Coward or Hero?
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Chapters (48)
- COWARD OR HERO?
- CONTENTS.
- LIST OF PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS.
- I. THE CAPTAIN’S INDIGNATION.
- II. MY NOSE.
- III. COLONEL BOISSOT’S SYSTEM.
- IV. GOOD RESOLUTIONS.
- V. I SEE A MONSTER.
- VI. FRIMOUSSE.
- VII. MONTÉZUMA AND CROQUEMITAINE.
- VIII. THE COLONEL’S HORSE.
- IX. CHILDREN SHOULD CONFIDE IN THEIR PARENTS.
- X. MONTÉZUMA’S ACCOMPLISHMENTS.
- XI. DARING EXPLOITS.
- XII. THE INTOLERANCE OF THE LITTLE BANTAM.
- XIII. HAVE I A VOCATION?
- XIV. AN ANXIOUS QUESTION HAPPILY SETTLED.
- XV. A PROJECTED BATTLE.
- XVI. MY PROJECT IS DEFERRED.
- XVII. SCIENTIFIC REFLECTIONS ON MY NOSE MADE BY DR. LOMBALOT.
- XVIII. I DISCOVER THAT I DO NOT POSSESS THE BUMP OF COMBATIVENESS.
- XIX. THE BANTAM CEASES TO TROUBLE ME.
- XX. MISS PORQUET’S SCHOOL.
- XXI. A FRIEND.—PRISONER’S BASE.
- XXII. STUDIES.—SCHOOLBOY TALK.
- XXIII. A DREADFUL ADVENTURE.
- XXIV. DON’T LET MARC KNOW.
- XXV. “THE BOY WHO HAS BEEN SO ILL.”
- XXVI. MARC’S FRIENDSHIP FOR ME.
- XXVII. PLANS FOR THE HOLIDAYS.
- XXVIII. THE PROSPECT OF GOING TO COLLEGE.
- XXIX. AT BOIS-CLAIR.
- XXX. ULYSSES MAKES HIS APPEARANCE.
- XXXI. SAD NEWS FOR ME.
- XXXII. I GO TO COLLEGE.—A PUPIL CALLED BORNIQUET.
- XXXIII. MY NOSE STILL TROUBLES ME.
- XXXIV. “AZOR! AZOR!”
- XXXV. THE THEORY OF SELF-DEFENCE.
- XXXVI. STILL A COWARD.
- XXXVII. INCONSISTENCY.
- XXXVIII. MY PARENTS’ DEVOTION TO ME.
- XXXIX. A HUNTING COAT OF FORMER DAYS.
- XL. THE EFFECT OF MY NEW COAT ON MY CHARACTER.
- XLI. THE BEETLE.
- XLII. A FIGHT AT LAST.
- XLIII. MY FATHER IS SATISFIED.
- XLIV. EXTREMES ARE BAD.
- XLV. A LAST CHAPTER, WRITTEN BY ANOTHER HAND.
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