The Honorable Peter Stirling and What People Thought of HimFront matterReading editionChapter navigation64 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…Front matterTHE HONORABLE PETER STIRLINGIntroductory materialChapter I · ROMANCE AND REALITY.Chapter II · APPEARANCES.Chapter III · A CRAB CHAPTER.Chapter IV · BEGINNINGS.Chapter V · MINES AND COUNTER-MINES.Chapter VI · A MONOLOGUE AND A DIALOGUE.Chapter VII · FACING THE WORLD.Chapter VIII · SETTLING.Chapter IX · HAPPINESS BY PROXY.Chapter X · WAITING.Chapter XI · NEW FRIENDS.Chapter XII · HIS FIRST CLIENT.Chapter XIII · THE CASE.Chapter XIV · NEW YORK JUSTICE.Chapter XV · THE FIGHT.Chapter XVI · THE CONSEQUENCES.Chapter XVII · A NEW FRIEND.Chapter XVIII · ANOTHER CLIENT.Chapter XIX · THE PRIMARY.Chapter XX · A POLITICAL DEBUT.Chapter XXI · A POLITICAL DINNER.Chapter XXII · POLITICS.Chapter XXIII · THE CONVENTION.Chapter XXIV · MISUNDERSTANDINGS AND UNDERSTANDINGS.Chapter XXV · VARIOUS KINDS OF SOCIETY.Chapter XXVI · AN EVENING CALL.Chapter XXVII · A DINNER.Chapter XXVIII · COMMISSIONS.Chapter XXIX · IN THE MEANTIME.Chapter XXX · A “COMEDY.”Chapter XXXI · CONFLICTS.Chapter XXXII · THE END OF THE CONFLICT.Chapter XXXIII · A RENEWAL.Chapter XXXIV · HELP.Chapter XXXV · RUNNING AWAY.Chapter XXXVI · A DREAM.Chapter XXXVII · “FRIENDS.”Chapter XXXVIII · THE HERMITAGE.Chapter XXXIX · THE DUDE.Chapter XL · OPINIONS.Chapter XLI · CALLS.Chapter XLII · DOWN-TOWN NEW YORK.Chapter XLIII · A BIRTHDAY EVENING.Chapter XLIV · A GOOD DAY.Chapter XLV · THE BOSS.Chapter XLVI · THE BETTER ELEMENT.Chapter XLVII · THE BLUE-PETER.Chapter XLVIII · A MUTINEER.Chapter XLIX · CLOUDS.Chapter L · SUNSHINE.Chapter LI · THE COURSE OF TRUE LOVE.Chapter LII · A GUARDIAN ANGEL.Chapter LIII · INTERFERENCE.Chapter LIV · OBSTINACY.Chapter LV · OATHS.Chapter LVI · CUI BONO?Chapter LVII · HAPPINESSChapter LVIII · GIFTS.Chapter LIX · “GATHER YE ROSEBUDS WHILE YE MAY.”Chapter LX · A CONUNDRUM.Chapter LXI · LEONORE’S THEORY.Beginning of this editionNext chapter →THE HONORABLE PETER STIRLINGAll chapters and sections (64)Opening pagesFront matterOther sectionsTHE HONORABLE PETER STIRLINGOpening pagesIntroductory materialChapters12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334353637383940414243444546474849505152535455565758596061[Illustration]THE HONORABLE PETER STIRLING →
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