Oliver Ellis
by James Grant
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About This Book
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Chapters (72)
- OLIVER ELLIS;
- CHAPTER I. BOYHOOD.
- CHAPTER II. THE MINISTER.
- CHAPTER III. MESSRS. HARPY, QUIRKY, AND MACFARISEE.
- CHAPTER IV APPLEWOOD.
- CHAPTER V THE WILL.
- CHAPTER VI. AMY LEE.
- CHAPTER VII. TWO YOUNG HEARTS.
- CHAPTER VIII. FROM POETRY TO PROSE AGAIN.
- CHAPTER IX. SEQUEL TO THE STORY OF THE WILL.
- CHAPTER X. MAHOGANY v. LAW
- CHAPTER XI. EDINBURGH IN 1792.
- CHAPTER XII. THE FRIENDS OF THE PEOPLE.
- CHAPTER XIII. THE PRESS-GANG.
- CHAPTER XIV. MR. MACROCODILE.
- CHAPTER XV THE PRESSING TENDER.
- CHAPTER XVI. THE WHITE-SLAVE SHIP.
- CHAPTER XVII. JACK THE MARINE.
- CHAPTER XVIII. OVERBOARD.
- CHAPTER XIX. THE SANDRIDGE LIGHT.
- CHAPTER XX. DICK KNUCKLEDUSTER.
- CHAPTER XXI. RETRIBUTION.
- CHAPTER XXII. COMPTON RENNEL.
- CHAPTER XXIII. THE "MAID AND THE MAGPIE."
- CHAPTER XXIV SERGEANT DRUMBIRREL.
- CHAPTER XXV HEAD-QUARTERS.
- CHAPTER XXVI. THE ROUTE.
- CHAPTER XXVII. THE "ADDER" FRIGATE.
- CHAPTER XXVIII. LAND!
- CHAPTER XXIX. THE SNAKE.
- CHAPTER XXX. THE FORBIDDEN FRUIT.
- CHAPTER XXXI. THE STORY OF EULALIE.
- CHAPTER XXXII. STORY OF EULALIE CONTINUED.
- CHAPTER XXXIII. OUR ESTEEM PROGRESSES.
- CHAPTER XXXIV. THE MANGROVE CREEK.
- CHAPTER XXXV. THE EMIGRANT PRIEST.
- CHAPTER XXXVI. THE SPY.
- CHAPTER XXXVII. ANXIETY.
- CHAPTER XXXVIII. A REVELATION.
- CHAPTER XXXIX. A SEA OF FIRE.
- CHAPTER XL. THE LANDING.
- CHAPTER XLI. LA CHAPELLE.
- CHAPTER XLII. A PAIR OF COLOURS.
- CHAPTER XLIII. A HALT.
- CHAPTER XLIV. THE SKIRMISH AT MORNE ROUGE.
- CHAPTER XLV THE BLANK FUSILADE.
- CHAPTER XLVI. CAPTURE OF ST. PIERRE.
- CHAPTER XLVII. THE CONVENT OF ST. URSULE.
- CHAPTER XLVIII. LA FLEUR D'EPÉE.
- CHAPTER XLIX. THE ASSAULT.
- CHAPTER L. "SMITH" OF THE ROYALS.
- CHAPTER LI. THE HURRICANE.
- CHAPTER LII. THE DESERT ISLAND.
- CHAPTER LIII. THE TREASURE SHIP.
- CHAPTER LIV. A SURPRISE.
- CHAPTER LV WE VISIT THE "GALLEON."
- CHAPTER LVI. KNUCKLEDUSTER'S STORY.
- CHAPTER LVII. A SAIL IN SIGHT!
- CHAPTER LVIII. SAVED!
- CHAPTER LIX. CAPTAIN CRANKY.
- CHAPTER LX. THE YELLOW FEVER.
- CHAPTER LXI. I REJOIN THE REGIMENT.
- CHAPTER LXII. THE DOS D'ANE.
- CHAPTER LXIII. THE WORSHIPPERS OF THE DEVIL.
- CHAPTER LXII. SCIPIO.
- CHAPTER LXV. CAPTURE OF POINT A PETRE.
- CHAPTER LXVI. THE OBEAH NEGRO.
- CHAPTER LXVII. M. DE THOISY.
- CHAPTER LXVIII. A DISCOVERY.
- CHAPTER LXIX. GEORGETTE.
- CHAPTER LXX. A CRISIS.
- CHAPTER LXXI. CONCLUSION.
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