Second String
by Anthony Hope
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- SECOND STRING
- THOMAS NELSON AND SONS
- LONDON, EDINBURGH, DUBLIN, LEEDS, AND NEW YORK LEIPZIG: 35-37 Königstrasse. PARIS: 61 Rue des Saints Pères.
- CONTENTS.
- SECOND STRING.
- Chapter I. HOME AGAIN.
- Chapter II. A VERY LITTLE HUNTING.
- Chapter III. THE POTENT VOICE.
- Chapter IV. SETTLED PROGRAMMES.
- Chapter V. BROADENING LIFE.
- Chapter VI. THE WORLDS OF MERITON.
- Chapter VII. ENTERING FOR THE RACE.
- Chapter VIII. WONDERFUL WORDS.
- Chapter IX. "INTERJECTION."
- Chapter X. FRIENDS IN NEED.
- Chapter XI. THE SHAWL BY THE WINDOW.
- Chapter XII. CONCERNING A STOLEN KISS.
- Chapter XIII. A LOVER LOOKS PALE.
- Chapter XIV. SAVING THE NATION.
- Chapter XV. LOVE AND FEAR.
- Chapter XVI. A CHOICE OF EVILS.
- Chapter XVII. REFORMATION.
- Chapter XVIII. PENITENCE AND PROBLEMS.
- Chapter XIX. MARKED MONEY.
- Chapter XX. NO GOOD?
- Chapter XXI. THE EMPTY PLACE.
- Chapter XXII. GRUBBING AWAY.
- Chapter XXIII. A STOP-GAP.
- Chapter XXIV. PRETTY MUCH THE SAME!
- Chapter XXV. THE LAST FIGHT.
- Chapter XXVI. TALES OUT OF SCHOOL FOR ONCE.
- Chapter XXVII. NOT OF HIS SEEKING.
- THE END.
- Notes on Nelson's New Novels.
- Descriptive Notes on the Volumes for 1910:— FORTUNE. J. C. Snaith.
- THE HISTORY OF MR. POLLY. H. G. Wells.
- DAISY'S AUNT. E. F. Benson.
- THE OTHER SIDE. H. A. Vachell.
- SIR GEORGE'S OBJECTION. Mrs. W. K. Clifford.
- PRESTER JOHN. John Buchan.
- LADY GOOD-FOR-NOTHING. "Q."
- PANTHER'S CUB. Agnes and Egerton Castle.
- TREPANNED. John Masefield.
- THE SIMPKINS PLOT. George A. Birmingham.
- THOMAS NELSON AND SONS, London, Edinburgh, Dublin, and New York.
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