The Tallants of Barton Volume I

About this eBook

Author

Hatton, Joseph, 1841-1907

Title

The Tallants of Barton, vol. 1 (of 3) : A tale of fortune and finance

Original Publication

United Kingdom: Tinsley Brothers, 1867.

Credits

Sonya Schermann, Debrah Thompson and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

PR: Language and Literatures: English literature

Subject

English fiction -- 19th century

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 70686

Release Date

May 2, 2023

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Untitled
2. 2.THE TALLANTS OF BARTON.
3. 3.LONDON: BRADBURY, EVANS, AND CO., PRINTERS, WHITEFRIARS.
4. 4.CONTENTS.
5. 5.CHAPTER I. IN THE SHADOW OF BERNE HILLS.
6. 6.CHAPTER II. INTRODUCES THE READER TO THE MERCHANT’S SON AND DAUGHTER.
7. 7.CHAPTER III. BRINGS US TO THE HALL FARM, WHERE THE READER MAKES THE ACQUAINTANCE OF THE SOMERTONS AND A CERTAIN LANDSCAPE PAINTER.
8. 8.CHAPTER IV. THE METER IRON WORKS COMPANY.
9. 9.CHAPTER V. THE DIBBLES AND THEIR NEW LODGER.
10. 10.CHAPTER VI. THE TWO FRIENDS AND THE TWO VIGNETTES.
11. 11.CHAPTER VII IS A SENTIMENTAL CHAPTER, CONTAINING A FEW MORAL REFLECTIONS BY THE WAY.
12. 12.CHAPTER VIII. IN WHICH PAUL SOMERTON ENTERS UPON A DELICATE, DIFFICULT, AND DANGEROUS TASK.
13. 13.CHAPTER IX. WHICH INTRODUCES THE READER TO THE SUMMER-HOUSE ON BERNE HILLS, AND ILLUSTRATES THE TRUTH OF AN OLD PROVERB ABOUT EAVES-DROPPERS.
14. 14.CHAPTER X. MR. RICHARD TALLANT INTERRUPTS A CHARMING TÊTE-À-TÊTE.
15. 15.CHAPTER XI. ANOTHER UNEXPECTED VISITOR APPEARS AT BARTON HALL.
16. 16.CHAPTER XII. BENEATH THE GOWN.
17. 17.CHAPTER XIII. DESCRIBES A GREAT FINANCIAL STORM AND EXHIBITS THOMAS DIBBLE IN A NEW CHARACTER.
18. 18.CHAPTER XIV. ARTHUR PHILLIPS AT WORK.
19. 19.CHAPTER XV. RETURNS TO AVONWORTH VALLEY, AND GLANCES AT MRS. SOMERTON’S SECRET.
20. 20.CHAPTER XVI. MAY BE SAID TO INAUGURATE A SERIES OF IMPORTANT CHANGES IN THE LIVES OF SEVERAL NOTABLE PERSONS IN THIS HISTORY.
21. 21.CHAPTER XVII. CHIEFLY CONCERNS THE FORTUNES OF PAUL SOMERTON.
22. 22.CHAPTER XVIII. RETURNS TO THE MEETING AT THE LONDON TAVERN.
23. 23.CHAPTER XIX. OF CERTAIN REPORTS IN THE NEWSPAPERS.
24. 24.CHAPTER XX. SHOWS HOW THE PURSE FOUND ITS WAY INTO PAUL SOMERTON’S BOX.
25. 25.CHAPTER XXI. WHEREIN THOMAS DIBBLE “RUNS AWAY,” AND MEETS WITH A VERY REMARKABLE COMPANION.
26. 26.CHAPTER XXII. IN WHICH THOMAS DIBBLE CONTINUES TO “RUN AWAY.”
27. 27.CHAPTER XXIII. IS OF A MISCELLANEOUS AND DISCURSIVE CHARACTER, BUT ESSENTIAL TO THE NARRATIVE.
28. 28.CHAPTER XXIV. CHRISTABEL TAKES DIBBLE INTO HER CONFIDENCE.
29. 29.Transcriber’s Notes

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