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Volume 3. CHAPTER XV It seemed an unspeakable smallness in a man of such high place in the State, whose hand had tied and untied myriad knots of political and court intrigue, that he should sto...

Volume 4. A SABLE SPARTAN A VULGAR FRACTION HOW PANGO WANGO WAS ANNEXED AN AMIABLE REVENGE THE BLIND BEGGAR AND THE LITTLE RED PEG A FRIEND OF THE COMMUNE A SABLE SPARTAN Lady Tynemouth was ...

Volume 2. THE HIGH COURT OF BUDGERY-GAR AN EPIC IN YELLOW DIBBS, R.N. A LITTLE MASQUERADE DERELICT OLD ROSES MY WIFE'S LOVERS THE STRANGERS' HUT THE HIGH COURT OF BUDGERY-GAR We were camped o...

Volume 1. CONTENTS Volume 1. CUMNER'S SON Volume 2. THE HIGH COURT OF BUDGERY-GAR AN EPIC IN YELLOW DIBBS, R.N. A LITTLE MASQUERADE DERELICT OLD ROSES MY WIFE'S LOVERS THE STRANGERS' HUT Vol...

Volume 3. THE PLANTER'S WIFE BARBARA GOLDING THE LONE CORVETTE THE PLANTER'S WIFE I She was the daughter of a ruined squatter, whose family had been pursued with bad luck; he was a planter, ...

CONTENTS Volume 1. THE VISION ABOVE THE DIN LOVE'S COURAGE LOVE'S LANGUAGE ASPIRATION THE MEETING THE NEST PISGAH LOVE IS ENOUGH AT THE PLAY ...

Volume 5. XLI.

I "Ask Mr. Hume to come here for a moment, Gosse," said Field, the chief factor, as he turned from the frosty window of his office at Fort Providence, one of the Hudson's Bay Company's posts.

WIDGER'S QUOTATIONS FROM THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EDITION OF THE COLLECTED NOVELS OF GILBERT PARKER EDITOR'S NOTE Readers acquain...

THE GOLDEN PIPES THE GUARDIAN OF THE FIRE BY THAT PLACE CALLED PERADVENTURE THE SINGING OF THE BEES THE WHITE OMEN THE SOJOURNERS THE TENT OF THE PURPLE MAT THERE WAS A LITTLE ...

CHAPTER I If you go to Southampton and search the register of the Walloon Church there, you will find that in the summer of 157_, "Madame Vefue de Montgomery with all her family and servants...

Volume 5. CHAPTER XXXI When Ranulph returned to his little house at St. Aubin's Bay night had fallen.

EPILOGUE INTRODUCTION This book is in a place by itself among the novels I have written.

I Of all the good men that Lincolnshire gave to England to make her proud, strong and handsome, none was stronger, prouder and more handsome than John Enderby, whom King Charles made a knight agai...

"Life in her creaking shoes Goes, and more formal grows, A round of calls and cues: Love blows as the wind blows.

THE LOOM OF DESTINY INTRODUCTION When I turn over the hundreds of pages of this book, I have a feeling that I am looking upon something for which I have no particular responsibility, though it...

Volume 2. CHAPTER VIII Five minutes later, Lempriere of Rozel, as butler to the Queen, saw a sight of which he told to his dying day.

EPILOGUE INTRODUCTION This volume contains two novels dealing with the life of prairie people in the town of Askatoon in the far West.

CHAPTER VI WHICH TELLS OF STRANGE ENCOUNTERS A few hours afterwards Gaston sat on his horse, in a quiet corner of the grounds, while his uncle sketched him.

CHAPTER XIII THE MAN FROM OUTSIDE "Oh, who will walk the wood with me, I fear to walk alone; So young am I, as you may see; ...

EPILOGUE CHAPTER XXII BELLS OF MEMORY However far Jean Jacques went, however long the day since leaving the Manor Cartier, he could not escape the signals from his past.

CHAPTER X DYCK CALHOUN ENTERS THE WORLD AGAIN "Is it near the time?"

Volume 2. THE ABSURD ROMANCE OF P'TITE LOUISON THE LITTLE BELL OF HONOUR A SON OF THE WILDERNESS A WORKER IN STONE THE ABSURD ROMANCE OF P'TITE LOUISON The five brothers lived with Louison, ...

WHEREIN IS SET FORTH THE HISTORY OF JESSICA LEVERET, AS ALSO THAT OF PIERRE LE MOYNE OF IBERVILLE, GEORGE GERING, AND OTHER BOLD SPIRITS; TOGETHER WITH CERTAIN MATTERS OF WAR, AND THE DEEDS OF ONE ...

Volume 1. INTRODUCTION In one sense this book stands by itself.

THE CURE SPEAKS EPILOGUE CHAPTER L. THE PASSION PLAY AT CHAUDIERE For the first time in its history Chaudiere was becoming notable in the eyes of the outside world.

Volume 5. THE ERROR OF THE DAY THE WHISPERER AS DEEP AS THE SEA THE ERROR OF THE DAY The "Error of the Day" may be defined as "The difference between the distance or range which must be put ...

Volume 4. THE TALL MASTER THE CRIMSON FLAG THE FLOOD IN PIPI VALLEY THE TALL MASTER The story has been so much tossed about in the mouths of Indians, and half-breeds, and men of the Hudson's...

CHAPTER XIII "AS WATER UNTO WINE" Three months afterwards George Gering was joyfully preparing to take two voyages.

CHAPTER VII FRIENDS IN COUNCIL Montreal and Quebec, dear to the fortunes of such men as Iberville, were as cheerful in the still iron winter as any city under any more cordial sky then or now: me...

Volume 5. THE CRUISE OF THE "NINETY-NINE" A ROMANY OF THE SNOWS THE PLUNDERER THE CRUISE OF THE "NINETY-NINE" I. THE SEARCH She was only a big gulf yawl, which a man and a boy could manage...

Volume 5. ANTOINE AND ANGELIQUE THE CIPHER A TRAGEDY OF NOBODIES A SANCTUARY OF THE PLAINS ANTOINE AND ANGELIQUE "The birds are going south, Antoine--see--and it is so early!"

Volume 3. WHEN THE SWALLOWS HOMEWARD FLY GEORGE'S WIFE MARCILE WHEN THE SWALLOWS HOMEWARD FLY The arrogant sun had stalked away into the evening, trailing behind him banners of gold and crim...

Volume 3. SHON MCGANN'S TOBOGAN RIDE PERE CHAMPAGNE THE SCARLET HUNTER THE STONE SHON McGANN'S TOBOGAN RIDE "Oh, it's down the long side of Farcalladen Rise, With the...

Volume 2. MALACHI THE LAKE OF THE GREAT SLAVE THE RED PATROL THE GOING OF THE WHITE SWAN AT BAMBER'S BOOM MALACHI "He'll swing just the same to-morrow.

CHAPTER XIX WHICH TELLS OF A BROTHER'S BLOOD CRYING FROM THE GROUND Two men stood leaning against a great gun aloft on the heights of Quebec.

CHAPTER VI THE PASSING OF THE YEARS Lali's recovery was not rapid.

CHAPTER XXXV THE FLIGHT OF THE WOUNDED "And Mario can soothe with a tenor note The souls in purgatory."

Volume 3. CHAPTER XIII The sickness had come like a whirlwind: when it passed, what would be left?

Volume 3. THE TRAGIC COMEDY OF ANNETTE THE MARRIAGE OF THE MILLER MATHURIN THE STORY OF THE LIME-BURNER THE WOODSMAN'S STORY OF THE GREAT WHITE CHIEF UNCLE JIM THE HOUSE WITH THE TALL PORCH PARPO...

Volume 1. INTRODUCTION I believe that 'The Pomp of the Lavilettes' has elements which justify consideration.

Volume 2. CHAPTER VI Prince or plebeian, Valmond played his part with equal aplomb at the simple home of Elise Malboir and at the Manoir Hilaire, where Madame Chalice received him.

THE LOOM OF DESTINY CHAPTER XL HYLDA SEEKS NAHOUM It was as though she had gone to sleep the night before, and waked again upon this scene unchanged, brilliant, full of colour, a chaos of dec...

CHAPTER IX THE FAITH OF COMRADES When Francis Armour left his wife's room he did not go to his own, but quietly descended the stairs, went to the library, and sat down.