CHAPTER III. THE RECTOR'S ROMANCE. CHAPTER IV. A MASTERPIECE OF NATURE. CHAPTER V. CRISPIN IS PUZZLED. CHAPTER VII. SOUVENT FEMME VARIE. CHAPTER XI. THE CREED OF A MOTHER-IN-LAW. CHAPTER XII. THE NEW ARGONAUTS. CHAPTER XIII. THE PAST OF A POET. CHAPTER XIV. THE DEVIL'S PHILOSOPHY. CHAPTER XIX. A MODERN ARCADIA. CHAPTER XX. A DIFFICULT QUESTION. CHAPTER XXI. CAPTAIN ALCIBIADES. CHAPTER XXII. THE APPLE OF DISCORD. CHAPTER XXVI. BEAUTIFUL PARIS, EVIL-HEARTED PARIS. CHAPTER XXVII. THE ALTAR INSCRIBED ????. CHAPTER XXIX. A ROLLING STONE. CHAPTER XXXI. THE BATTLE OF TROGLODYTES. CHAPTER XXXII. THE WARNING OF HEPHAISTOS. CHAPTER XXXIII. THE INVOCATION OF ARTEMIS. CHAPTER XXXIV. A MODERN THERMOPYLAE. CHAPTER XXXV. A COUNCIL OF WAR. CHAPTER XXXVI. THE FORLORN HOPE. CHAPTER XXXVII. UNDER THE UNION JACK. CHAPTER XXXVIII. THE PREY OF THE GODS. CHAPTER XXXIX. JUSTINIAN'S REVENGE. CHAPTER XL. DEATH PAYS ALL DEBTS. Minor errors, attributable to the printer, have been corrected. Please see the transcriber’s note at the end of this text for details regarding the handling of any textual issues encountered during its preparation. Any corrections are indicated using an underline highlight. Placing the cursor over the correction will produce the original text in a small popup. Any corrections are indicated as hyperlinks, which will navigate the reader to the corresponding entry in the corrections table in the note at the end of the text. The Island of Fantasy A Romance By FERGUS HUME Author of “When I Lived In Bohemia,” “The Mystery of a Hansom Cab,” “The Man Who Vanished,” etc. Sorrow and weariness, Heartache and dreariness, None should endure; Scale ye the mountain peak, Vale ’o the fountain seek, There is the cure. R. F. FENNO & COMPANY 9 and 11 East Sixteenth Street, New York 1905 Copyright, 1892, BY UNITED STATES BOOK COMPANY [All rights reserved] |