Chapter XXI

Anglo-Saxon Influences in Modern Britain. INDEX.

FALLING IN LOVE WITH OTHER ESSAYS ON MORE EXACT BRANCHES OF SCIENCE BY GRANT ALLEN 1889 CONTENTS PAGE Falling in Love 1 Right and Left 18 Evolution 31 Strictly Incog. 50 Seven-Year Sleepers 72 A Fossil Continent 88 A Very Old Master 106 British and Foreign 123 Thunderbolts 137 Honey-dew 159 The Milk in the Coco-Nut 176 Food and Feeding 193 De Banana 216 Go to the Ant 233 Big Animals 251 Fossil Food 271 Ogbury Barrows 287 Fish Out of Water 302 The First Potter 316 The Recipe for Genius 328 Desert Sands 341

Post-Prandial Philosophy

By Grant Allen 1894 CONTENTS PAGE I.

THE STRUGGLE FOR LIFE AMONG LANGUAGES 1 II.

IN THE MATTER OF ARISTOCRACY 9 III.

SCIENCE IN EDUCATION 18 IV.

THE THEORY OF SCAPEGOATS 27 V.

AMERICAN DUCHESSES 35 VI.

IS ENGLAND PLAYED OUT? 44 VII.

THE GAME AND THE RULES 53 VIII.

THE RÔLE OF PROPHET 61 IX.

THE ROMANCE OF THE CLASH OF RACES 70 X.

THE MONOPOLIST INSTINCTS 79 XI.

"MERE AMATEURS" 87 XII.

A SQUALID VILLAGE 95 XIII.

CONCERNING ZEITGEIST 104 XIV.

THE DECLINE OF MARRIAGE 112 XV.

EYE versus EAR 122 XVI.

THE POLITICAL PUPA 130 XVII.

ON THE CASINO TERRACE 138 XVIII.

THE CELTIC FRINGE 147 XIX.

IMAGINATION AND RADICALS 156 XX.

ABOUT ABROAD 165 XXI.

WHY ENGLAND IS BEAUTIFUL 173 XXII.

ANENT ART PRODUCTION 182 XXIII.

A GLIMPSE INTO UTOPIA 190 XXIV.

OF SECOND CHAMBERS 199 XXV.

A POINT OF CRITICISM 207

MISS CAYLEY'S ADVENTURES BY GRANT ALLEN WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY GORDON BROWNE London 1899 CONTENTS I The Adventure of the Cantankerous Old Lady II The Adventure of the Supercilious Attaché III The Adventure of the Inquisitive American IV The Adventure of the Amateur Commission Agent V The Adventure of the Impromptu Mountaineer VI The Adventure of the Urbane Old Gentleman VII The Adventure of the Unobtrusive Oasis VIII The Adventure of the Pea-Green Patrician IX The Adventure of the Magnificent Maharajah X The Adventure of the Cross-Eyed Q.C. XI The Adventure of the Oriental Attendant XII The Adventure of the Unprofessional Detective ILLUSTRATIONS All agog to teach the higher mathematics I am going out, simply in search of adventure Oui, Madame; Merci Beaucoup, Madame Excuse me, I said, but I think I can see a way out of your difficulty A most urbane and obliging Continental gentleman Persons of Miladi's temperament are always young That succeeds? the shabby-looking man muttered I put her hand back firmly He cast a hasty glance at us Harold, you viper, what do you mean by trying to avoid me? Circumstances alter cases, he murmured Miss Cayley, he said, you are playing with me I rose of a sudden, and ran down the hill I was going to oppose you and Harold He kept close at my heels I was pulled up short by a mounted policeman Seems I didn't make much of a job of it Don't scorch, miss; don't scorch How far ahead the first man? I am here behind you, Herr Lieutenant Let them boom or bust on it His open admiration was getting quite embarrassing Minute inspection I felt a perfect little hypocrite She invited Elsie and myself to stop with her The Count I thought it kinder to him to remove it altogether Inch by inch he retreated Never leave a house to the servants, my dear! I may stay, mayn't I? I advanced on my hands and knees to the edge of the precipice I gripped the rope and let myself down I rolled and slid down There's enterprise for you Painting the sign-board The urbane old gentleman He went on dictating for just an hour He bowed to us each separately I waited breathless What, you here! he cried He read them, cruel man, before my very eyes 'Tis Doctor Macloghlen, he answered Too much Nile Emphasis Riding a camel does not greatly differ from sea-sickness Her agitation was evident Crouching by the rocks sat our mysterious stranger An odd-looking young man He turned to me with an inane smile Nothing seemed to put the man down Yah don't catch me going so fah from Newmarket Wasn't Fra Diavolo also a composah? Take my word for it, you're staking your money on the wrong fellah I am the Maharajah of Moozuffernuggar Who's your black friend? A tiger-hunt is not a thing to be got up lightly It went off unexpectedly I saw him now the Oriental despot It's I who am the winnah! He wrote, I expect you to come back to England and marry me It was endlessly wearisome The cross-eyed Q.C. begged him to be very careful I was a grotesque failure The jury smiled The question requires no answer, he said I reeled where I sat The messenger entered He took a long, careless stare at me I beckoned a porter You can't get out here, he said, crustily We told our tale I have found a clue I've held the fort by main force Never! he answered. Never! We shall have him in our power Victory! You wished to see me, sir? Well, this is a fair knock-out, he ejaculated Harold, your wife has bested me

CHARLES DARWIN By Grant Allen

CONTENTS

I. THE WORLD INTO WHICH DARWIN WAS BORN

II. CHARLES DARWIN AND HIS ANTECEDENTS

III. EARLY DAYS

IV. DARWIN'S WANDER-YEARS

V. THE PERIOD OF INCUBATION

VI. THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES

VII. THE DARWINIAN REVOLUTION BEGINS

VIII. THE DESCENT OF MAN

IX. THE THEORY OF COURTSHIP

X. VICTORY AND REST

XI. DARWIN'S PLACE IN THE EVOLUTIONARY MOVEMENT

XII. THE NET RESULT

INDEX[Pg viii]

THE WHITE MAN'S FOOT. BY GRANT ALLEN, WITH SEVENTEEN ILLUSTRATIONS BY J. FINNEMORE. 1888. LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

"BOWING DOWN TOWARDS THE MOUTH OF THE CRATER, THEY SEEMED TO SALUTE THE GODDESS OF THE VOLCANO" Frontispiece.

"IT'S MORE THAN DANGEROUS. IT'S ALMOST CERTAINLY FATAL"

"ALL AT ONCE A GREAT BODY OF GAS WAS EJECTED INTO THE AIR, IN A BLAZE OF LIGHT"

"'YOUNG MAN,' HE CRIED, '...I WARN YOU NOT TO TRIFLE WITH THE BURNING MOUNTAIN'"

"I ROLLED DOWN RAPIDLY TO THE VERY BOTTOM"

"I LAY THERE HORROR-STRICKEN, AND GAZED IDLY DOWN"

"I CLUTCHED THE CRUMBLING PEAK WITH MY HOOKED FINGERS"

"SHE CARRIED ME SLOWLY UP THE ZIG-ZAG PATH"

"'IF YOU KNEW ALL,' SHE ANSWERED, 'HOW YOU WOULD PITY ME!'"

"'EVERYTHING IS CORRECT,' HE WHISPERED"

"SHE LOOKED UP IN AN AGONY OF SUSPENSE"

"KEA TRIED ON ALL HER THINGS"

"A STRANGE PROCESSION BEGAN SLOWLY TO DESCEND"

"THE BAMBOO BENT OMINOUSLY DOWN"

"WE RODE AT FULL SPEED IN BREATHLESS HASTE"

THE BECKONING HAND ETC. BY GRANT ALLEN. STRANGE STORIES. CONTENTS. The Beckoning Hand Lucretia The Third Time The Gold Wulfric My Uncle's Will The Two Carnegies Olga Davidoff's Husband John Cann's Treasure Isaline and I Professor Milliter's Dilemma In Strict Confidence The Search Party's Find Harry's Inheritance

STRANGE STORIES BY GRANT ALLEN 1884 CONTENTS. The Reverend John Creedy Dr. Greatrex's Engagement Mr. Chung The Curate of Churnside An Episode in High Life My New Year's Eve among the Mummies The Foundering of the "Fortuna" The Backslider The Mysterious Occurrence in Piccadilly Carvalho Pausodyne The Empress of Andorra The Senior Proctor's Wooing The Child of the Phalanstery Our Scientific Observations on a Ghost Ram Das of Cawnpore

WEDNESDAY THE TENTH A TALE OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC BY GRANT ALLEN 1890 CONTENTS.

CHAPTER I.

WE SIGHT A BOAT 9

CHAPTER II.

THE BOAT'S CREW 27

CHAPTER III.

THE MYSTERY SOLVED 41

CHAPTER IV.

MARTIN LUTHER'S STORY 56

CHAPTER V.

A BREAK-DOWN 72

CHAPTER VI.

ON THE ISLAND 86

CHAPTER VII.

ERRORS EXCEPTED 100