In Brief Authority
F. Anstey
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In Brief Authority
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IN BRIEF AUTHORITY
AUTHOR OF "VICE VERSÂ," "A FALLEN IDOL," "THE PARIAH," "THE GIANT'S ROBE," "LYRE AND LANCET," "THE BRASS BOTTLE," "THE TALKING HORSE and Other Tales," "SALTED ALMONDS," ETC.
LONDON SMITH, ELDER & CO., 15 WATERLOO PLACE 1915
[All rights reserved]
Printed by Ballantyne, Hanson & Co. at the Ballantyne Press, Edinburgh
To Peggy
AUTHOR'S NOTE
CONTENTS
IN BRIEF AUTHORITY
CHAPTER I
"THE SKIRTS OF HAPPY CHANCE"
CHAPTER II
RUSHING TO CONCLUSIONS
CHAPTER III
FINE FEATHERS
CHAPTER IV
CROWNED HEADS
CHAPTER V
DIGNITY UNDER DIFFICULTIES
CHAPTER VI
CARES OF STATE
CHAPTER VII
A GAME THEY DID NOT UNDERSTAND
CHAPTER VIII
"A STEED THAT KNOWS HIS RIDER"
CHAPTER IX
THE PLEASURES OF THE TABLE
CHAPTER X
THE BLONDE BEAST
CHAPTER XI
A WAY OUT
CHAPTER XII
UNWELCOME ANNOUNCEMENTS
CHAPTER XIII
WHAT THE PIGEON SAID
CHAPTER XIV
BAG AND BAGGAGE
CHAPTER XV
"RIVEN WITH VAIN ENDEAVOUR"
CHAPTER XVI
"A CLOUD THAT'S DRAGONISH"
CHAPTER XVII
THE REWARD OF VALOUR
CHAPTER XVIII
A PREVIOUS ENGAGEMENT
CHAPTER XIX
SERVANTS OF THE QUEEN
CHAPTER XX
AT THE END OF HER TETHER
CHAPTER XXI
"WHOSE LIGHTS ARE FLED, WHOSE GARLANDS DEAD"
CHAPTER XXII
SQUARING ACCOUNTS
EPILOGUE
THE END
Works by F. Anstey
Salted Almonds. Second Impression. Crown 8vo. 6s.
The Talking Horse and other Tales.
The Giant's Robe.
The Pariah.
A Fallen Idol.
Lyre and Lancet. With 24 Full-page Illustrations.
Vice Versa; or, a Lesson to Fathers.
Also available from publisher
CONAN DOYLE'S NEW 'SHERLOCK HOLMES' STORY.
The Valley of Fear. With a Frontispiece.
Journeys with Jerry the Jarvey.
Oliver. By B. PAUL NEUMAN.
Author of 'The Greatness of Josiah Porlick,' 'Chignett Street,' &c.
Two Who Declined. By HERBERT TREMAINE.
Some Elderly People and their Young Friends.
Author of 'The Fortune of Christina McNab,' 'A Lame Dog's Diary,' &c.
The Pastor's Wife.
Spragge's Canyon.
Molly, My Heart's Delight.
The Ways of Miss Barbara.
A Green Englishman, and other Stories of Canada
A Freelance in Kashmir.
A Tale of the Great Anarchy.
They Who Question.
A Novel by a well-known writer published anonymously.
La Belle Alliance.
The House of the Foxes.
Two Sinners.
The Irish Nuns at Ypres: An Episode of the War.
Edited by R. BARRY O'BRIEN, Author of 'The Life of Charles Stewart Parnell,' &c. With an Introduction by JOHN REDMOND, M.P.
Paris Waits: 1914.
War and Lombard Street.
The Tollhouse.
The Spirit of England.
A Series of Papers written in 1914 and 1915.
Life of John Viriamu Jones.
The Minor Horrors of War.
The System of National Finance.
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