Miranda of the Balcony. A Story

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Author

Mason, A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodley), 1865-1948

Title

Miranda of the Balcony: A Story

Credits

Produced by Charles Bowen, from page scans provided by the Web Archive

Language

English

LoC Class

PR: Language and Literatures: English literature

Subject

Fiction

Category

Text

eBook-No.

38679

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/38679

Release Date

January 26, 2012

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Untitled
2. 2.MIRANDA OF THE BALCONY — MIRANDA
3. 3.OF THE BALCONY — A STORY
4. 4.A. E. W. MASON — New York THE MACMILLAN COMPANY LONDON: MACMILLAN & CO., Ltd. 1899 — Copyright, 1899 , By THE MACMILLAN COMPANY
5. 5.CONTENTS — CHAPTER I — CHAPTER II — CHAPTER III — CHAPTER IV — CHAPTER V — CHAPTER VI — CHAPTER VII — CHAPTER VIII — CHAPTER IX — CHAPTER X — CHAPTER XI — CHAPTER XII — CHAPTER XIII — CHAPTER XIV — CHAPTER XV — CHAPTER XVI — CHAPTER XVII — CHAPTER XVIII — CHAPTER XIX — CHAPTER XX — CHAPTER XXI — CHAPTER XXII — CHAPTER XXIII — CHAPTER XXIV — MIRANDA OF THE BALCONY
6. 6.CHAPTER I — IN WHICH A SHORT-SIGHTED TAXIDERMIST FROM TANGIER MAKES A DISCOVERY UPON ROSEVEAR
7. 7.CHAPTER II — PRESENTS THE HERO IN THE UNHEROIC ATTITUDE OF A SPECTATOR
8. 8.CHAPTER III — TREATS OF A GENTLEMAN WITH AN AGREEABLE COUNTENANCE, AND OF A WOMAN'S FACE IN A MIRROR
9. 9.CHAPTER IV — TREATS OF THE FIRST MEETING BETWEEN CHARNOCK AND MIRANDA
10. 10.CHAPTER V — WHEREIN CHARNOCK AND MIRANDA IMPROVE THEIR ACQUAINTANCESHIP IN A BALCONY
11. 11.CHAPTER VI — WHILE CHARNOCK BUILDS CASTLES IN SPAIN, MIRANDA RETURNS THERE
12. 12.CHAPTER VII — IN WHICH MAJOR WILBRAHAM DESCRIBES THE STEPS BY WHICH HE ATTAINED HIS MAJORITY, AND GIVES MIRANDA SOME PARTICULAR INFORMATION
13. 13.CHAPTER VIII — EXPLAINS THE MYSTERY OF THE "TARIFA'S" CARGO
14. 14.CHAPTER IX — SHOWS THE USE WHICH A BLIND MAN MAY MAKE OF A DARK NIGHT A WEEK
15. 15.CHAPTER X — M. FOURNIER EXPOUNDS THE ADVANTAGES WHICH EACH SEX HAS OVER THE OTHER
16. 16.CHAPTER XI — IN WHICH MIRANDA ADOPTS A NEW LINE OF CONDUCT AND THE MAJOR EXPRESSES SOME DISCONTENT
17. 17.CHAPTER XII — THE HERO, LIKE ALL HEROES, FINDS HIMSELF IN A FOG
18. 18.CHAPTER XIII — WHEREIN THE HERO'S PERPLEXITIES INCREASE
19. 19.CHAPTER XIV — MIRANDA PROFESSES REGRET FOR A PRACTICAL JOKE
20. 20.CHAPTER XV — IN WHICH THE MAJOR LOSES HIS TEMPER AND RECOVERS IT
21. 21.CHAPTER XVI — EXPLAINS WHY CHARNOCK SAW MIRANDA'S FACE IN HIS MIRROR
22. 22.CHAPTER XVII — SHOWS HOW A TOMBSTONE MAY CONVINCE WHEN ARGUMENTS FAIL
23. 23.CHAPTER XVIII — IN WHICH THE TAXIDERMIST AND A BASHA PREVAIL OVER A BLIND MAN
24. 24.CHAPTER XIX — TELLS OF CHARNOCK'S WANDERINGS IN MOROCCO AND OF A WALNUT-WOOD DOOR
25. 25.CHAPTER XX — CHARNOCK, LIKE THE TAXIDERMIST, FINDS WARRINER ANYTHING BUT A COMFORTABLE COMPANION
26. 26.CHAPTER XXI — COMPLETES THE JOURNEYINGS OF THIS INCONGRUOUS COUPLE
27. 27.CHAPTER XXII — IN WHICH CHARNOCK ASTONISHES RALPH WARRINER
28. 28.CHAPTER XXIII — RELATES A SECOND MEETING BETWEEN CHARNOCK AND MIRANDA
29. 29.CHAPTER XXIV — A MIST IN THE CHANNEL ENDS, AS IT BEGAN, THE BOOK — THE END.

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