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Miss Grig

The Lieutenant

The New Employer

Layette

HOW TO LIVE ON TWENTY-FOUR HOURS A DAY

by Arnold Bennett

CONTENTS PREFACE I THE DAILY MIRACLE II THE DESIRE TO EXCEED ONE'S PROGRAMME III PRECAUTIONS BEFORE BEGINNING IV THE CAUSE OF THE TROUBLE V TENNIS AND THE IMMORTAL SOUL VI REMEMBER HUMAN NATURE VII CONTROLLING THE MIND VIII THE REFLECTIVE MOOD IX INTEREST IN THE ARTS X NOTHING IN LIFE IS HUMDRUM XI SERIOUS READING XII DANGERS TO AVOID

THE GRAND BABYLON HÔTEL

By Arnold Bennett

T. Racksole & Daughter

CONTENTS

Chapter One. THE MILLIONAIRE AND THE WAITER

Chapter Two. HOW MR RACKSOLE OBTAINED HIS DINNER

Chapter Three. AT THREE A.M.

Chapter Four. ENTRANCE OF THE PRINCE

Chapter Five. WHAT OCCURRED TO REGINALD DIMMOCK

Chapter Six. IN THE GOLD ROOM

Chapter Seven. NELLA AND THE PRINCE

Chapter Eight. ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE OF THE BARONESS

Chapter Nine. TWO WOMEN AND THE REVOLVER

Chapter Ten. AT SEA

Chapter Eleven. THE COURT PAWNBROKER

Chapter Twelve. ROCCO AND ROOM NO. 111

Chapter Thirteen. IN THE STATE BEDROOM

Chapter Fourteen. ROCCO ANSWERS SOME QUESTIONS

Chapter Fifteen. END OF THE YACHT ADVENTURE

Chapter Sixteen. THE WOMAN WITH THE RED HAT

Chapter Seventeen. THE RELEASE OF PRINCE EUGEN

Chapter Eighteen. IN THE NIGHT-TIME

Chapter Nineteen. ROYALTY AT THE GRAND BABYLON

Chapter Twenty. MR SAMPSON LEVI BIDS PRINCE EUGEN GOOD MORNING

Chapter Twenty-One. THE RETURN OF FÉLIX BABYLON

Chapter Twenty-Two. IN THE WINE CELLARS OF THE GRAND BABYLON

Chapter Twenty-Three. FURTHER EVENTS IN THE CELLAR

Chapter Twenty-Four. THE BOTTLE OF WINE

Chapter Twenty-Five. THE STEAM LAUNCH

Chapter Twenty-Six. THE NIGHT CHASE AND THE MUDLARK

Chapter Twenty-Seven. THE CONFESSION OF MR TOM JACKSON

Chapter Twenty-Eight. THE STATE BEDROOM ONCE MORE

Chapter Twenty-Nine. THEODORE IS CALLED TO THE RESCUE

Chapter Thirty. CONCLUSION

LITERARY TASTE How To Form It With Detailed Instructions For Collecting A Complete Library Of English Literature By Arnold Bennett

CONTENTS

Chapter I — THE AIM

Chapter II — YOUR PARTICULAR CASE

Chapter III — WHY A CLASSIC IS A CLASSIC

Chapter IV — WHERE TO BEGIN

Chapter V — HOW TO READ A CLASSIC

Chapter VI — THE QUESTION OF STYLE

Chapter VII — WRESTLING WITH AN AUTHOR

Chapter VIII — SYSTEM IN READING

Chapter IX — VERSE

Chapter X — BROAD COUNSELS

Chapter XI — AN ENGLISH LIBRARY: PERIOD I

Chapter XII — AN ENGLISH LIBRARY: PERIOD II

Chapter XIII — AN ENGLISH LIBRARY: PERIOD III

Chapter XIV — MENTAL STOCKTAKING

THE GRIM SMILE OF THE FIVE TOWNS

By Arnold Bennett

CONTENTS

The Lion's Share Baby's Bath The Silent Brothers The Nineteenth Hat Vera's First Christmas Adventure The Murder of the Mandarin Vera's Second Christmas Adventure The Burglary News of the Engagement Beginning the New Year From One Generation to Another The Death of Simon Fuge In a New Bottle

THE OLD WIVES’ TALE By Arnold Bennett

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