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THE CONQUEROR A FEW OF HAMILTON’S LETTERS ANCESTORS THE GORGEOUS ISLE RULERS OF KINGS THE ARISTOCRATS THE TRAVELLING THIRDS THE BELL IN THE FOG PATIENCE SPARHAWK AND HER TIMES SENATOR NORTH HIS FORTUNATE GRACE
REZÁNOV THE DOOMSWOMAN THE SPLENDID IDLE FORTIES A DAUGHTER OF THE VINE THE CALIFORNIANS AMERICAN WIVES AND ENGLISH HUSBANDS A WHIRL ASUNDER THE VALIANT RUNAWAYS (A BOOK FOR BOYS)
New York THE MACMILLAN COMPANY 1910 _All rights reserved_
Set up and electrotyped. Published February, 1910. Reprinted March, twice, July, 1910.
Norwood Press J. S. Cushing Co.—Berwick & Smith Co. Norwood, Mass., U.S.A.
CHAPTER PAGE I. WHEN BRIDGMINSTER WAS TWENTY-FOUR 1 II. FLYING ARROWS 5 III. NEUSCHWANSTEIN 12 IV. THE STYR 23 V. ORDHAM AND THE STYR 35 VI. CERTAIN INEVITABLE PHASES 49 VII. THE EDGE OF THE ABYSS 64 VIII. PURPLE LILIES AND BITTER FRUIT 69 IX. EXCELLENZ, THE POTTER 80 X. THE BIRTH OF AN ARTIST 85 XI. THE DIPLOMATIC TEMPERAMENT 92 XII. LA BELLE HÉLÈNE 98 XIII. STYR, THE POTTER 107 XIV. THE SAVING GRACE 121 XV. POTTERS CONFER 125 XVI. THE IVORY TOWER OF STYR 128 XVII. ROMANTIC MUNICH 133 XVIII. THE SYSTEM’S FLOWER 143 XIX. A DIPLOMATIST IN THE MAKING 151 XX. ISOLDE 155 XXI. THE WOMAN BY THE ISAR 164 XXII. PRINCESS NACHMEISTER AS GUARDIAN ANGEL 168 XXIII. ONE OF THE POTTERIES 173 XXIV. THE CRACK IN THE JAR 178 XXV. FRIENDSHIP AT FOUR IN THE MORNING 184 XXVI. FRIENDSHIP IN A BORROWED FRAME 191 XXVII. ADIEU TO THE ISAR 197 XXVIII. A ROSSETTI 200 XXIX. THE EDGE OF THE ABYSS AGAIN 207 XXX. LADY BRIDGMINSTER, POTTER 221 XXXI. ORDHAM ESCAPES A HANSOM IN PICCADILLY 227 XXXII. EVERY MAN HIS OWN PILOT 234 XXXIII. SLOW MAGIC 243 XXXIV. WHERE IS ROSAMOND HAYLE? 248 XXXV. YOUTH 253 XXXVI. THE RACE 260 XXXVII. ORDHAM CEASES TO BE ORIGINAL 268 XXXVIII. ISOLDA FURIOSA 271 XXXIX. PEGGY HILL AND MARGARETHE STYR 276 XL. HAPPY POTTERS 286 XLI. THE PRINCESS PINCHES 293 XLII. HIS HOUSE OF CARDS 300 XLIII. THE WOMAN’S INNINGS 311 XLIV. STARS AND DUST 315 XLV. EUROPE’S BOUQUET 322 XLVI. OUR FIRST GLIMPSE OF BRIDGMINSTER 329 XLVII. A FAIRY COMET 337 XLVIII. THE GREAT PRIZES 342 XLIX. THE SPIRIT OF THE RACE MOVES ON 349 L. THE ROOM IN THE TEMPLE 367 LI. THE ROCKET WITHOUT A STICK 375 LII. MATRIMONY 383 LIII. LOVE 389 LIV. THE CONQUEST OF LONDON 400 LV. THE WORLD AND THE CROSS 410 LVI. A DIPLOMATIST OUT OF THE SADDLE 413 LVII. THE LAST CARD 421 LVIII. THE FOOLISH FATES 440 LIX. WHEN ORDHAM WAS BRIDGMINSTER 445 LX. LIFE, THE POTTER 449 LXI. THEIR MARRIAGE 461 LXII. THE IVORY TOWER OF ORDHAM 465