Cleg Kelly, Arab of the City: His Progress and Adventures
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When Cleg Kelly was first published, William Wallace in the Academy declared it 'out of sight the ablest and richest story of gamin life that has appeared in our time - the story that recalls most readily Oliver Twist and The Hunchback of Notre Dame.' Set partly in Edinburgh, and through the eyes and adventures of Cleg Kelly, 'Arab of the City', the author paints a vividly imaginative picture of life as it used to be in the poverty-ridden streets of the capital.Written immediately after the author resigned from his position as Minister in the Free Church of Scotland, the novel sets the natural...
Chapters (455)
- CLEG KELLY ARAB OF THE CITY
- CONTENTS.
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
- ADVENTURE I. THE OUTCASTING OF CLEG KELLY.
- ADVENTURE II. THE BURNING OF THE WHINNY KNOWES.
- ADVENTURE III. WHY CLEG KELLY HATED HIS FATHER.
- ADVENTURE IV. HOW ISBEL KELLY HEARD SWEET MUSIC.
- ADVENTURE V. THE BRIGANDS OF THE CITY.
- ADVENTURE VI. CLEG TURNS BURGLAR.
- ADVENTURE VII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE COCKROACHES.
- ADVENTURE VIII. THE FLIGHT OF SHEEMUS.
- ADVENTURE IX. THE WARMING OF THE DRABBLE.
- ADVENTURE X. THE SQUARING OF THE POLICE.
- ADVENTURE XI. THE BOY IN THE WOODEN HUT.
- ADVENTURE XII. VARA KAVANNAH OF THE TINKLERS' LANDS.
- ADVENTURE XIII. CLEG'S SECOND BURGLARY.
- ADVENTURE XIV. CLEG TURNS DIPLOMATIST.
- ADVENTURE XV. THE FIRE IN CALLENDAR'S YARD.
- ADVENTURE XVI. IN THE KEY OF BOY NATURAL.
- ADVENTURE XVII. THE KNUCKLE DUSTERS.
- ADVENTURE XVIII. BIG SMITH SUBDUES THE KNUCKLE DUSTERS.
- ADVENTURE XIX. THE PILGRIMS OF THE PENNY GAFF.
- ADVENTURE XX. THE DIFFICULTIES OF ADONIS BETWIXT TWO VENUSES.
- ADVENTURE XXI. AN IDYLL OF BOGIE ROLL.
- ADVENTURE XXII. THE SEDUCTION OF A BAILIE.
- ADVENTURE XXIII. THE AMOROUS ADVENTURES OF A NIGHT-SHIFT MAN.
- ADVENTURE XXIV. THE CROOK IN THE LOT OF CLEAVER'S BOY.
- ADVENTURE XXV. A COMELY PROVIDENCE IN A NEW FROCK.
- ADVENTURE XXVI. R. S. V. P.
- ADVENTURE XXVII. JANET OF INVERNESS TASTES THE HERB BITTER-SWEET.
- ADVENTURE XXVIII. THE ENGINE-DRIVER WITH THE BEARD.
- ADVENTURE XXIX. MUCKLE ALICK'S BANNOCKBURN.
- ADVENTURE XXX. HOW GEORDIE GRIERSON'S ENGINE BROKE ITS BUFFER.
- ADVENTURE XXXI. THE "AWFU' WOMAN."
- ADVENTURE XXXII. MAID GREATHEART AND HER PILGRIMS.
- ADVENTURE XXXIII. THE BABES IN THE HAYSTACK.
- ADVENTURE XXXIV. THAT OF MARY BELL, BYRE LASS.
- ADVENTURE XXXV. THE KNIGHT IN THE SOFT HAT.
- ADVENTURE XXXVI. THE MADNESS OF HUGH BOY.
- ADVENTURE XXXVII. BOY HUGH FINDS OUT THE NATURE OF A KISS.
- ADVENTURE XXXVIII. OF MISS BRIGGS AND HER TEN CATS.
- ADVENTURE XXXIX. THE ADVENTURE OF SNAP'S PORRIDGE.
- ADVENTURE XL. A NEW KIND OF HERO.
- ADVENTURE XLI. "TWA LADDIES—AND A LASSIE."
- ADVENTURE XLII. MUCKLE ALICK CONSIDERS.
- ADVENTURE XLIII. TOWN KNIGHT AND COUNTRY KNIGHT.
- ADVENTURE XLIV. CLEG RELAPSES INTO PAGANISM.
- ADVENTURE XLV. THE CABIN ON THE SUMMIT.
- ADVENTURE XLVI. A CHILD OF THE DEVIL.
- ADVENTURE XLVII. THE SLEEP OF JAMES CANNON, SIGNALMAN.
- ADVENTURE XLVIII. MUCKLE ALICK SEES THE DISTANT SIGNAL STAND AT CLEAR.
- ADVENTURE XLIX. CLEG COLLECTS TICKETS.
- ADVENTURE L. GENERAL THEOPHILUS RUFF.
- ADVENTURE LI. THE GENERAL'S ESTABLISHMENT.
- ADVENTURE LII. THE THREE COFFINS IN THE STRONG-ROOM.
- ADVENTURE LIII. A STORMY MORNING AT LOCH SPELLANDERIE.
- ADVENTURE LIV. KIT KENNEDY'S FAREWELL.
- ADVENTURE LV. A YOUNG MAN'S FANCY.
- ADVENTURE LVI. THE VOICES IN THE MARSH.
- ADVENTURE LVII. FIGHTING THE BEASTS.
- ADVENTURE LVIII. WITHIN THE RED DOOR.
- ADVENTURE LIX. THE BEECH HEDGE.
- ADVENTURE LX. CLEG'S TREASURE-TROVE COMES TO HIM.
- FOOTNOTES
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