The Splendid Spur / Being Memoirs of the Adventures of Mr. John Marvel, a Servant of His Late Majesty King Charles I, in the Years 1642-3

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By Arthur T. Quiller Couch

INTRODUCTORY NOTE. "Q."

CHAPTER I. THE BOWLING-GREEN OF THE "CROWN."

CHAPTER II. THE YOUNG MAN IN THE CLOAK OF AMBER SATIN,

CHAPTER III. I FIND MYSELF IN A TAVERN BRAWL: AND BARELY ESCAPE.

CHAPTER IV. I TAKE THE ROAD.

CHAPTER V. MY ADVENTURE AT THE "THREE CUPS."

CHAPTER VI. THE FLIGHT IN THE PINE WOOD.

CHAPTER VII. I FIND A COMRADE. But I must go back a little and tell you what befell in my expedition.

CHAPTER VIII. I LOSE THE KING'S LETTER; AND AM CARRIED TO BRISTOL.

CHAPTER IX. I BREAK OUT OF PRISON.

CHAPTER X. CAPTAIN POTTERY AND CAPTAIN SETTLE.

CHAPTER XI. I RIDE DOWN INTO TEMPLE: AND AM WELL TREATED THERE.

CHAPTER XII. HOW JOAN SAVED THE ARMY OF THE WEST; AND SAW THE FIGHT ON BRADDOCK DOWN.

CHAPTER XIII. I BUY A LOOKING GLASS AT BODMIN FAIR: AND MEET WITH MR. HANNIBAL TINGCOMB.

CHAPTER XIV. I DO NO GOOD IN THE HOUSE OF GLEYS.

CHAPTER XV. I LEAVE JOAN AND RIDE TO THE WARS.

CHAPTER XVI. THE BATTLE OF STAMFORD HEATH.

CHAPTER XVII. I MEET WITH A HAPPY ADVENTURE BY BURNING OF A GREEN LIGHT.

CHAPTER XVIII. JOAN DOES ME HER LAST SERVICE.

CHAPTER XIX. THE ADVENTURE OF THE HEARSE.

CHAPTER XX. THE ADVENTURE OF THE LEDGE; AND HOW I SHOOK HANDS WITH MY COMRADE.


                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

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