The Hand-Made Gentleman: A Tale of the Battles of Peace
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- THE HAND-MADE GENTLEMAN
- A Tale of the Battles of Peace
- New York and London Harper & Brothers Publishers
- TO MY DEAR FRIEND E. PRENTISS BAILEY
- FOREWORD
- BOOK ONE—IN WHICH THE ADVENTURES OF CRICKET PRESENTED, WITH SOME ACCOUNT OF HIM
- THE HAND-MADE GENTLEMAN A TALE OF THE BATTLES OF PEACE
- ADVENTURE I—BEING THAT OF CRICKET AND THE CHILD GHOST
- CRICKET AND THE CHILD GHOST
- ADVENTURE II—BEING THAT OF CRICKET AND THE PEARL OF GREAT PRICE
- SAM WEATHERBY'S EMPORIUM
- ADVENTURE III.—BEING THAT OF THE BUNGWOOD COW
- ADVENTURE IV—BEING THAT OF CRICKET AND THE PURPLE GHOST
- ADVENTURE V—BEING THAT OF CRICKET AND THE HAND-MADE GENTLEMAN
- JAMES HENRY MCCARTHY
- ADVENTURE VI.—IN WHICH CRICKET HAS SUNDRY EXPERIENCES
- JAMES FISK'S TRAVELLING EMPORIUM.
- ADVENTURE VII.—WHICH IS THAT OF CRICKET AND THE LOVER AND THE POTATO-SACK
- ADVENTURE VIII.—IN WHICH CRICKET MEETS THE COLONEL AND THE YOUNG MISS
- ADVENTURE IX.—WHICH DESCRIBES THE COERCION OF SAM AND HIS WEDDING
- JOURNEY
- ADVENTURE X.—WHICH IS THE ADVENTURE OF CRICKET ON THE HEMPEN BRIDGE
- ADVENTURE XI.—IN WHICH CRICKET MEETS THE HAND-MADE GENTLEMAN AND THE PEARL OF GREAT PRICE
- BE TRUTHFUL. BE KIND. BE HAPPY.
- BOOK TWO—IN WHICH CRICKET TAKES THE ROAD TO MANHOOD AND MEETS WITH SUNDRY MISHAPS
- STAGE I.—IN WHICH CRICKET COMES TO A QUEER STOPPING-PLACE ON THE ROAD
- TO MANHOOD
- PEARL & COMPANY
- STAGE II.—WHICH BRINGS CRICKET TO THE STATION OF REMORSE
- STAGE III.—IN WHICH CRICKET PROCEEDS WITH HEAVIER BAGGAGE
- STAGE IV.—IN WHICH CRICKET COMES TO A TURN IN THE ROAD
- STAGE V.—IN WHICH CRICKET MOUNTS ONE OF GOD'S HORSES
- STAGE VI.—MY LAST WEEK ON THE FLYING HORSE
- STAGE VII.—IN WHICH MR. HERON ARRIVES AT THE SHOP OF THE HAND-MADE GENTLEMAN
- “SPEAKING OF SAL
- “SAL'S SISTERS
- STAGE VIII.—IN WHICH YOUNG MR. HERON COMES TO A TURN IN THE ROAD
- STICK TO NOTHING AND NOTHING WILL STICK TO YOU
- STAGE IX.—IN WHICH WE MEET THE CAPTAIN OF THE NEW ARMY
- STAGE X.—WHICH BRINGS MR. HERON TO A HIGH POINT IN THE ROAD
- BOOK THREE
- CHAPTER I.—THE SINGULAR BEGINNING OF A NEW CAREER
- CHAPTER II.—IN WHICH PEARL'S OLD MARE BEGINS TO HURRY US ALONG
- CHAPTER III.—THE GENTLEMAN DISCOVERS A NEW KIND OF POWER
- CHAPTER IV.—IN WHICH WE MEET TWO GREAT MEN
- CHAPTER V.—THE FIRST THROUGH CARS, AND THEIR BURDEN AND BAPTISM
- CHAPTER VI.—THE FIRST BATTLE OF PEACE
- CHAPTER VII,—MCCARTHY S FIRST BATTLE WITH SATAN
- CHAPTER VIII.—IN WHICH WE TAKE SUPPER WITH THE FIRST CÆSAR OF THE CORPORATIONS
- CHAPTER IX.—THE SECOND BATTLE OF PEACE
- CHAPTER X.—THE CONTINUATION OF THE BATTLE
- CHAPTER XI.—AN UNEXPECTED MEETING OF OLD FRIENDS
- CHAPTER XII.—THE STORY OF AN UNSUSPECTED HERO
- CHAPTER XIII.—PEACE
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