The Black Colonel
by James Milne
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About This Book
James Milne (1865-1951) was a Scottish journalist, novelist and editor. He was educated at Strathdon and Aboyne and attended classes at Edinburgh University. In 1903 he founded and edited Book Monthly. From 1904 until 1918 he was Literary Editor of the Daily Chronicle. He was also a contributor to the Daily Telegraph, the Scotsman, and Cornhill Magazine writing under the pseudonyms Eliot Buckram and Elijah True. His works The Gordon Highlanders (1898), The Romance of a Pro-Consul (1899), The Epistles of Atkins (1902), My Summer in London (1909), The Black Colonel (1921), The Road to Kashmir (c...
Chapters (6)
- THE BLACK COLONEL
- JOHN LANE THE BODLEY HEAD LIMITED
- TO J. T. M., WHO KNOWS THE
- I. WE MEET IN THE PASS II. TRAPPED BY THE RED-COATS III. OVER THE HILLS OF HOME IV. THE OPENING ROAD V. A CAIRN OF REMEMBRANCE VI. THE FINGER OF FATE VII. A PARLEY AND A SURPRISE VIII. THE CONQUERING HERO IX. 'TWIXT NIGHT AND MORN X. THE WAY OF A WOMAN XI. THE CRACK OF THUNDER XII. RAIDERS OF THE DARK XIII. THE WOUND OF ABSENCE XIV. THE CARDS OF LOVE XV. NEWS FROM SOMEWHERE XVI. THE WOOIN' O'T! XVII. A SONG OF OTHER SHORES XVIII. MY GARDEN OF CONTENT
- THE BLACK COLONEL
- THE END
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