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The Bird of Paradise

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Contents.

Book I.

Chapter
I. St. Martin's Grave-yard.
II. Adam Quain, the Resurrectionist.
III. The Museum of Natural History.
IV. The Bells of Shandon. Ambrose Vernon Whitworth, an Apprentice in the Art of Dentistry.
V. Guinevere Catherine Hood at the Altar.
VI. Madame Pompadour and the Ambrosial High Priest.
VII. The Ball in the State of Georgia.
VIII. The Gardens of Georgia. the Chronic Broncho-Asthmatical Auntie.
IX. Cyril Payne with Diphtheria. Julian Jasper Gould, The Coal-King.
X. Wilful Murder. Marmaduke Payne appears for the prosecution.
XI. The Warning of Guinevere.
XII. The Race-horse Moss Rose.
XIII. The Betrothal of Marvel Imogen Narramore Gould, the Bird of Paradise.
XIV. The Alabama Races, Moss Rose! Moss Rose! Moss Rose!
XV. The Return of Brosie bringing in the Sheaves. The Wedding of the Paradisal Bride.
XVI. A Flood from the Alleghany Mountains.
XVII. Sukey Hornblower as a Private Detective.
XVIII. The Apothecary. Brosie on the pinnacle of Science. page vi
XIX. The Coronation Plate, New Orleans.
XX. The Bird of Paradise at "Glenaveril." Pearly Imogen Gould Whitworth.
XXI. Valentine Gordon Whitworth. The Election for the State Legislature.
XXII. The Corinthian Cup. Game till Death.
XXIII. The Nuptials of Carrie Downward. Sukey on the Trail. The Great Leviathan Antediluvian Diamantino Tin-Mine.
XXIV. The Sabine River, Louisiana.
XXV. The Pine-forests of the Sabine River. Rattlesnakes, Roebucks, Peaches.
XXVI. Kling! Klang! to the Luck of Edenhall.
XXVII. The Bird of Paradise at "Bendemeer." Celebrities of the Sabine River.
XXVIII. A Beacon-Light of the American Methodist Church. Marvel's Companions. The Bird of Paradise at the Country Concert.
XXIX. Marvel and Pearly in an Accident. Little Percy. The Angel of Death.
XXX. Vallie's Offerings on the Grave. The Thief in the Dark.
XXXI. Fallen! the Great and Mighty Gould! Ah me! alas! pain, pain, ever, for ever.
Book II.
Chapter.
I. The Reading of the Coal-King's Will. The Dirge of the Wool-Merchant.
II. Lillie Delaine and Lollie Delaine. The Declaration of Matrimonial War.
III. An Embassy at "Edenhall." An Eminent Firm of American Lawyers.
IV. Collecting Affidavits. Silas P. Grinder, an American Commissioner on a Cotton Plantation. page vii
V. The Son that was Lost and is Found. "Welcome Home Pearly." The Summer Hill Seminary.
VI. The Will O' the Wisp and The Old Red Pump. Brosie's Leisure Hours.
VII. The Colorado Races—Rosie runs for the Maiden Plate. The Regeneration of Brosie.
VIII. "Myamyn." "I know a bank whereon the wild thyme blows."
IX. The Missing Friend's Column of The New York Herald. The Bird of Paradise at 'Myamyn.'
X. The Conspiracy at "Myamyn." Adam Quain in the stern of Charon's Ferry-Boat.
XI. "Myamyn" deserted. Murmurs of Divorce.
XII. "Here's fennel for you and columbines."
XIII. Every Man His Own Lawyer. "Beds, a quarter-dollar: ten cents standin' up."
XIV. The National Court of Louisiana. Divorce and Matrimonial Causes Jurisdiction. The Empanelled Quartette.
XV. "This Honourable Court stands adjourned: ye'ze 'ave to get out."
XVI. "Now listen to the plaintiffs case: observe the features of her face—Little Woman,"
XVII. The judgment.

"They have withered the smile and dried the tear

Which should have been sacred to me."
XVIII. Sir Roger Clifford and the Bird of Paradise. The Cotton Balloon.
XIX. The Breaking Luck of "Edenhall."
XX. Time, The Reaper.
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