The firm of Girdlestone : a romance of the unromantic /
Doyle, Arthur Conan,1859-1930,author.
Weir, J. L.,active 1954,former owner.StEdNL
Originally published: London : Chatto & Windus, 1890.
Mr. John Harston keeps an appointment -- Charity a la mode -- Thomas Gilray makes an investment -- Captain Hamilton Miggs of the "Black Eagle" -- Modern Athenians -- A rectorial election -- England versus Scotland -- A first professional -- A nasty cropper -- Dwellers in Bohemia -- Senior and junior -- A corner in diamonds -- Shadow and light -- A slight misunderstanding An addition to the house -- The first step -- The land of diamonds -- Major Tobias Clutterbuck comes in for a thousand pounds -- News from the Urals -- Mr. Hector O'Flaherty finds something in the paper -- An unexpected blow -- Robbers and robbed -- A momentous resolution -- A dangerous promise -- A change of front -- Breaking ground -- Mrs. Scully of Morrison's -- Back in Bohemia -- The great dance at Morrison's -- At the "cock and cowslip" -- A crisis at Eccleston Square -- A conversation in the Eccleston Square Library -- The journey to the priory -- The man with the camp-stool -- A talk on the lawn -- The incident of the corridor -- A chase and a brawl -- Girdlestone sends for the doctor -- A gleam of light -- The major has a letter -- The clouds grow darker -- The three faces at the window -- The bait on the hook -- The shadow of death -- The invasion of Hampshire -- A midnight cruise -- Law and order -- Captain Hamilton Miggs sees a vision -- A voyage in a coffin ship -- Winds up the thread and ties two knots at the end -- Afterword.
Sticker on inside of front cover: Ex Libris J. L. Weir.
Detective and mystery stories.
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