SINISTER
STREET

BY
COMPTON MACKENZIE
AUTHOR OF “CARNIVAL,” “YOUTH’S ENCOUNTER,” ETC.

NEW YORK
D. APPLETON AND COMPANY
1919

COPYRIGHT, 1914, BY
D. APPLETON AND COMPANY

CONTENTS

[BOOK ONE]
DREAMING SPIRES
CHAPTER PAGE
[I.]THE FIRST DAY[3]
[II.]THE FIRST WEEK[32]
[III.]THE FIRST TERM[47]
[IV.]CHEYNE WALK[63]
[V.]YOUTH’S DOMINATION[84]
[VI.]GRAY AND BLUE[110]
[VII.]VENNER’S[143]
[VIII.]THE OXFORD LOOKING-GLASS[165]
[IX.]THE LESSON OF SPAIN[183]
[X.]STELLA IN OXFORD[209]
[XI.]SYMPATHY[225]
[XII.]202 HIGH[245]
[XIII.]PLASHERS MEAD[269]
[XIV.]99 ST. GILES[288]
[XV.]THE LAST TERM[308]
[XVI.]THE LAST WEEK[319]
[XVII.]THE LAST DAY[333]
[BOOK TWO]
ROMANTIC EDUCATION
CHAPTER PAGE
[I.]OSTIA DITIS[349]
[II.]NEPTUNE CRESCENT[371]
[III.]THE CAFÉ D’ORANGE[401]
[IV.]LEPPARD STREET[427]
[V.]THE INNERMOST CIRCLE[481]
[VI.]TINDERBOX LANE[496]
[VII.]THE GATE OF IVORY[552]
[VIII.]SEEDS OF POMEGRANATE[583]
[IX.]THE GATE OF HORN[602]
[X.]THE OLD WORLD[652]
[EPILOGICAL LETTER TO
JOHN NICOLAS MAVROGORADATO]
[655]

BOOK ONE
DREAMING SPIRES