Parlous Times

About this eBook

Author

Wells, David Dwight, 1868-1900

Title

Parlous Times: A Novel of Modern Diplomacy

Credits

Produced by Annie McGuire. This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Print archive.

Language

English

LoC Class

PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature

Subject

Diplomats -- Fiction

Category

Text

eBook-No.

34925

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/34925

Release Date

January 12, 2011

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.The Dollar Library
2. 2.PARLOUS TIMES
3. 3.OF AMERICAN FICTION — THE GIRL AT THE HALFWAY HOUSE. — By E. Hough . — PARLOUS TIMES. — By D. D. Wells . — LORDS OF THE NORTH. — By A. C. Laut . — THE CHRONIC LOAFER. — By Nelson Lloyd . — HER MOUNTAIN LOVER. — By Hamlin Garland . — etc. etc. etc . — LONDON: Wm. Heinemann . — PARLOUS TIMES — A NOVEL OF MODERN DIPLOMACY — BY
4. 4.DAVID DWIGHT WELLS — LONDON: WILLIAM HEINEMANN. 1901
5. 5.CONTENTS
6. 6.CHAPTER I — THE CONSPIRACY
7. 7.CHAPTER II — WANTED—A CHAPERON
8. 8.CHAPTER III — PARLOUS TIMES
9. 9.CHAPTER IV — A LADY IN DISTRESS
10. 10.CHAPTER V — A GENTLEMAN IN DISTRESS
11. 11.CHAPTER VI — AFTERNOON TEA
12. 12.CHAPTER VII — AN IRATE HUSBAND
13. 13.CHAPTER VIII — DIPLOMATIC INSTRUCTIONS
14. 14.CHAPTER IX — A HOUSE-WARMING
15. 15.CHAPTER X — BEFORE DINNER
16. 16.CHAPTER XI — AFTER DINNER
17. 17.CHAPTER XII — A MORNING CALL
18. 18.CHAPTER XIII — THE SERIOUS SIDE OF MISS FITZGERALD'S NATURE
19. 19.CHAPTER XIV — THE SERIOUS SIDE OF THE SECRETARY'S NATURE
20. 20.CHAPTER XV — THE SECRETARY'S INTENTIONS
21. 21.CHAPTER XVI — MAN PROPOSES
22. 22.CHAPTER XVII — HER HUSBAND
23. 23.CHAPTER XVIII — THE DOOR WITH THE SILVER NAILS
24. 24.CHAPTER XIX — A MIDNIGHT MESSAGE
25. 25.CHAPTER XX — THE WISDOM OF AGE
26. 26.CHAPTER XXI — THE RESOURCES OF DIPLOMACY
27. 27.CHAPTER XXII — A LITTLE COMMISSION
28. 28.CHAPTER XXIII — FORTY THOUSAND POUNDS
29. 29.CHAPTER XXIV — A VERY AWKWARD PREDICAMENT
30. 30.CHAPTER XXV — THE RUSTLE OF A SKIRT
31. 31.CHAPTER XXVI — FACE TO FACE
32. 32.CHAPTER XXVII — THE MARRIAGE REGISTER
33. 33.CHAPTER XXVIII — TWO QUESTIONS
34. 34.CHAPTER XXIX — IN WHICH DEATH IS A RELIEF
35. 35.CHAPTER XXX — TWO LETTERS
36. 36.CHAPTER XXXI — MISS FITZGERALD BURNS HER BOATS
37. 37.CHAPTER XXXII — THE TOP OF THE TOWER
38. 38.CHAPTER XXXIII — THE SECRET OF THE DOOR
39. 39.CHAPTER XXXIV — WITHIN THE TOWER
40. 40.CHAPTER XXXV — THE SHORT WAY OUT
41. 41.CHAPTER XXXVI — THE DAY OF RECKONING
42. 42.CHAPTER XXXVII — THE PRICE OF KNOWLEDGE
43. 43.CHAPTER XXXVIII — THE PRICE OF LOVE
44. 44.CHAPTER XXXIX — THE PRICE OF SILENCE
45. 45.CHAPTER XL — THE PRICE OF A LIE
46. 46.of American Fiction — LONDON: WILLIAM HEINEMANN — The following Volumes will appear early in 1901, and others are in preparation. They will appear, as far as practicable, at monthly intervals:— — THE GIRL AT THE HALFWAY HOUSE. — By E. Hough . — PARLOUS TIMES. — By D. D. Wells . — LORDS OF THE NORTH. — By A. C. Laut . — THE CHRONIC LOAFER. — By Nelson Lloyd . — HER MOUNTAIN LOVER. — By Hamlin Garland .
47. 47.The Dollar Library. — LONDON: WILLIAM HEINEMANN.

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