
John Bull on the Guadalquivir 43
Miss Sarah Jack, of Spanish Town, Jamaica 70
The Courtship of Susan Bell 93
Relics of General Chassé 121
An Unprotected Female at the Pyramids 140
The Château of Prince Polignac 107
Aaron Trow 188
Mrs. General Talboys 214
The Parson's Daughter of Oxney Colne 235
George Walker at Suez 261
The Mistletoe Bough 278
Returning Home 300
A Ride across Palestine 320
The House of Heine Brothers, in Munich 354
The Man who kept his Money in a Box 377





WHY FRAU FROHMANN RAISED HER PRICES, AND OTHER STORIES

By Anthony Trollope

1882

CONTENTS

WHY FRAU FROHMANN RAISED HER PRICES.
Chap.   Page
I. THE BRUNNENTHAL PEACOCK 1
II. THE BEGINNING OF TROUBLES 17
III. THE QUESTION OF THE MITGIFT 29
IV. THE FRAU RETURNS TO THE SIMPLICITY OF THE OLD DAYS 40
V. A ZWANSIGER IS A ZWANSIGER 51
VI. HOFF THE BUTCHER 67
VII. "AND GOLD BECOMES CHEAP" 79
VIII. IT DOESN'T MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE TO ANY OF THEM 91
THE LADY OF LAUNAY.
I. HOW BESSY PRYOR BECAME A YOUNG LADY OF IMPORTANCE 105
II. HOW BESSY PRYOR WOULDN'T MARRY THE PARSON 111
III. HOW BESSY PRYOR CAME TO LOVE THE HEIR OF LAUNAY 120
IV. HOW BESSY PRYOR OWNED THAT SHE WAS ENGAGED 128
V. HOW BESSY PRYOR CEASED TO BE A YOUNG LADY OF IMPORTANCE 136
VI. HOW BESSY PRYOR WAS TO BE BANISHED 144
VII. HOW BESSY PRYOR WAS BANISHED TO NORMANDY 151
VIII. HOW BESSY PRYOR RECEIVED TWO LETTERS FROM LAUNAY 159
IX. HOW BESSY PRYOR ANSWERED THE TWO LETTERS, AND WHAT CAME OF IT 167
X. HOW BESSY PRYOR'S LOVER ARGUED HIS CASE 174
XI. HOW BESSY PRYOR RECEIVED HER LOVER 182
XII. HOW BESSY PRYOR WAS BROUGHT BACK, AND WHAT THEN BECAME OF HER 190
CHRISTMAS AT THOMPSON HALL.
I. MRS. BROWN'S SUCCESS 201
II. MRS. BROWN'S FAILURE 214
III. MRS. BROWN ATTEMPTS TO ESCAPE 223
IV. MRS. BROWN DOES ESCAPE 234
V. MRS. BROWN AT THOMPSON HALL 249
THE TELEGRAPH GIRL.
I. LUCY GRAHAM AND SOPHY WILSON 263
II. ABRAHAM HALL 275
III. SOPHY WILSON GOES TO HASTINGS 286
IV. MR. BROWN THE HAIRDRESSER 298
V. ABRAHAM HALL MARRIED 310
ALICE DUGDALE.
I. THE DOCTOR'S FAMILY 323
II. MAJOR ROSSITER 333
III. LADY WANLESS 342
IV. THE BEETHAMITES 352
V. THE INVITATION 362
VI. THE ARCHERY MEETING 371
VII. AFTER THE PARTY 381
VIII. SIR WALTER UP IN LONDON 391
IX. LADY DEEPBELL 400
X. THE BIRD THAT PECKED AT THE WINDOW 409





LORD PALMERSTON

By Anthony Trollope

1882

CONTENTS.

CHAP.   PAGE
I. INTRODUCTION 1
II. PALMERSTON AS JUNIOR LORD OF THE ADMIRALTY, AND SECRETARY AT WAR, APRIL, 1807, TO MAY, 1827 14
III. PALMERSTON AS SECRETARY AT WAR, WITH SEAT IN THE CABINET 28
IV. PALMERSTON AS FOREIGN SECRETARY, NOVEMBER, 1830, TO NOVEMBER, 1834 45
V. PALMERSTON AS FOREIGN SECRETARY, APRIL, 1835, TO AUGUST, 1841 60
VI. PALMERSTON OUT OF OFFICE, AUGUST, 1841, TO JULY, 1846 80
VII. PALMERSTON AS FOREIGN SECRETARY, JULY, 1846, TO DECEMBER, 1850 89
VIII. THE STORY OF DON PACIFICO 111
IX. PALMERSTON AS FOREIGN SECRETARY, TILL HIS DISMISSAL, IN 1851 129
X. PALMERSTON AS HOME SECRETARY, 1853 AND 1854 143
XI. THE CRIMEAN WAR. PALMERSTON PRIME MINISTER, 1855 158
XII. THE INDIAN MUTINY 174
XIII. PALMERSTON AS PRIME MINISTER FROM 1855 TILL HIS DEATH IN 1865 188
XIV. CONCLUSION 200





CLERGYMEN OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND

By Anthony Trollope




CONTENTS

PAGE
I. The Modern English Archbishop 1
II. English Bishops, Old and New 16
III. The Normal Dean of the Present Day 31
IV. The Archdeacon 42
V. The Parson of the Parish 54
VI. The Town Incumbent 66
VII. The College Fellow who has taken Orders 78
VIII. The Curate in a Populous Parish 92
IX. The Irish Beneficed Clergyman 105
X. The Clergyman who Subscribes for Colenso 119





T H E   C O M M E N T A R I E S   OF C A E S A R

By Anthony Trollope

MDCCCLXX

CONTENTS

CHAP.   PAGE
I. INTRODUCTION, 1
II. FIRST BOOK OF THE WAR IN GAUL.—CAESAR DRIVES FIRST THE SWISS AND THEN THE GERMANS OUT OF GAUL.—B.C. 58, 28
III. SECOND BOOK OF THE WAR IN GAUL.—CAESAR SUBDUES THE BELGIAN TRIBES.—B.C. 57, 45
IV. THIRD BOOK OF THE WAR IN GAUL.—CAESAR SUBDUES THE WESTERN TRIBES OF GAUL.—B.C. 56, 54
V. FOURTH BOOK OF THE WAR IN GAUL.—CAESAR CROSSES THE RHINE, SLAUGHTERS THE GERMANS, AND GOES INTO BRITAIN.—B.C. 55, 63
VI. FIFTH BOOK OF THE WAR IN GAUL.—CAESAR'S SECOND INVASION OF BRITAIN.—THE GAULS RISE AGAINST HIM.—B.C. 54, 74
VII. SIXTH BOOK OF THE WAR IN GAUL.—CAESAR PURSUES AMBIORIX.—THE MANNERS OF THE GAULS AND OF THE GERMANS ARE CONTRASTED.—B.C. 53, 88
VIII. SEVENTH BOOK OF THE WAR IN GAUL.—THE REVOLT OF VERCINGETORIX.—B.C. 52, 100
IX. FIRST BOOK OF THE CIVIL WAR.—CAESAR CROSSES THE RUBICON.—FOLLOWS POMPEY TO BRUNDUSIUM.—AND CONQUERS AFRANIUS IN SPAIN.—B.C. 49, 116
X. SECOND BOOK OF THE CIVIL WAR.—THE TAKING OF MARSEILLES.—VARRO IN THE SOUTH OF SPAIN.—THE FATE OF CURIO BEFORE UTICA.—B.C. 49, 131
XI. THIRD BOOK OF THE CIVIL WAR.—CAESAR FOLLOWS POMPEY INTO ILLYRIA.—THE LINES OF PETRA AND THE BATTLE OF PHARSALIA.—B.C. 48, 146
XII. CONCLUSION, 174





CHRISTMAS AT THOMPSON HALL

By Anthony Trollope

CONTENTS

CHAPTER   PAGE
I. Mrs. Brown's Success 1
II. Mrs. Brown's Failure 19
III. Mrs. Brown Attemps To Escape. 31
IV. Mrs. Brown Does Escape 46
V. Mrs. Brown At Thompson Hall 67

ILLUSTRATIONS

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Thompson Hall Frontispiece
"An English Lady and Gentleman Arrived at the Grand Hotel" 2
"He was a Thin, Genteel-Looking Man" 8
"She was a Large Woman, ... thought by Some to be Handsome" 11
"She looked like Lady Macbeth" 16
"There was a Single Lighted Candle on the Table, on Which He was Leaning with His Two Elbows" 31
"Then She Took out from Her Bag a Small Pot and a Patent Lamp and Some Chocolate, and prepared for Him a Warm Drink" 40
"With a Soiled Pocket Handkerchief in His Hand" 47
"This has been a very Disagreeable Accident, Mr. Jones" 55
"Then Mr. Jones Walked in also" 69
"By This Time There had been Some Explanation as to Past Events between the Two Sisters 77