Volume 7 — STEVENSON
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VOLUME SEVEN
LONDON: PUBLISHED BY CHATTO AND WINDUS: IN ASSOCIATION WITH CASSELL AND COMPANY LIMITED: WILLIAM HEINEMANN: AND LONGMANS GREEN AND COMPANY MDCCCCXI
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
CONTENTS
PRINCE OTTO
BOOK I.—PRINCE ERRANT
CHAPTER PAGE
I. In which the Prince departs on an Adventure 7
II. In which the Prince plays Haroun-al-Raschid 12
III. In which the Prince comforts Age and Beauty and Delivers a Lecture on Discretion in Love 23
IV. In which the Prince collects Opinions by the Way 34
BOOK II.—OF LOVE AND POLITICS
I. What happened in the Library 49
II. “On the Court of Grünewald,” being a Portion of the Traveller’s Manuscript 61
III. The Prince and the English Traveller 68
IV. While the Prince is in the Anteroom.... 75
V. ... Gondremark is in my Lady’s Chamber 81
VI. The Prince delivers a Lecture on Marriage, with Practical Illustrations of Divorce 88
VII. The Prince dissolves the Council 97
VIII. The Party of War takes Action 107
IX. The Price of the River Farm: in which Vain-glory goes before a Fall
X. Gotthold’s Revised Opinion; and the Fall completed 126
XI. Providence Von Rosen: Act the First—She beguiles the Baron 135
XII. Providence Von Rosen: Act the Second—She informs the Prince 142
XIII. Providence Von Rosen: Act the Third—She enlightens Seraphina 152
XIV. Relates the Cause and Outbreak of the Revolution 159
BOOK III.—FORTUNATE MISFORTUNE
I. Princess Cinderella 171
II. Treats of a Christian Virtue 188
III. Providence Von Rosen: Act the Last—In which she gallops off 194
IV. Babes in the Wood 203
Bibliographical Postscript, to complete the Story 211
THE WRONG BOX
I. In which Morris suspects 219
II. In which Morris takes Action 233
III. The Lecturer at Large 248
IV. The Magistrate in the Luggage Van 259
V. Mr. Gideon Forsyth and the Gigantic Box 264
VI. The Tribulations of Morris: Part The First 274
VII. In Which William Dent Pitman Takes Legal Advice 289
VIII. In Which Michael Finsbury Enjoys A Holiday 301
IX. Glorious Conclusion of Michael Finsbury’s Holiday 320
X. Gideon Forsyth and the Broadwood Grand 335
XI. The Maëstro Jimson 344
XII. Positively the Last Appearance of The Broadwood Grand 360
XIII. The Tribulations of Morris: Part The Second 370
XIV. William Bent Pitman Hears of Something To His Advantage 380
XV. The Return of the Great Vance 394
XVI. Final Adjustment of the Leather Business 401