Dusty Diamonds Cut and Polished: A Tale of City Arab Life and Adventure
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Chapters (62)
- R.M. Ballantyne "Dusty Diamonds Cut and Polished"
- Chapter One.
- An Accident and some of its Curious Results.
- Chapter Two.
- The Irresistible Power of Love.
- Chapter Three.
- Poverty Manages to Board out her Infant for Nothing.
- Chapter Four.
- Samuel Twitter astonishes Mrs Twitter and her Friends.
- Chapter Five.
- Treats still further of Riches, Poverty, Babies, and Police.
- Chapter Six.
- Wealth pays a Visit to Poverty.
- Chapter Seven.
- Bicycling and its Occasional Results.
- Chapter Eight.
- A Great and Memorable Day.
- Chapter Nine.
- How the Poor are Succoured.
- Chapter Ten.
- Balls, Bobby, Sir Richard, and Giles appear on the Stage.
- Chapter Eleven.
- Sir Richard and Mr Brisbane discuss, and Di listens.
- Chapter Twelve.
- Sammy Twitter’s Fall.
- Chapter Thirteen.
- Tells of some Curious and Vigorous Peculiarities of the Lower Orders.
- Chapter Fourteen.
- Number 666 Off Duty.
- Chapter Fifteen.
- Mrs Frog sinks Deeper and Deeper.
- Chapter Sixteen.
- Sir Richard visits the Beehive, and sees many Surprising Things.
- Chapter Seventeen.
- Things become too hot for the Twitter Family.
- Chapter Eighteen.
- The Ocean and the New World.
- Chapter Nineteen.
- At Home in Canada.
- Chapter Twenty.
- Occupations at Brankly Farm.
- Chapter Twenty One.
- Treats of Altered Circumstances and Blue-Ribbonism.
- Chapter Twenty Two.
- Ned Frog’s Experiences and Sammy Twitter’s Woes.
- Chapter Twenty Three.
- Hopes revive.
- Chapter Twenty Four.
- The Returning Prodigal.
- Chapter Twenty Five.
- Canada again—and Surprising News.
- Chapter Twenty Six.
- Happy Meetings.
- Chapter Twenty Seven.
- A Strange Visit and its Results.
- Chapter Twenty Eight.
- The Great Change.
- Chapter Twenty Nine.
- Home Again.
- Chapter Thirty.
- The New Home.
- The End.
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