THE BELTED SEAS

By Arthur Colton


CONTENTS

[ THE BELTED SEAS ]

[ CHAPTER I. — PEMBERTON'S. ]

[ CHAPTER II. — THE “HEBE MAITLAND.” CAPTAIN BUCKINGHAM'S NARRATIVE. ]

[ CHAPTER III. — THE HOTEL HELEN MAR. THE NARRATIVE CONTINUED. ]

[ CHAPTER IV. — SADLER IN PORTATE. THE NARRATIVE CONTINUED. ]

[ CHAPTER V. — END OF THE HOTEL HELEN MAR. CONTINUATION OF CAPTAIN BUCKINGHAM'S NARRATIVE. ]

[ CHAPTER VI. — TORRE ANANIAS. WHY CAPTAIN BUCKINGHAM DID NOT GO BACK TO GREENOUGH. ]

[ CHAPTER VII. — LIEBCHEN. THE EWIGWEIBLICHE. THE NARRATIVE RESUMED, WITH THE LOSS OF THE “ANACONDA”. ]

[ CHAPTER VIII. — SADLER IN SALERATUS. THE GREEN DRAGON PAGODA. THE NARRATIVE GOES ON. ]

[ CHAPTER IX. — KING JULIUS. ]

[ CHAPTER X. — THE KIYI PROPOSITION—SADLER CONCLUDED. ]

[ CHAPTER XI. — THE VOYAGE OF THE “VOODOO”.—NARRATIVE CONTINUED. ]

[ CHAPTER XII. — THE FLANNAGAN AND IMPERIAL—CONTINUING THE NARRATIVE. ]

[ CHAPTER XIII. — FLANNAGAN AND STEVEY TODD—CAPTAIN BUCKINGHAM RETURNS TO GREENOUGH—THE NARRATIVE CONTINUED. ]

[ CHAPTER XIV. — CAPTAIN BUCKINGHAM VISITS ADRIAN. ANDREW AND MADGE MCCULLOCH AND BILLY CORLISS. CAPTAIN BUCKINGHAM'S NARRATIVE ENDS. ]

[ CHAPTER XV. — CONCLUSION OF THE WHOLE. ]


"THE
DEBATABLE
LAND"


A Novel
By
Arthur Colton

[Contents]

PART I
CHAPTER PAGE
I. "Hinter die Kirche blühe die blaue Blumeleft der Zufriedenheit" [3]
II. Of Thaddeus Bourn and his Purposes[11]
III. Of Morgan Map and his Purposes[24]
IV. In which Thaddeus uses the term "Moral Justification"[32]
V. Introducing Hamilton and Saint Mary's Organ[41]
VI. Introducing Gard Windham and the Brotherhood of Consolation[56]
VII. Introducing Moselle and Mavering[71]
VIII. Of Mrs. Mavering, and of the Philosophy of the Individual[85]
IX. Of Estates in Happiness[99]
X. Of Spring in Hamilton—Of Thaddeus's Opportunity to be Candid[118]
XI. The Whirlpool—Mr. Paulus's Reminiscences of Women[135]
PART II
XII. Antietam[149]
XIII. In which Appears a General of Division, and one of "the Brethren"[164]
XIV. In which Mavering Concludes that Cavalry Officers as a Class are Eccentric and Deep[181]
XV. Treats of the Distribution of Tracts in the Valley of the Shenandoah[192]
XVI. Which Discloses one Daddy Joe, and Disposes of an Evangelist[207]
XVII. On the Question of the Exact Location of the Divinity which is Ultimately Called Worth While[223]
XVIII. In which there is Discovered a Compunction[235]
XIX. In which Windham Drops Out of the Fight—and Mavering Remarks on Human Adaptability[253]
XX. Treats of Further Incidents in the House with the White Door[264]
XXI. In which We Go Down the River and Return[274]
XXII. Of Mavering, who Disappears—Of the Gray Poet—Of Morgan, Who Appears Once More[286]
XXIII. The End[307]