PREFACE

CONTENTS

CHAPTER I MY COUSIN

CHAPTER II THE ABIGAIL

CHAPTER III THE HANDSOME GOVERNESS

CHAPTER IV "LIBITINA"

CHAPTER V UNCLE BALDWIN

CHAPTER VI THE BLIND BOY

CHAPTER VII BOOT AND SADDLE

CHAPTER VIII THE BALL

CHAPTER IX WANT

CHAPTER X SUPERFLUITY

CHAPTER XI CAMPAIGNING ABROAD

CHAPTER XII CAMPAIGNING AT HOME

CHAPTER XIII THE WORLD

CHAPTER XIV TO PERSONS ABOUT TO MARRY

CHAPTER XV PENELOPE AND HER SUITORS

CHAPTER XVI FORGERY

CHAPTER XVII CLUB LAW

CHAPTER XVIII THE STRICTEST CONFIDENCE

CHAPTER XIX DISPATCHES

CHAPTER XX DAWN IN THE EAST

CHAPTER XXI HOSPITAL

CHAPTER XXII THE WIDOW

CHAPTER XXIII "STOP HER"

CHAPTER XXIV KING CRACK

CHAPTER XXV "DULCE DOMUM"

CHAPTER XXVI "EUDAEMON"

CHAPTER XXVII FLOOD AND FIELD

CHAPTER XXVIII "THE SAD SEA WAVE"

Title: General Bounce

or The Lady and the Locusts

Author: G. J. Whyte-Melville

Language: English

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General Bounce
or
The Lady and the Locusts

By
G. J. Whyte-Melville
Author of “Katerfelto,” “The Interpreter,” “Market Harborough,” etc.

Illustrated by Frances E. Ewan

London
Ward, Lock & Co., Limited
New York and Melbourne