CONTENTS

THE EBB-TIDE

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Note by Mr. Lloyd Osbourne[3]
PART I.—THE TRIO
CHAPTER
I.Night on the Beach[7]
II.Morning on the Beach—the Three Letters[19]
III.The Old Calaboose—Destiny at the Door[29]
IV.The Yellow Flag[39]
V.The Cargo of Champagne[46]
VI.The Partners[69]
PART II.—THE QUARTETTE
VII.The Pearl-Fisher[81]
VIII.Better Acquaintance[96]
IX.The Dinner Party[109]
X.The Open Door[118]
XI.David and Goliath[131]
XII.A Tail-piece[151]

WEIR OF HERMISTON

Introductory[159]
I.Life and Death of Mrs. Weir[161]
II.Father and Son[175]
III.In the Matter of the Hanging of Duncan Jopp[181]
IV.Opinions of the Bench[196]
V.Winter on the Moors:
1. At Hermiston[205]
2. Kirstie[208]
3. A Border Family[212]
VI.A Leaf from Christina’s Psalm-Book[228]
VII.Enter Mephistopheles[253]
VIII.A Nocturnal Visit[270]
IX.At the Weaver’s Stone[278]
Sir Sidney Colvin’s Note[284]
Glossary of Scots Words[297]