The Dragon of Wantley: His Tale

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Wister Owen. The Dragon of Wantley: His Tale

Preface

Preface to the second edition

CHAPTER I. How Sir Godfrey came to lose his Temper

CHAPTER II. How his Daughter, Miss Elaine, behaved herself in Consequence

CHAPTER III. Reveals the Dragon in his Den

CHAPTER IV. Tells you more about Him than was ever told before to Anybody

CHAPTER V. In which the Hero makes his First Appearance and is Locked Up immediately

CHAPTER VI. In which Miss Elaine loses her Heart, and finds Something of the Greatest Importance

CHAPTER VII. Shows what Curious Things you may see, if you don’t go to Bed when you are sent

CHAPTER VIII. Contains a Dilemma with two simply egregious Horns

CHAPTER IX. Leaves much Room for guessing about Chapter Ten

CHAPTER X. The great White Christmas at Wantley

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We two – the author and his illustrator – did not know what we had done until the newspapers told us. But the press has explained it in the following poised and consistent criticism:

Now the public knows exactly what sort of book this is, and we cannot be held responsible.

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“Perhaps far away. Who knows?”

“You haven’t gone and seen a young man and told him – ”

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