(All rights reserved)

Copyright, 1904
In the United States of America
By A.T. Quiller-Couch

CONTENTS

PAGE
[Shakespeare's Christmas] [1]
[Ye Sexes, Give Ear!] [65]
[Captain Wyvern's Adventures] [115]
[Frenchman's Creek] [157]
[The Man Behind the Curtain] [207]
[Rain of Dollars] [243]
[The Lamp and the Guitar] [291]

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

["Unbar the door!" she commanded.] Frontispiece
[Whirled down the length of the room]
[Landlord Oke gave a flourish with his chalk and wrote]
[The little officer had turned white as a sheet]
["'Tis too late, my master!" Trecarrel called cheerfully down the trap]
[In the name of H.M. King George III. I charge you to come along quiet]
[Get down from your horse, Sir]
[She caught up a guitar and chimed in]


[SHAKESPEARE'S CHRISTMAS]

"And moreover, at this Fair there is at all times to be seen Jugglings, Cheats, Games, Plays, Fools, Apes, Knaves, and Rogues, and that of every kind.... Now, as I said, the way to the Celestial City lies just through this town, where this lusty Fair is kept; and he that will go to the City, and yet not go through this Town, must needs go out of the World."—Bunyan.