Quicksilver

About this eBook

Author

Fenn, George Manville, 1831-1909

Title

Quicksilver: The Boy With No Skid to His Wheel

Credits

Produced by Nick Hodson of London, England

Language

English

LoC Class

PZ: Language and Literatures: Juvenile belles lettres

Subject

Sick -- Juvenile fiction

Category

Text

eBook-No.

21363

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/21363

Release Date

May 8, 2007

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Untitled
2. 2."Quicksilver" — Chapter One. — A Very Strange Pair. — Chapter Two. — The Tramp’s Legacy. — Chapter Three. — Doctor Grayson’s Theory. — Chapter Four. — The Choice of a Boy. — Chapter Five. — A “Reg’lar” Bad One. — Chapter Six. — A Quicksilver Globule. — Chapter Seven. — Taming the Wild. — Chapter Eight. — Old Dan’l is Wroth. — Chapter Nine. — A Release. — Chapter Ten. — Dexter is very Sorry. — Chapter Eleven. — Master Grayson goes for a Walk. — Chapter Twelve. — A Pleasant Lesson. — Chapter Thirteen. — Rampant Beef. — Chapter Fourteen. — Mr Dengate is Indignant, And Dexter wants some “Wums.” — Chapter Fifteen. — Dexter makes a Friend. — Chapter Sixteen. — “Them as is born to be hanged.” — Chapter Seventeen. — Dan’l is too Attentive. — Chapter Eighteen. — Dexter spends a pleasant Afternoon. — Chapter Nineteen. — Master Eddy “Hollers Wahoo!” — Chapter Twenty. — An Explanation. — Chapter Twenty One. — A Record of Cares. — Chapter Twenty Two. — The Beginning of Trouble. — Chapter Twenty Three. — The Trouble Grows. — Chapter Twenty Four. — The Pleasant Ways of Learning. — Chapter Twenty Five. — Dexter’s Dumb Friends. — Chapter Twenty Six. — The Growing Cloud. — Chapter Twenty Seven. — Dexter writes a Letter. — Chapter Twenty Eight. — Preparations for Flight. — Chapter Twenty Nine. — An Act of Folly. — Chapter Thirty. — Dark Deeds. — Chapter Thirty One. — Times of Delight! — Chapter Thirty Two. — Master and Slave. — Chapter Thirty Three. — The Life of the Free. — Chapter Thirty Four. — An Awkward Pursuer. — Chapter Thirty Five. — Bob asks a Question. — Chapter Thirty Six. — In Dire Straits. — Chapter Thirty Seven. — Second-Hand Stealing. — Chapter Thirty Eight. — The Crowning Point of the Trip. — Chapter Thirty Nine. — Brought to Book. — Chapter Forty. — “Huzza! We’re Homeward Bound!” — Chapter Forty One. — How the Doctor punished. — Chapter Forty Two. — Bob Dimsted’s Medicine. — Chapter Forty Three. — The Right Place for a Backward Boy. — Chapter Forty Four. — Peter Cribb sees a Ghost. — Chapter Forty Five. — A Startling Discovery. — Chapter Forty Six. — Fever works Wonders. — Chapter Forty Seven. — Convalescence. — Chapter Forty Eight. — The Proof of the Doctor’s Theory. — The End.

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