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Author: Robert Barr

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INDEX OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG WORKS OF ROBERT BARR



Compiled by David Widger



R_BARR



CONTENTS

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table of contents for each of the twelve volumes.

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##  A ROCK IN THE BALTIC

##  THE FACE AND THE MASK

##  THE STRONG ARM

##  IN THE MIDST OF ALARMS

##  JENNIE BAXTER, JOURNALIST

##  ONE DAY'S COURTSHIP

##  IN A STEAMER CHAIR

##  FROM WHOSE BOURNE

A WOMAN INTERVENES

##  THE SWORD MAKER

##  THE TRIUMPHS OF EUGÈNE VALMONT

THE O'RUDDY

##  A PRINCE OF GOOD FELLOWS

##  LORD STRANLEIGH ABROAD

##  TEKLA

##  A CHICAGO PRINCESS

##  THE MUTABLE MANY

##  OVER THE BORDER

##  THE SPECULATIONS OF JOHN STEELE

##  YOUNG LORD STRANLEIGH








TABLES OF CONTENTS OF VOLUMES









A ROCK IN THE BALTIC


By Robert Barr,


1906






CONTENTS


CHAPTER I —THE INCIDENT AT THE BANK

CHAPTER II —IN THE SEWING-ROOM

CHAPTER III —ON DECK

CHAPTER IV —“AT LAST ALONE”

CHAPTER V —AFTER THE OPERA IS OVER

CHAPTER VI —FROM SEA TO MOUNTAIN

CHAPTER VII —“A WAY THEY HAVE IN THE NAVY”

CHAPTER VIII —“WHEN JOHNNY COMES MARCHING HOME”

CHAPTER IX —IN RUSSIA

CHAPTER X —CALAMITY UNSEEN

CHAPTER XI —THE SNOW

CHAPTER XII —THE DREADED TROGZMONDOFF

CHAPTER XIII —ENTRAPPED

CHAPTER XIV —A VOYAGE INTO THE UNKNOWN

CHAPTER XV —“A HOME ON THE ROLLING DEEP”

CHAPTER XVI —CELL NUMBER NINE

CHAPTER XVII —A FELLOW SCIENTIST

CHAPTER XVIII —CELL NUMBER ONE

CHAPTER XIX —“STONE WALLS DO NOT A PRISON MAKE”

CHAPTER XX —ARRIVAL OF THE TURBINE YACHT

CHAPTER XXI —THE ELOPEMENT














THE FACE AND THE MASK

By Robert Barr



CONTENTS

THE WOMAN OF STONE.

THE CHEMISTRY OF ANARCHY.

THE FEAR OF IT.

THE METAMORPHOSES OF JOHNSON.

THE RECLAMATION OF JOE HOLLENDS.

THE TYPE-WRITTEN LETTER.

THE DOOM OF LONDON.

WHY LONDON, WARNED, WAS UNPREPARED.

THE COINCIDENCE THAT CAME AT LAST.

THE AMERICAN WHO WANTED TO SELL.

THE AMERICAN SEES SIR JOHN.

HOW THE SMOKE HELD DOWN THE FOG.

THE TRAIN WITH ITS TRAIL OF THE DEAD.

THE PREDICAMENT OF DE PLONVILLE.

A NEW EXPLOSIVE.

THE GREAT PEGRAM MYSTERY.

DEATH COMETH SOON OR LATE.

HIGH STAKES.

“WHERE IGNORANCE IS BLISS.”

THE DEPARTURE OF CUB MCLEAN.

OLD NUMBER EIGHTY-SIX.

PLAYING WITH MARKED CARDS.

THE BRUISER’S COURTSHIP.

THE RAID ON MELLISH.

STRIKING BACK.

CRANDALL’S CHOICE.

THE FAILURE OF BRADLEY.

RINGAMY’S CONVERT.

A SLIPPERY CUSTOMER.

THE SIXTH BENCH.














THE STRONG ARM

By Robert Barr






CONTENTS

CHAPTER I. — THE BEAUTIFUL JAILER OF GUDENFELS

CHAPTER II. — THE REVENGE OF THE OUTLAW

CHAPTER III. — A CITY OF FEAR

CHAPTER IV. — THE PERIL OF THE EMPEROR

CHAPTER V. — THE NEEDLE DAGGER

CHAPTER VI. — THE HOLY FEHM


THE COUNT’S APOLOGY

CONVERTED

AN INVITATION

THE ARCHBISHOP’S GIFT

COUNT KONRAD’S COURTSHIP

THE LONG LADDER

“GENTLEMEN: THE KING!”

THE HOUR-GLASS

THE WARRIOR MAID OF SAN CARLOS

THE AMBASSADOR’S PIGEONS














IN THE MIDST OF ALARMS

By Robert Barr


1894



CONTENTS

CHAPTER I.

CHAPTER II.

CHAPTER III.

CHAPTER IV.

CHAPTER V.

CHAPTER VI.

CHAPTER VII.

CHAPTER VIII.

CHAPTER IX.

CHAPTER X.

CHAPTER XI.

CHAPTER XII.

CHAPTER XIII.

CHAPTER XIV.

CHAPTER XV.

CHAPTER XVI.

CHAPTER XVII.

CHAPTER XVIII.

CHAPTER XIX.

CHAPTER XX.

CHAPTER XXI.

CHAPTER XXII.

CHAPTER XXIII.








JENNIE BAXTER JOURNALIST



By Robert Barr



CONTENTS


CHAPTER I.   JENNIE MAKES HER TOILETTE AND THE ACQUAINTANCE OF A PORTER

CHAPTER II.   JENNIE HAS IMPORTANT CONFERENCES WITH TWO IMPORTANT EDITORS

CHAPTER III.   JENNIE INTERVIEWS A FRIGHTENED OFFICIAL

CHAPTER IV.   JENNIE LEARNS ABOUT THE DIAMONDS OF THE PRINCESS

CHAPTER V.   JENNIE MEETS A GREAT DETECTIVE

CHAPTER VI.   JENNIE SOLVES THE DIAMOND MYSTERY

CHAPTER VII.   JENNIE ARRANGES A CINDERELLA VISIT

CHAPTER VIII.   JENNIE MIXES WITH THE ELITE OF EARTH

CHAPTER IX.   JENNIE REALIZES THAT GREAT EVENTS CAST THEIR SHADOWS BEHIND

CHAPTER X.   JENNIE ASSISTS IN SEARCHING FOR HERSELF

CHAPTER XI.   JENNIE ELUDES AN OFFER OF MARRIAGE

CHAPTER XII.   JENNIE TOUCHES THE EDGE OF A GOVERNMENT SECRET

CHAPTER XIII.   JENNIE INDULGES IN TEA AND GOSSIP

CHAPTER XIV.   JENNIE BECOMES A SPECIAL POLICE OFFICER

CHAPTER XV.   JENNIE BESTOWS INFORMATION UPON THE CHIEF OF POLICE

CHAPTER XVI.   JENNIE VISITS A MODERN WIZARD IN HIS MAGIC ATTIC

CHAPTER XVII.   JENNIE ENGAGES A ROOM IN A SLEEPING CAR

CHAPTER XVIII.     JENNIE ENDURES A TERRIBLE NIGHT JOURNEY

CHAPTER XIX.   JENNIE EXPERIENCES THE SURPRISE OF HER LIFE

CHAPTER XX.   JENNIE CONVERSES WITH A YOUNG MAN SHE THINKS MUCH OF

CHAPTER XXI.   JENNIE KEEPS STEP WITH THE WEDDING MARCH






Robert Barr’s

One Day’s Courtship and The Heralds of Fame


1896

Table of Contents






Robert Barr's

In a Steamer Chair and Other Stories





Table of Contents
















FROM WHOSE BOURNE

By Robert Barr (Luke Sharp)

1893





URNE



CONTENTS

CHAPTER I.

CHAPTER II.

CHAPTER III.

CHAPTER IV.

CHAPTER V.

CHAPTER VI.

CHAPTER VII.

CHAPTER VIII.

CHAPTER IX.

CHAPTER X.

CHAPTER XI.

CHAPTER XII.

CHAPTER XIII.

CHAPTER XIV.

CHAPTER XV.

CHAPTER XVI.






List of Illustrations

"Do You Think I Shall Be Missed?"

He Again Sat in the Rocking-chair.

He Saw Standing Beside Him a Stranger.

Venice.

In Venice.

The Brenton Murder.

Mrs. Brenton.

The Broken Toy.

"She's Pretty As a Picture."

"Raising the Veil."

Jane.

The Detective.

Jane Morton.

"Oh, Why Did I Do It?"

In the Prisoner's Dock.

"I Feel Very Grateful to You."

"Guilty! Guilty of What?"














THE SWORD MAKER

By Robert Barr

1910



CONTENTS

THE SWORD MAKER

I. AN OFFER TO OPEN THE RIVER

II. THE BARGAIN IS STRUCK

III. DISSENSION IN THE IRONWORKERS’ GUILD

IV. THE DISTURBING JOURNEY OF FATHER AMBROSE

V. THE COUNTESS VON SAYN AND THE ARCHBISHOP OF COLOGNE

VI. TO BE KEPT SECRET FROM THE COUNTESS

VII. MUTINY IN THE WILDERNESS

VIII. THE MISSING LEADER AND THE MISSING GOLD

IX. A SOLEMN PROPOSAL OF MARRIAGE

X. A CALAMITOUS CONFERENCE

XI. GOLD GALORE THAT TAKES TO ITSELF WINGS

XII. THE LAUGHING RED MARGRAVE OF FURSTENBERG

XIII. “A SENTENCE; COME, PREPARE!”

XIV. THE PRISONER OF EHRENFELS

XV. JOURNEYS END IN LOVERS’ MEETING

XVI. MY LADY SCATTERS THE FREEBOOTERS AND CAPTURES THEIR CHIEF

XVII. “FOR THE EMPRESS, AND NOT FOR THE EMPIRE”

XVIII. THE SWORD MAKER AT BAY

XIX. THE BETROTHAL IN THE GARDEN

XX. THE MYSTERY OF THE FOREST

XXI. A SECRET MARRIAGE

XXII. LONG LIVE THEIR MAJESTIES






The Triumphs of
Eugène Valmont

 

 

By

 

 

Robert Barr

 


CONTENTS

1. The Mystery of the Five Hundred Diamonds 3
2. The Siamese Twin of a Bomb-Thrower 28
3. The Clue of the Silver Spoons 65
4. Lord Chizelrigg's Missing Fortune 82
5. The Absent-Minded Coterie 103
6. The Ghost with the Club-Foot 139
7. The Liberation of Wyoming Ed 165
8. Lady Alicia's Emeralds 184
 
APPENDIX: TWO SHERLOCK HOLMES PARODIES
1. The Adventures of Sherlaw Kombs 204
2. The Adventure of the Second Swag 212






A Prince of
Good Fellows

BY

Robert Barr

A TABLE of the CONTENTS

 

  Page
The King Intervenes 1
The King Dines 29
The King’s Tryst 47
The King Investigates 77
The King’s Gold 113
The King A-Begging 147
The King’s Visit 185
The King Explores 213
The King Drinks 243
The King Sails 269
The King Weds 297

LIST of ILLUSTRATIONS

 

The Prince of Good Fellows Frontispiece
  Facing
page  
“Out of the way, fellow!” 4
“Headsman, do your duty” 26

“‘As you get north of Sterling, Buchanan,’ replied James, with a smile, ‘it is customary to bring the knife with you when you go out to dine’”

42
“My fair antagonist, I bid you good-night” 74
“The forty-one trees bore their burden” 110
“The figure of a tall man” 126

“With a wild scream Farini endeavoured to support himself with his gauze-like wings”

144

“The King had composed a poem in thirteen stanzas, entitled ‘The Beggar Man’”

148
“Five stalwart ruffians fell upon him” 162

“‘I am James, King of Scotland,’ he proclaimed in stentorian tones”

178

“At last MacNab sprang to his feet, holding aloft his brimming flagon”

201

“The strangers were most hospitably entertained, and entered thoroughly into the spirit of the festivities”

234

“The King, however, appeared to have no forebodings, but trotted along with great complacency”

246

“The two went outside and took the road by which they had come”

270






LORD STRANLEIGH
ABROAD

BY

ROBERT BARR


CONTENTS


  PAGE
I.— Lord Stranleigh all at Sea 7
II.— An Automobile Ride 49
III.— The God in the Car 87
IV.— The Mad Miss Maturin 125
V.— In Search of Game 164
VI.— The Bunk House Prisoner 209
VII.— The End of the Contest 259






TEKLA

A ROMANCE OF LOVE AND WAR

BY

ROBERT BARR

CONTENTS.


CHAPTER PAGE
I.   THE EMPEROR ENTERS TREVES 1
II.   THE ARCHER INTRODUCES HIMSELF 13
III.   LISTENERS HEAR LITTLE GOOD OF THEMSELVES 28
IV.   THE EMPEROR DISAPPEARS 42
V.   LOVE LEADS THE WAY 55
VI.   AN UNWISHED-FOR MARRIAGE DAY 62
VII.   THE FLIGHT OF THE COUNTESS 69
VIII.   THE RAPIER AND THE BROADSWORD 80
IX.   A PALATIAL PRISON 92
X.   THE INTERCEPTED FUGITIVES 99
XI.   IN QUEST OF A WIFE WITH A TROOP OF HORSE 112
XII.   CUPID'S BOW GIVES PLACE TO THE ARCHER'S 123
XIII.   THE BLACK COUNT IS PERSUADED NOT TO HANG HIS EMPEROR 134
XIV.   A RELUCTANT WELCOME 148
XV.   CASTLE THURON MAKES A FULL MEAL 158
XVI.   THE COUNTESS TRIES TO TAME THE BEAR 174
XVII.   THE ENVOY'S DISASTROUS RETURN 184
XVIII.   A TWO-HANDED SWORD TEACHES DEPORTMENT 198
XIX.   A MAN AND A WOMAN MEET BY TORCHLIGHT 209
XX.   A BREAKFAST ON THE TOP OF THE SOUTH TOWER 217
XXI.   AN EXPERIMENT IN DIPLOMACY 228
XXII.   THE FIRST ATTACK ON CASTLE THURON 234
XXIII.   THE TWO ARCHBISHOPS FALL OUT 245
XXIV.   COUNT BERTRICH EXPLAINS HIS FAILURE 256
XXV.   THE SECOND ASSAULT ON THE CASTLE 260
XXVI.   AN ILLUMINATED NIGHT ATTACK ON THURON 269
XXVII.   THE TWO YEARS' SIEGE BEGINS 277
XXVIII.   THE SECOND ARCHER ANNOUNCES HIMSELF 284
XXIX.   CONRAD VENTURES HIS LIFE FOR HIS LOVE 294
XXX.   THE STRUGGLE IN THE DARK 304
XXXI.   BRAVE NEWS OF THE EMPEROR 313
XXXII.   "FOR YOUR LOVE I WOULD DEFY FATE." 327
XXXIII.   A GRIM INTERRUPTION TO A LOVERS' MEETING 336
XXXIV.   THE BLACK COUNT'S DEFIANCE 351
XXXV.   THE NIGHT ESCAPE OF THE EMPEROR 363
XXXVI.   THE FIVE BILLETLESS ARROWS 371
XXXVII.   THE TRAITOR AND HIS PRICE 378
XXXVIII.   THE INCOGNITO FALLS 385
XXXIX.   THE EMPEROR AT THE HEAD OF HIS ARMY 396
XL.   THE ARCHBISHOPS ENVIRONED WITH A RING OF IRON 403
XLI.   "WHY HAVE YOU DARED TO LEVY WAR?" 413
XLII.   TEKLA REPLENISHES HER WARDROBE 423
XLIII.   THE COUNTESS AND THE EMPEROR 429






A CHICAGO PRINCESS

A CHICAGO
PRINCESS

By ROBERT BARR

Illustrated by FRANCIS P. WIGHTMAN

CONTENTS

  PAGE
CHAPTER I 1
CHAPTER II 10
CHAPTER III 25
CHAPTER IV 37
CHAPTER V 52
CHAPTER VI 59
CHAPTER VII 77
CHAPTER VIII 90
CHAPTER IX 101
CHAPTER X 109
CHAPTER XI 124
CHAPTER XII 132
CHAPTER XIII 143
CHAPTER XIV 155
CHAPTER XV 170
CHAPTER XVI 180
CHAPTER XVII 194
CHAPTER XVIII 202
CHAPTER XIX 219
CHAPTER XX 239
CHAPTER XXI 248
CHAPTER XXII 264
CHAPTER XXIII 274
CHAPTER XXIV 288
CHAPTER XXV 299














THE MUTABLE MANY

A Novel

By Robert Barr

Second Edition


1896



CONTENTS

THE MUTABLE MANY

CHAPTER I.

CHAPTER II.

CHAPTER III.

CHAPTER IV.

CHAPTER V.

CHAPTER VI.

CHAPTER VII.

CHAPTER VIII.

CHAPTER IX.

CHAPTER X.

CHAPTER XI.

CHAPTER XII.

CHAPTER XIII.

CHAPTER XIV.

CHAPTER XV.

CHAPTER XVI.

CHAPTER XVII.

CHAPTER XVIII.

CHAPTER XIX.

CHAPTER XX.

CHAPTER XXI.

CHAPTER XXII.

CHAPTER XXIII.

CHAPTER XXIV.

CHAPTER XXV.

CHAPTER XXVI.

CHAPTER XXVII.

CHAPTER XXVIII.

CHAPTER XXIX.

CHAPTER XXX.

CHAPTER XXXI.

CHAPTER XXXII.

CHAPTER XXXIII.

CHAPTER XXXIV.

CHAPTER XXXV.

CHAPTER XXXVI.

CHAPTER XXXVI.

CHAPTER XXXVIII.














OVER THE BORDER

A Romance

By Robert Barr



CONTENTS

OVER THE BORDER


BOOK I.—THE GIRL.

CHAPTER I.—ASSERTION.

CHAPTER II.—RECOGNITION.

CHAPTER III.—MAJESTY.

CHAPTER IV.—PROPOSAL.

CHAPTER V.—EXACTION.

CHAPTER VI.—ORDEAL.

CHAPTER VII.—APPEAL.

CHAPTER VIII.—EXECUTION.


BOOK II.—THE MAN.

CHAPTER I.—COINCIDENCE.

CHAPTER II.—SUSPICION.

CHAPTER III.—DETENTION.

CHAPTER IV.—PREPARATION.

CHAPTER V.—EXAMINATION.

CHAPTER VI.—INVALIDATION.

CHAPTER VII.—DETERMINATION.


BOOK III.—THE JOURNEY.

CHAPTER I.—DISAGREEMENT.

CHAPTER II.—RECONCILIATION.

CHAPTER III.—COMPANIONSHIP.

CHAPTER IV.—FRIENDSHIP.

CHAPTER V.—AFFECTION.

CHAPTER VI.—REJECTION.

CHAPTER VII.—CHECKMATED.

CHAPTER VIII.—DESTINY.


BOOK IV.—THE RETURN

CHAPTER I.—TENSION.

CHAPTER II.—ACQUITTANCE.

CHAPTER III.—ENLIGHTENMENT.

CHAPTER IV.—ENTANGLED.

CHAPTER V.—SANCTUARY.

CHAPTER VI.—EXPEDIENCE.

CHAPTER VII.—VICTORY.

CHAPTER VIII.—ACCOMPLISHMENT.

CHAPTER IX.—MATRIMONY.














THE SPECULATIONS OF JOHN STEELE

By Robert Barr

Illustrated By F. R. Gruger



CONTENTS

CHAPTER I—A NARROW ESCAPE

CHAPTER II—PROMOTION

CHAPTER III—-WAYLAYING A MAGNATE

CHAPTER IV—A CONSPIRACY

CHAPTER V—A FAVOURITE OF FORTUNE

CHAPTER VI—“THERE’S NOTHING HALF SO SWEET IN LIFE”

CHAPTER VII—THE FIRST CAST OF THE DICE

CHAPTER VIII—AN IMPENDING CHANGE

CHAPTER IX—LOVE’S SPECTRE

CHAPTER X—BUYING A RAILWAY

CHAPTER XI—THE TERROR OF WHEAT

CHAPTER XII—THE EMBODIMENT OF MAMMON

CHAPTER XIII.—PERSONALLY CONDUCTED BY A GIRL

CHAPTER XIV—AN IMPORTANT CHAMPAGNE LUNCH.

CHAPTER XV—AN ATTEMPT AT AN ARMISTICE.

CHAPTER XVI—THE RICHEST WOMAN IN THE WORLD

CHAPTER XVII—TO THE SOUND OF THE SILVER CHIME














YOUNG LORD STRANLEIGH

A Novel

By Robert Barr

Illustrated

1908



CONTENTS

YOUNG LORD STRANLEIGH

CHAPTER I—THE KING’S MOVE IN THE CITY

CHAPTER II—THE PREMATURE COMPROMISE

CHAPTER III—THE MISSION OF “THE WOMAN IN WHITE”

CHAPTER IV—THE MAGNET OF THE GOLD FIELD

CHAPTER V—AN INVITATION TO LUNCH

CHAPTER VI—AN ATTACK ON THE HIGH SEAS

CHAPTER VII—THE CAPTAIN OF THE “RAJAH” STRIKES OIL

CHAPTER VIII—THE “RAJAH” GETS INTO LEGAL DIFFICULTIES

CHAPTER IX—THE FINAL FINANCIAL STRUGGLE WITH SCHWARTZBROD

CHAPTER X—THE MEETING WITH THE GOVERNOR OF THE BANK