Strange Stories
by Grant Allen
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About This Book
Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. This book is printed in black & white, Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Reprinted in 2022 with the help of original edition published long back 1884. As this book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages. If it is multi vo Resized as per current standards. We expect that you will understand our compulsion with such books. 402 Strange stories by Gr...
Chapters (51)(click to expand)
- THE PICCADILLY NOVELS.
- POPULAR STORIES BY THE BEST AUTHORS.
- Prefaced by SIR BARTLE FRERE.
- CHATTO AND WINDUS, PICCADILLY, W.
- STRANGE STORIES
- STRANGE STORIES
- GRANT ALLEN
- WITH A FRONTISPIECE BY GEORGE DU MAURIER
- London CHATTO AND WINDUS, PICCADILLY 1884
- PREFACE.
- CONTENTS.
- THE REVEREND JOHN CREEDY.
- I.
- II.
- III.
- DR. GREATREX'S ENGAGEMENT.
- MR. CHUNG.
- THE CURATE OF CHURNSIDE.
- II.
- AN EPISODE IN HIGH LIFE.
- MY NEW YEARS EVE AMONG THE MUMMIES.
- THE FOUNDERING OF THE "FORTUNA."
- I.
- II.
- III.
- THE BACKSLIDER.
- II.
- III.
- IV.
- THE MYSTERIOUS OCCURRENCE IN PICCADILLY.
- I.
- II.
- CARVALHO.
- I.
- II.
- PAUSODYNE:
- A GREAT CHEMICAL DISCOVERY.
- THE EMPRESS OF ANDORRA.
- THE SENIOR PROCTOR'S WOOING: A TALE OF TWO CONTINENTS.
- I.
- II.
- THE CHILD OF THE PHALANSTERY.
- I.
- II.
- III.
- IV.
- V.
- OUR SCIENTIFIC OBSERVATIONS ON A GHOST.
- Chemical Analysis of an Apparition.
- RAM DAS OF CAWNPORE.
- FOOTNOTES:
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