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INDEX

A

ADAMS, Herbert— A Virtue of Necessity 7

ALEXANDER, Geo.— Introduction to "Art of Elocution" 4

America Abroad (J. W. Cundall) 21

Anna Marsden's Experiment (Ellen Williams) 15

Asmodeus (edited by Justin Hannaford) 6

Ashes Tell no Tales (Mrs A. S. Bradshaw) 7

ASCHER, Isidore G.— A Social Upheaval 8

B

Bachelor Ballads (H. A. Spurr) 21

BECKFORD, Geo.— Vathek 6

Bible Stories Retold 4

BRADSHAW, Mrs Albert S.— Ashes Tell no Tales 7 Gates of Temptation 14

Bye-ways of Crime (R. J. Power-Berrey) 4

C

CARNIE, T. West— In Quaint East Anglia 5

Comedy of Temptation (T. Coutts) 9

COUTTS, Tristram— Pottle Papers 20 Comedy of Temptation 9 Pottle's Progress 21

CUNDALL, J. W.— London 21 America Abroad 21

Cry in the Night (A. Golsworthy) 7

D

DANIELS, Heber— Dona Rufina 13

Darab's Wine-Cup (B. Kennedy) 16

Dan Leno, Hys Booke (Dan Leno) 20

Death and the Woman (A. Golsworthy) 18

Devil in a Domino (C. L'Epine) 17

Devil on Two Sticks (Le Sage) 6

DE BREMONT, Comtesse— A Son of Africa 7 The Gentleman Digger 9

DE SOISSON— The Path of the Soul 5

Dolomite Cavern (W. P. Kelly) 11

Dona Rufina (Heber Daniels) 13

E

East Anglia, In Quaint (T. W. Carnie) 21

"ENGLISH WRITERS OF TO-DAY" Series— Rudyard Kipling (G. F. Monkshood) 1 Thomas Hardy (W. L. Courtney) 2 Geo. Meredith (Walter Jerrold) 2 Bret Harte (T. E. Pemberton) 2 Richard Le Gallienne (C. R. Gull) 2 Arthur Wing Pinero (H. Fyffe) 2 W. E. Henley (G. Gamble) 2 English Parnassian School (Sir G. Douglas) 2 Realistic Writers (J. Hannaford) 2

ESCOTT, T. H. S.— A Trip to Paradoxia 3

Elocution, The Art of (Ross Ferguson) 4

Epicurean, The (edited by Justin Hannaford) 6

F

Fame, the Fiddler (S. J. A. Fitz-Gerald) 16

Famous Hamlets (C. Scott) 4

FERGUSON, Ross— The Art of Elocution 4

Fetters of Fire (Compton Reade) 7

Fellow-Passengers (R. Pyke) 18

FITZ-GERALD, S. J. Adair— Fame, the Fiddler 16 That Fascinating Widow 17 The Grand Panjandrum 19

G

GALT, John— Ringan Gilhaize 6

Gates of Temptation, The (Mrs A. S. Bradshaw) 14

Gentleman Digger, The (Comtesse de Bremont) 9

Girl of the North, A (H. Milicite) 7

GOLSWORTHY, Arnold— A Cry in the Night 7 Death and the Woman 18

GRAYL, Druid— Nonsense Numbers, etc. 19 Pillypingle Pastorals 20

Grand Panjandrum, The (S. J. A. Fitz-Gerald) 19

GREEN, Percy B.— A History of Nursery Rhymes 5

Green Passion (A. P. Vert) 10

Guides, etc. 21

H

HALL, Sydney— Temptation of Edith Watson 9

Hamlets, Some Famous (C. Scott) 4

HERMAN, Henry— The Sword of Fate 9

Hypocrite, The (Anonymous) 13

I

In Monte Carlo (H. Sienkiewicz) 12

In Quaint East Anglia (T. W. Carnie) 21

J

Jocular Jingles (Druid Grayl) 19

JOHNSON, Dr— Rasselas 6

K

KELLY, W. Patrick— The Dolomite Cavern 11

KENNEDY, Bart— A Man Adrift 5 Darab's Wine-Cup 16 The Wandering Romanoff 13

L

Lady of the Leopard, The (C. L'Epine) 12

Lady of Criswold, The (L. Outram) 14

LE SAGE— Asmodeus; or, The Devil on Two Sticks 6

L'EPINE, Charles— The Devil in a Domino 17 The Lady of the Leopard 12

LENO, Dan— Dan Leno, Hys Booke 20

LONGSTAFF, W. Luther— Weeds and Flowers 6 The Tragedy of the Lady Palmist 12

Lord Jimmy (G. Martyn) 14

London (J. W. Cundall) 21

M

Man Adrift, A (B. Kennedy) 5

Madonna Mia (C. Scott) 11

MARTYN, Geo.— Lord Jimmy 14

MARTIN, Ernest— Shadows 18

M'MILLAN, Mrs Alec— The Weird Well 9

Miss Malevolent (Author of "The Hypocrite") 9

MILICITE, Helen— A Girl of the North 7

MONKSHOOD, G. F.— Woman and the Wits 5 Rudyard Kipling 1 My Lady Ruby 12

MOORE, Thomas— The Epicurean 6

Mora (T. W. Speight) 7

My Lady Ruby (G. F. Monkshood) 12

N

New Tale of the Terror, A (Author of "The Hypocrite") 8

Nonsense Numbers (D. Grayl) 19

Nursery Rhymes, A History of (P. B. Green) 5

O

Obscure Apostle (Orzeszko) 7

Outrageous Fortune (Anonymous) 10

OUTRAM, Leonard— The Lady of Criswold 14

OWEN, J. L.— Seven Nights with Satan 10

P

Path of the Soul (C. S. de Soisson) 5

People, Plays, and Places (C. Scott) 3

Pelican Tails (F. M. Boyd, etc.) 17

Pillypingle Pastorals (D. Grayl) 20

Pootle Papers, The (T. Coutts) 21

Pootle's Progress, The (T. Coutts) 21

POWER-BERREY, R. J.— Bye-Ways of Crime 4

PYKE, Rivington— The Fellow-Passengers 18

R

RAE-BROWN, Campbell— The Shadow on the Manse 12 The Resurrection of His Grace 15

Rasselas (Edited by Justin Hannaford) 6

READE, Compton— Fetters of Fire 7

Resurrection of His Grace (C. Rae-Brown) 15

Ringan Gilhaize (Edited by Sir G. Douglas) 6

S

SADLEIR, Mrs Maria M.— Such is the Law 7

SCOTT, Clement— The Wheel of Life 2 Madonna Mia 11 People, Plays, and Places 3 Sisters by the Sea 3 Famous Hamlets 4

Seven Nights with Satan (J. L. Owen) 10

Shadows (E. Martin) 18

Shams (Anonymous) 8

Shadow on The Manse (C. Rae-Brown) 12

SIENKIEWICZ, Henryk— In Monte Carlo 12

Sisters by the Sea (C. Scott) 3

Son of Africa, A (Comtesse de Bremont) 7

Social Upheaval, A (I. G. Ascher) 8

SPEIGHT, T. W.— Mora; One Woman's History 7

SPURR, Harry A.— Bachelor Ballads 21

Stage, Year Book of (Greening and Hannaford) 5

Such is the Law (M. M. Sadleir) 7

Sword of Fate, The (H. Herman) 9

T

Temptation of Edith Watson (S. Hall) 9

That Fascinating Widow (S. J. A. Fitz-Gerald) 17

THOMPSON, Creswick J.— Zoroastro 9

Tragedy of the Lady Palmist, The (W. L. Longstaff) 12

Trip to Paradoxia, A (T. H. S. Escott) 3

V

Vathek (Edited by Justin Hannaford) 6

VERT, Anthony P.— The Green Passion 10

Virtue of Necessity, A (H. Adams) 7

W

Wandering Romanoff, The (B. Kennedy) 13

Weeds and Flowers (W. L. Longstaff) 6

Weird Well, The (A. M'Millan) 9

Wheel of Life, The (C. Scott) 2

WILLIAMS, Ellen— Anna Marsden's Experiment 15

Woman and the Wits (G. F. Monkshood) 5

Y

Year Book of the Stage (Greening and Hannaford) 5

Z

Zoroastro (C. J. S. Thompson) 9



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Transcriber's note

The following changes have been made to the text:

Page 13: "chishmaclavers" changed to "clishmaclavers".

Page 15: "laid his land" changed to "laid his hand".

Page 17: "necessary hyprocrisy" changed to "necessary hypocrisy".

Page 52: "they they well gone" changed to "they well gone".

Page 59: "peebles" changed to "pebbles".

Page 67: "paper was drwan" changed to "paper was drawn".

Page 67: "umlimited domination" changed to "unlimited domination".

Page 71: "mindet to pass" changed to "minded to pass".

Page 80: "therefere" changed to "therefore".

Page 84: "idolaltry" changed to "idolatry".

Page 89: "Eslpa Ruet" changed to "Elspa Ruet".

Page 89: "Elpsa made" changed to "Elspa made".

Page 142: "progenitrex" changed to "progenitrix".

Page 188: "is his discourses" changed to "in his discourses".

Page 201: "acquaintaces" changed to "acquaintances".

Page 220: "No, my friens" changed to "No, my friends".

Page 226: "pursuer and the persecuted" changed to the "pursuer and the persecutor".

Page 250: "imprisoment" changed to "imprisonment".

Page 252: "soldiery" changed to "soldierly".

Page 261: "riotors" changed to "rioters".

Page 264: "ordered come" changed to "ordered some".

Page 269: "Cumraes" changed to "Cumbrae".

Page 361: "Pharoah" changed to "Pharaoh".

Page 365: "unbonnetted" changed to "unbonneted".

Page 370: "Hogmanae" changed to "Hogmanae".

Page 3 of ads: "may me say" changed to "may we say".

Page 5 of ads: "asthetic" changed to "aesthetic".

Page 22 of ads: "attact" changed to attract".

Page 1 and 2 of Index: "Asmodens" changed to "Asmodeus".

Page 1 of Index: "((H. Sienkiewicz) 1" changed to "((H. Sienkiewicz) 12".

Page 1 of Index: "((T. W. Carnie) 25" changed to "((T. W. Carnie) 21".

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