Unvarnished Tales

· 1886

PAGE I. A QUEER QUEST 1 II. THE SAWDUST MAN’S CURSE 11 III. LORD LUNDY’S SNUFF-BOX 23 IV. “ONE WAS RENT AND LEFT TO DIE” 32 V. THE GRIGSBY LIVING 41 VI. RES EST SACRA MISER 51 VII. MR. GREY 60 VIII. THE PRODIGAL’S RETURN 69 IX. A PHILANTHROPIC “MASHER” 78 X. A DISHONOURED BILL 87 XI. A MAN OF GENIUS 96 XII. A DIGNIFIED DIPSOMANIAC 106 XIII. “OLD BOOTS” 115 XIV. A MISSING HEIRESS 124 XV. TEDDY MARTIN’S BRIEF 135 XVI. BLUEBEARD’S CUPBOARD 144 XVII. TRUE TO POLL 154 XVIII. JOHN PHILP, MASTER CARPENTER 166 XIX. PICTURES ON THE LINE 177 XX. THE DEVIL’S PLAYTHINGS 186 XXI. LOVE AND A DIARY 199 IN the _Times_ newspaper of Monday, 1st July, 18–, there appeared a notice of Mr. White’s last novel. Th…

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