A Pessimist in Theory and Practice
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- A PESSIMIST;
- IN
- THEORY AND PRACTICE
- ROBERT TIMSOL.
- NEW YORK: JOHN B. ALDEN, PUBLISHER. 1888.
- CONTENTS.
- A PESSIMIST.
- I.
- WISDOM IN THE WOODS.
- II.
- WORSE YET.
- III.
- COMPLICATIONS.
- IV.
- A WILFUL PRINCESS.
- V.
- CONSULTATION.
- VI.
- PREPARATION.
- VII.
- INITIATION.
- VIII.
- INTRODUCTION.
- IX.
- AT NEWPORT.
- X.
- ON THE CLIFFS.
- XI.
- EXPLANATIONS.
- XII.
- AWAKENING.
- XIII.
- DOMESTIC CRITICISMS.
- XIV.
- OVER TWO CIGARS.
- XV.
- THE CATASTROPHE.
- XVI.
- FEMININE COUNSELS.
- XVII.
- CONSOLATION.
- XVIII.
- AGAINST EARNESTNESS.
- XIX.
- CONSPIRACY.
- XX.
- APOLOGY FOR LYING.
- XXI.
- JANE TO THE RESCUE.
- XXII.
- AN ORDEAL.
- XXIII.
- PLAN OF CAMPAIGN.
- XXIV.
- TO WAYBACK AGAIN.
- XXV.
- A WILD BROOK.
- XXVI.
- AN INTRACTABLE PATIENT.
- XXVII.
- SCENERY IMPROVED.
- XXVIII.
- DIPLOMACY.
- XXIX.
- SUBMISSION.
- XXX.
- WASTED ADVICE.
- XXXI.
- RESULTS REPORTED.
- XXXII.
- CONFESSION.
- XXXIII.
- A FAMILY CONCLAVE.
- XXXIV.
- TO PERSONS ABOUT TO MARRY.
- THE END.
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