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Arthur Quiller-Couch. The Astonishing History of Troy Town
The Astonishing History of Troy Town
Table of Contents
CHAPTER I
IN WHICH THE READER IS MADE ACQUAINTED WITH A STATE OF INNOCENCE; AND THE MEANING OF THE WORD "CUMEELFO"
CHAPTER II
HOW AN ADMIRAL TOOK ONE GENTLEMAN FOR ANOTHER, AND WAS TOLD THE DAY OF THE MONTH
CHAPTER III
OF A BLUE-JERSEYED MAN THAT WOULD HOIST NO MORE BRICKS; AND A NIGHTCAP THAT HAD NO BUSINESS TO BE WHERE IT WAS
CHAPTER IV
OF CERTAIN LEPERS; AND TWO BROTHERS, WHO, BEING MUCH ALIKE, LOVED THEIR SISTER, AND RECOMMENDED THE USE OF GLOBES
CHAPTER V
HOW AN ABSENT-MINDED MAN, THAT HATED WOMEN, TOOK A HOUSE BY THE WATER-SIDE, AND LIVED THEREIN WITH ONE SERVANT
CHAPTER VI
HOW CERTAIN TROJANS CLIMBED A WALL OUT OF CURIOSITY; AND OF A CHARWOMAN THAT COULD GIVE NO INFORMATION
CHAPTER VII
OF A LADY THAT HAD A MUSICAL VOICE, BUT USED IT TO DECEIVE
CHAPTER VIII
HOW A CREW, THAT WOULD SAIL ON A WASHING-DAY, WAS SHIPWRECKED: WITH AN ADVERTISEMENT AGAINST WOMEN
CHAPTER IX
OF A TOWN THAT WOULD LAUGH AT THE GREAT. AND HOW A DULL COMPANY WAS CURED BY AN IRISH SONG
CHAPTER X
OF ONE EXCURSION AND MANY ALARUMS
CHAPTER XI
OF A WESLEYAN MINISTER THAT WOULD IMPROVE UPON NATURE, AND THEREBY TRAINED A ROOK TO GOOD PRINCIPLES
CHAPTER XII
OF DETERIORATION; AND A WHEELBARROW. THAT CONTAINED UNEXPECTED THINGS
CHAPTER XIII
THE SIGNIFICANCE OF POMEROY'S CAT; AND HOW THE MEN AND WOMEN OF TROY ENSUED AFTER PLEASURE IN BOATS
CHAPTER XIV
OF A LADY OF SENSIBILITY THAT, BEING AWKWARDLY PLACED, MIGHT EASILY HAVE SET MATTERS RIGHT, BUT DID NOT: WITH MUCH BESIDE
CHAPTER XV
HOW A LADY AND A YOUTH, BEING SEPARATED FROM THEIR COMPANY, VISITED A SHIP THAT HELD NOTHING BUT WATER
CHAPTER XVI
OF STRATAGEMS AND SPOILS; AND THAT THE NOMINALISTS ERR WHO HOLD A THING TO BE WHAT IT IS CALLED
CHAPTER XVII
HOW ONE THAT WAS DISSATISFIED WITH HIS PAST SAW A VISION, BUT DOUBTED
CHAPTER XVIII
OF A YOUNG MAN THAT WOULD START UPON A DARK ADVENTURE, BUT HAD TWO MINDS UPON IT
CHAPTER XIX
THAT A SILVER BULLET HAS VIRTUE: WITH A WARNING TO COMMODORES
CHAPTER XX
HOW CERTAIN CHARACTERS FOUND THEMSELVES, AT DEAD OF NIGHT, UPON THE FIVE LANES ROAD
CHAPTER XXI
THAT A VERY LITTLE TEA MAY SUFFICE TO ELEVATE A MAN
CHAPTER XXII
IN WHICH SEVERAL ATTEMPTS ARE MADE. TO PUT A PERIOD TO THIS HISTORY
CHAPTER XXIII
HOW ONE LOVER TOOK LEAVE OF HIS WITS, AND TWO CAME TO THEIR SENSES
CHAPTER XXIV
OF THE BEST HELLEBORE; AND AN EXPERIMENT. IN THE ENTERTAINMENT OF TWINS
CHAPTER XXV
WHICH ENDS THE STORY OF TROY
