In Search of a Son
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- In Search of a Son.
- UNCLE LAWRENCE, AUTHOR OF "YOUNG FOLKS' WHYS AND WHEREFORES," ETC.
- PHILADELPHIA: J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY. 1890.
- TABLE OF CONTENTS
- IN SEARCH OF A SON.
- CHAPTER I. THE DESPATCH.
- CHAPTER II. TWO FRIENDS.
- CHAPTER III. MONSIEUR ROGER.
- CHAPTER IV. MONSIEUR ROGER'S STORY.
- CHAPTER V. FIRE AT SEA.
- CHAPTER VI. MISS MIETTE'S FORTUNE.
- CHAPTER VII. VACATION.
- CHAPTER VIII. A DRAWING LESSON.
- CHAPTER IX. THE TOWER OF HEURTEBIZE.
- CHAPTER X. PHYSICAL SCIENCE.
- CHAPTER XI. THE SMOKE WHICH FALLS.
- CHAPTER XII. AT THE CENTRE OF THE EARTH.
- CHAPTER XIII. WHY LEAD IS HEAVIER THAN CORK.
- CHAPTER XIV. THE AIR-PUMP.
- CHAPTER XV. DROPS OF RAIN AND HAMMER OF WATER.
- CHAPTER XVI. AMUSING PHYSICS.
- CHAPTER XVII. WHY THE MOON DOES NOT FALL.
- CHAPTER XVIII. A MYSTERIOUS RESEMBLANCE.
- CHAPTER XIX. THE FIXED IDEA.
- CHAPTER XX. FIRE.
- CHAPTER XXI. SAVED.
- CHAPTER XXII. GEORGE! GEORGE!
- CHAPTER XXIII. A PROOF?
- CHAPTER XXIV. THE AIR AND THE LUNGS.
- CHAPTER XXV. OXYGEN.
- CHAPTER XXVI. WHY WATER PUTS OUT FIRE.
- CHAPTER XXVII. PAUL OR GEORGE?
- CHAPTER XXVIII. MY FATHER.
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