My First Book

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Author

Various

Title

My First Book: the experiences of Walter Besant, James Payn, W. Clark Russell, Grant Allen, Hall Caine, George R. Sims, Rudyard Kipling, A. Conan Doyle, M.E. Braddon, F.W. Robinson, H. Rider Haggard, R.M. Ballantyne, I. Zangwill, Morley Roberts, David Christie Murray, Marie Corelli, Jerome K. Jerome, John Strange Winter, Bret Harte, "Q.", Robert Buchanan, Robert Louis Stevenson, with an introduction by Jerome K. Jerome.

Credits

Produced by Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Internet Archive.)

Language

English

LoC Class

PN: Language and Literatures: Literature: General, Criticism, Collections

Subject

Authorship

Category

Text

eBook-No.

33148

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/33148

Release Date

July 13, 2010

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.MY FIRST BOOK — MY FIRST BOOK — INTRODUCTION — By JEROME K. JEROME — CONTENTS — LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS — MY FIRST BOOK — ' READY MONEY MORTIBOY ' — BY WALTER BESANT — ' THE FAMILY SCAPEGRACE ' — BY JAMES PAYN — ' THE WRECK OF THE "GROSVENOR" ' — BY W. CLARK RUSSELL — 'PHYSIOLOGICAL ÆSTHETICS' AND 'PHILISTIA' — B y GRANT ALLEN — 'THE SHADOW OF A CRIME' — BY HALL CAINE — ' THE SOCIAL KALEIDOSCOPE ' — B y GEORGE R. SIMS — ' DEPARTMENTAL DITTIES ' — B y RUDYARD KIPLING — JUVENILIA — B y A. CONAN DOYLE — 'THE TRAIL OF THE SERPENT' — B y M. E. BRADDON — ' THE HOUSE OF ELMORE ' — B y F. W. ROBINSON — ' DAWN ' — B y H. RIDER HAGGARD — ' HUDSON'S BAY ' — B y R. M. BALLANTYNE — ' THE PREMIER AND THE PAINTER ' — B y I. ZANGWILL — ' THE WESTERN AVERNUS ' — B y MORLEY ROBERTS — ' A LIFE'S ATONEMENT ' — B y DAVID CHRISTIE MURRAY — ' A ROMANCE OF TWO WORLDS ' — B y MARIE CORELLI — ' ON THE STAGE AND OFF ' — B y JEROME K. JEROME — ' CAVALRY LIFE ' — B y 'JOHN STRANGE WINTER' — ' CALIFORNIAN VERSE ' — B y BRET HARTE — ' DEAD MAN'S ROCK ' — B y 'Q.' — 'UNDERTONES' AND 'IDYLS AND LEGENDS OF INVERBURN' — B y ROBERT BUCHANAN — ' TREASURE ISLAND ' — B y ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON — FOOTNOTES:

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