A BARREN TITLE

A Novel

BY T. W. SPEIGHT

AUTHOR OF "THE MYSTERIES OF HERON DYKE" ETC.

Books you may hold readily in your hand are the most useful, after all
Dr. JOHNSON

NEW YORK
HARPER & BROTHERS, PUBLISHERS
1885

CONTENTS

CHAP.
[I.]SHABBY-GENTEEL.
[II.]AT THE BROWN BEAR.
[III.]NEGOTIATIONS.
[IV.]TERMS PROPOSED.
[V.]TERMS ACCEPTED.
[VI.]MILD LUNACY.
[VII.]"SWEET COZ."
[VIII.]"GOOD-BYE."
[IX.]TRANSFORMATION.
[X.]INFATUATION.
[XI.]CONFIDENTIAL.
[XII.]CECILIA AND THE COUNTESS.
[XIII.]"YOUNG PILLBOX."
[XIV.]"TWELVE IT IS."
[XV.]CECILIA PHILOSOPHIZES.
[XVI.]PALLIDA MORS.
[XVII.]GOLDEN DREAMS.
[XVIII.]UP A LADDER.
[XIX.]P. P. C.