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By the same Author. A BANISHED BEAUTY: A NOVEL. With Illustrations. I vol. cr. Svo. " A joyous love idyl succeeds to tragedy. Captain Profumo Walker and Amos Gildersleeves are distinct additions to the sporting gallery which honest Mr. Briggs adorned in days of yore. " — Athenæum. "Vivid descriptions of scenery and sport, clever and amusing character sketches .... stands on a higher level than the ordinary sporting tale." — Morning Post. " There is no lack of vivacious incident in ' A Banished Beauty,' the author of which is manifestly a lover of field sports, the beauties of nature, rollicking fun, and wholesome sentiment." — Daily Telegraph. " Told in high spirits, it can hardly fail to beget high spirits in its readers." — Saturday Review. WILLIAM BLACKWOOD & SON, Edinburgh and London By JOHN BICKERDYKE Author of "A Banished Beauty " &"c. " His best word was this : ' / see 'tis more noble to be loved than/eared.' " —Charles Reade. LONDON Hutchinson & Co. 34 Paternoster Row, E.C. CONTENTS
Book I
Chap. Page I. IN MAYFAIR ----- 3 II. CUPID IN A PORTICO - - - 15 III. CUPID MILITANT ----- 27 IV. CONCERNING FREEDOM AND SPRING-LOVE - 39 V. SWEET HOME - - - - 51 VI. THE RUNAWAYS - - - - - 62 VII. GRACE CARUS ----- 73 VIII. A CHAPTER WITH A PURPOSE AND A CABLE- GRAM ----- 82 IX. SIR AMBROSE IN SEARCH OF A WIFE - - 103 X. SIR AMBROSE HAS FURTHER ADVENTURES - 1 14 XI. TURQUOISE FORTUNE - 129 XII. THE COURSE OF TRUE LOVE - - - 140 XIII. A RED NOTE - - - - 1 53
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