The blue wall
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About This Book
Richard Washburn Child (1881-1935) was an American author and lawyer. Born in Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, he was the U. S. ambassador to Italy, and was a founding member of the new National Crime Commission. His works include: Jim Hands (1911), The Man in the Shadow (1911), The Blue Wall: A Story of Strangeness and Struggle (1912), Potential Russia (1916), Bodbank (1916), The Vanishing Men (1920), The Velvet Black (1921), The Hands of Nara (1922), Fresh Waters and Other Stories (1924), Battling the Criminal (1925), A Diplomat Looks at Europe (1925), The Writing on the Wall (192...
Chapters (401)
- The Blue Wall
- Illustrations
- CHAPTER I
- THE HOUSE NEXT DOOR
- CHAPTER II
- A MOVING FIGURE
- CHAPTER I
- A WOMAN AT TWENTY-TWO
- CHAPTER II
- A PLEDGE TO THE JUDGE
- CHAPTER III
- THE TORN SCRAP
- CHAPTER IV
- THE FACE
- CHAPTER V
- AT DAWN
- CHAPTER VI
- THE MOVING FIGURE AGAIN
- CHAPTER I
- A SHADOW ON THE CURTAIN
- CHAPTER II
- MARGARET
- CHAPTER I
- LES TROIS FOLIES
- CHAPTER II
- THE HOUSE ON THE RIVER
- CHAPTER III
- A VISITOR AT NIGHT
- CHAPTER IV
- A SUPPRESSION OF THE TRUTH
- CHAPTER V
- AGAIN THE MOVING FIGURE
- CHAPTER I
- BLADES OF GRASS
- CHAPTER II
- IN THE PAINTED GARDEN
- CHAPTER I
- THE VANISHED DREAM
- CHAPTER II
- MARY VANCE
- CHAPTER III
- THE GHOST
- CHAPTER I
- THE SCRATCHING SOUND
- CHAPTER I
- THE VOICE OF THE BLOOD
- CHAPTER II
- THIS NEW THING
- CHAPTER I
- AN ANSWER TO MACMECHEM
- CHAPTER II
- “WHY CARE?”
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