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UNFAIRLY WON.: CHAPTER XLIII

... UNFAIRLY WON. BY MRS. POWER O'DONOGHUE, Author of Ladies on Horseback Ac. CHAPTER XLIII. THE room in which Ivy had died commanded a beautiful prospect. The wide window opened out upon a light terrace, from which a charming view of the surrounding country could be obtained. Nothing could be prettier than the winding avenue leading down from the house; the rustic gate; the narrow road beyond; ...

UNFAIRLY WON

... BY MBS. POWER O'DONOGHITE, Author of Ladies on Horseback de. Commenced January 29th. No. 363.) CHAPTER XXIV. Continued Each morning from this time Miss Clavering's first exclama tion was, I wonder whether they will come to-day. And each nightfall heard her say, Never mind; they will surely be here to-morrow. Ivy took little apparent interest in the expected arrivals. She got up late, idled ...

New Novels

... FOUR CROTCHETS TO A BAR, by the author of the The Gwillians (3 vols.: Smith, Elder, and Co.), is the title of a novel as full of cleverness as it is of faults, which is saying a great deal for its ...

Published: Saturday 03 September 1881
Newspaper: The Graphic
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 941 | Page: Page 23 | Tags: Fiction/Narrative 

THE BARBER IN THE MARCHÉ-AUX-GRAINS

... THE BARBER IN THE MARCHE-AUX-GRAINS. By Aetiice W. Pinero. ALMOST facing the Hôtel de Vienne, in the Marché-aux- Grains, at Ghent, and within sound of the Belfry's pleasant music, there dwells (or did dwell in the summer of '79), under the shadow of old St. Nicholas, one Constantin Piron, barber. It was to Constantin Piron's tender mercies that I entrusted my in during my stay at Ghent. ...

UNFAIRLY WON.: CHAPTER XIII

... UNFAIRLY WON. BY MRS. POWER O'DONOGHUE, Author of Ladies on Horseback, dsc. [Commenced January 29th. No. 368.) CHAPTER XIII.- (Continued.) The following morning, whilst the family were sitting at breakfast--with the exception of Lady Chandos, who always rose late--a servant entered with a letter, which he gave to Sir Jeffrey. Ivy, who was sitting next her father--not eating, but ministering ...

HUSH!

... HUSH By J. 1'aloeave Sisipsox. IT was a large Christmas party that had been assembled at Hadlow Hall, the hospitable mansion of my father's old friend, Guy Cranworth. I was not one of the family, not even a distant relative; but I was welcomed as if I had been one of the former, on the strength of the simple fact that I was my father's son; and I felt almost like a boy going home for the ...

UNFAIRLY WON

... BY MRS. POWER O'DONOGHUE, Author of Ladies on Horseback &c. (Commenced January 29 ih. -No. 368.) CHAPTER IY. (Continued). Meanwhile, Turnbull is busily manipulating the fastenings of a large old wooden gate or doorway, which is indeed very in efficiently secured, and soon yields to his skilful treatment. He now finds himself in another laneway or long yard, paved, and very dirty. Over the wall ...

UNFAIRLY WON

... UNFAIRLY WON. BY MRS. POWER O'DONOGHUE, Author of Ladies on Horseback dec. (Commenced January 29 th. No. 368.) CHAPTER XXXVIII. SIX weeks later. In the pleasant dining-room of Mrs. Clavering's house in St. James's, Etherege and Falkland were sitting over their wine. The face of the latter looked some- what blanched, and his forehead bore the mark of a serious abrasion; otherwise, he appeared ...

UNFAIRLY WON.: CHAPTER XVII.--

... UNFAIRLY WON. BY MRS. POWER O'DONOGHDE, Author of Ladies on Horseback &c. Commenced January 29 th. No, 368.) CHAPTER XVII.-- Continued. IVY was presented in due time and form to Lord Linton and Captain L'Estrange-- tall fashionable dandies, who talked un limited nonsense until they found out that she cared for racing and for horses, and then dosed her with their opinions respect ing Goodwood ...

UNFAIRLY WON

... By Mrs. Power O'Donogjiuk, Author of u Ladies on Horseback The Knave of Clubs 11 Horses and Horsemen Grandfather' s Hunter One in Ten Thousand Spring Leaves Thoughts on the Talmud itfl. BEFORE commencing the tale of which the opening chapter appears in the present number of this journal, a few introductory observations appear to be necessary. Firstly, then, I may be permitted to request my ...

New Novels

... SUMMER holiday novels are becoming a regular feature of this time of year. Mr. Black's adventurous Phaeton set a fashion which has been, on the whole, pleasantly followed, and by no means the least pl ...

Published: Saturday 16 July 1881
Newspaper: The Graphic
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 813 | Page: Page 3 | Tags: Fiction/Narrative 

UNFAIRLY WON

... BY MRS. POWER O'DONOOHUE, Author of Ladies on Horseback die. (i Commenced January 29th. No. 368.) CHAPTER XXX. Continued WILL you play, Del.? asked Will Scott, when the- uproarious applause had subsided and the waiters had left the room. No, said Delvayne, I am not inclined. As he spoke he filled his glass from the punch-howl, and a' so that of Lord Simpleby, who had managed to empty two ...