THEFT

A Play In Four Acts

By Jack London



CONTENTS

ACTORS' DESCRIPTION OF CHARACTERS
ACT I    A Room in the House of Senator Chalmers
ACT II   Rooms of Howard Knox at Hotel Waltham
ACT III  A Room in the Washington House of Anthony Starkweather
ACT IV  Same as Act I






THE SCARLET PLAGUE

By Jack London

Illustrated By Gordon Grant



CONTENTS

THE SCARLET PLAGUE

I II III IV V VI

ILLUSTRATIONS

Slowly he Pulled the Bowstring Taut 020
Rabbit is Good, Very Good 026
This Attracted the Old Man's Nostrils 033
With a Sling Such As David Carried 036
I Was a Professor of English Literature 054
Sixty Years Since I Have Seen a Piece of Soap. 059
Granser, You Make Me Sick With Your Gabble 071
But This New Plague Was Quicker 078
The Telephone Bell Rang 088
Fled from the City by Millions 092
I Heard Sounds of Rioting and Of Pistol Shots 098
Look at Yourself in the Mirror 100
Now in the Time of Calamity They Turned on Us 108
He Told Me he Had Been Cruelly Beaten 112
We Thrust Her Forth from the Building 121
She Fell Like a Plummet to the Earth 132
With My Horse and Dogs And Pony, I Set out 144
Everybody Called Him Chauffeur 149
Vesta the One Woman 150
There She Was, Boiling Fish-chowder 153
And Her the Chauffeur Beat and Made his Slave 158
Found Evidences of a Recently Occupied Camp 169
I Have Stored Many Books in a Cave 179






A SON OF THE SUN

BY JACK LONDON



CONTENTS

Chapter One A SON OF THE SUN I II III IV V VI
Chapter Two THE PROUD GOAT OF ALOYSIUS PANKBURN I II III IV V VI VII
Chapter Three THE DEVILS OF FUATINO I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX
Chapter Four THE JOKERS OF NEW GIBBON I II III IV
Chapter Five A LITTLE ACCOUNT WITH SWITHIN HALL I II III IV V VI VII VIII
Chapter Six A GOBOTO NIGHT I II
Chapter Seven THE FEATHERS OF THE SUN I II III III IV V VI VII
Chapter Eight THE PEARLS OF PARLAY I II III IV V






THE ACORN-PLANTER

By Jack London



CONTENTS

ARGUMENT
PROLOGUE
ACT I.
ACT II.
EPILOGUE






TALES OF THE FISH PATROL

By Jack London

CONTENTS

I White and Yellow 9
II The King of the Greeks 39
III A Raid on the Oyster Pirates 71
IV The Siege of the "Lancashire Queen" 103
V Charley's Coup 139
VI Demetrios Contos 175
VII Yellow Handkerchief 209

ILLUSTRATIONS

"I put my hand to my hip pocket" Frontispiece
  facing page
Map 11
"He saw fit to laugh and sneer at us, before all the fishermen" 60
"The Centipede and the Porpoise doubled up on the cabin in paroxysms of laughter 86
"I suddenly arose and threw the grappling iron" 116
"The consternation we spread among the fishermen was tremendous" 158
"There, in the stern, sat Demetrios Contos" 204
"I went aft and took charge of the prize" 218






SCORN OF WOMEN

A Play In Three Acts

By Jack London



ACT I ALASKA COMPANY'S STORE AT DAWSON
ACT II ANTEROOM OF PIONEER HALL
ACT III FREDA MOLOOF'S CABIN






BROWN WOLF

By Jack London

And Other Jack London Stories



CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION
BROWN WOLF
THAT SPOT
TRUST
ALL GOLD CANYON
THE STORY OF KEESH
NAM-BOK THE UNVERACIOUS
YELLOW HANDKERCHIEF
MAKE WESTING
THE HEATHEN
THE HOBO AND THE FAIRY
"JUST MEAT"
A NOSE FOR THE KING