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*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK 57721 ***
INDEX OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG WORKS OF BOOTH TARKINGTON
Compiled by David Widger
CONTENTS
## THE FLIRT
## PENROD
## THE CONQUEST OF CANAAN
## ALICE ADAMS
## THE TURMOIL
## PENROD AND SAM
## SEVENTEEN
## MONSIEUR BEAUCAIRE
## HIS OWN PEOPLE
## RAMSEY MILHOLLAND
## THE TWO VANREVELS
## THE GUEST OF QUESNAY
## THE BEAUTIFUL LADY
## BEASLEY'S CHRISTMAS PARTY
## HARLEQUIN AND COLUMBINE
## IN THE ARENA
## THE MAGNIFICENT AMBERSONS
## THE GENTLEMAN FROM INDIANA
THE MAN FROM HOME
GENTLE JULIA
## LORDS OF THE HOUSETOPS
TABLES OF CONTENTS OF VOLUMES
THE FLIRT
By Booth Tarkington
CONTENTS
THE FLIRT
CHAPTER ONE
CHAPTER TWO
CHAPTER THREE
CHAPTER FOUR
CHAPTER FIVE
CHAPTER SIX
CHAPTER SEVEN
CHAPTER EIGHT
CHAPTER NINE
CHAPTER TEN
CHAPTER ELEVEN
CHAPTER TWELVE
CHAPTER THIRTEEN
CHAPTER FOURTEEN
CHAPTER FIFTEEN
CHAPTER SIXTEEN
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN
CHAPTER EIGHTEEN
CHAPTER NINETEEN
CHAPTER TWENTY
CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE
CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO
CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE
CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR
CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE
PENROD
By Booth Tarkington
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I A BOY AND HIS DOG
CHAPTER II ROMANCE
CHAPTER III THE COSTUME
CHAPTER IV DESPERATION
CHAPTER V THE PAGEANT OF THE TABLE ROUND
CHAPTER VI EVENING
CHAPTER VII EVILS OF DRINK
CHAPTER VIII SCHOOL
CHAPTER IX SOARING
CHAPTER X UNCLE JOHN
CHAPTER XI FIDELITY OF A LITTLE DOG
CHAPTER XII MISS RENNSDALE ACCEPTS
CHAPTER XIII THE SMALLPOX MEDICINE
CHAPTER XIV MAURICE LEVY'S CONSTITUTION
CHAPTER XV THE TWO FAMILIES
CHAPTER XVI THE NEW STAR
CHAPTER XVII RETIRING FROM THE SHOW BUSINESS
CHAPTER XVIII MUSIC
CHAPTER XIX THE INNER BOY
CHAPTER XX BROTHERS OF ANGELS
CHAPTER XXI RUPE COLLINS
CHAPTER XXII THE IMITATOR
CHAPTER XXIII COLOURED TROOPS IN ACTION
CHAPTER XXIV "LITTLE GENTLEMAN”
CHAPTER XXV TAR
CHAPTER XXVI THE QUIET AFTERNOON
CHAPTER XXVII CONCLUSION OF THE QUIET AFTERNOON
CHAPTER XXVIII TWELVE
CHAPTER XXIX FANCHON
CHAPTER XXX THE BIRTHDAY PARTY
CHAPTER XXXI OVER THE FENCE
THE CONQUEST OF CANAAN
BY
BOOTH TARKINGTON
CONTENTS
CHAPTER
I. ENTER CHORUS
II. A RESCUE
III. OLD HOPES
IV. THE DISASTER
V. BEAVER BEACH
VI. "YE'LL TAK' THE HIGH ROAD AND I'LL TAK' THE LOW ROAD"
VII. GIVE A DOG A BAD NAME
VIII. A BAD PENNY TURNS UP
IX. OUTER DARKNESS
X. THE TRYST
XI. WHEN HALF-GODS GO
XII. TO REMAIN ON THE FIELD OF BATTLE IS NOT ALWAYS A VICTORY
XIII. THE WATCHER AND THE WARDEN
XIV. WHITE ROSES IN A LAW-OFFICE
XV. HAPPY FEAR GIVES HIMSELF UP
XVI. THE TWO CANAANS
XVII. MR. SHEEHAN'S HINTS
XVIII. IN THE HEAT OF THE DAY
XIX. ESKEW ARP
XX. THREE ARE ENLISTED
XXI. NORBERT WAITS FOR JOE
XXII. MR. SHEEHAN SPEAKS
XXIII. JOE WALKS ACROSS THE COURT-HOUSE YARD
XXIV. MARTIN PIKE KEEPS AN ENGAGEMENT
XXV. THE JURY COMES IN
XXVI. "ANCIENT OF DAYS"
ALICE ADAMS
By Booth Tarkington
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
CHAPTER VI
CHAPTER VII
CHAPTER VIII
CHAPTER IX
CHAPTER X
CHAPTER XI
CHAPTER XII
CHAPTER XIII
CHAPTER XIV
CHAPTER XV
CHAPTER XVI
CHAPTER XVII
CHAPTER XVIII
CHAPTER XIX
CHAPTER XX
CHAPTER XXI
CHAPTER XXII
CHAPTER XXIII
CHAPTER XXIV
CHAPTER XXV
THE TURMOIL
A NOVEL
By Booth Tarkington
1915.
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
CHAPTER VI
CHAPTER VII
CHAPTER VIII
CHAPTER IX
CHAPTER X
CHAPTER XI
CHAPTER XII
CHAPTER XIII
CHAPTER XIV
CHAPTER XV
CHAPTER XVI
CHAPTER XVII
CHAPTER XVIII
CHAPTER XIX
CHAPTER XX
CHAPTER XXI
CHAPTER XXII
CHAPTER XXIII
CHAPTER XXIV
CHAPTER XXV
CHAPTER XXVI
CHAPTER XXVII
CHAPTER XXVIII
CHAPTER XXIX
CHAPTER XXX
CHAPTER XXI
CHAPTER XXXII
CHAPTER XXXIII
PENROD AND SAM
By Booth Tarkington
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I. PENROD AND SAM
CHAPTER II. THE BONDED PRISONER
CHAPTER III. THE MILITARIST
CHAPTER IV. BINGISM
CHAPTER V. THE IN-OR-IN
CHAPTER VI. GEORGIE BECOMES A MEMBER
CHAPTER VII. WHITEY
CHAPTER VIII. SALVAGE
CHAPTER IX. REWARD OF MERIT
CHAPTER X. CONSCIENCE
CHAPTER XI. THE TONIC
CHAPTER XII. GIPSY
CHAPTER XIII. CONCERNING TROUSERS
CHAPTER XIV. CAMERA WORK IN THE JUNGLE
CHAPTER XV. A MODEL LETTER TO A FRIEND
CHAPTER XVI. WEDNESDAY MADNESS
CHAPTER XVII. PENROD'S BUSY DAY
CHAPTER XVIII. ON ACCOUNT OF THE WEATHER
CHAPTER XIX. CREATIVE ART
CHAPTER XX. THE DEPARTING GUEST
CHAPTER XXI. YEARNINGS
CHAPTER XXII. THE HORN OF FAME
CHAPTER XXIII. THE PARTY
CHAPTER XXIV. THE HEART OF MARJORIE JONES
SEVENTEEN
A Tale Of Youth And Summer Time And The Baxter Family Especially William
By Booth Tarkington
CONTENTS
SEVENTEEN
I. -- WILLIAM
II. -- THE UNKNOWN
III. -- THE PAINFUL AGE
IV. -- GENESIS AND CLEMATIS
V, -- SORROWS WITHIN A BOILER
VI. -- TRUCULENCE
VII. -- MR. BAXTER'S EVENING CLOTHES
VIII. -- JANE
IX. -- LITTLE SISTERS HAVE BIG EARS
X. -- MR. PARCHER AND LOVE
XI. -- BEGINNING A TRUE FRIENDSHIP
XII. -- PROGRESS OF THE SYMPTOMS
XIII. -- AT HOME TO HIS FRIENDS
XIV. -- TIME DOES FLY
XV. -- ROMANCE OF STATISTICS
XVI. --THE SHOWER
XVII. --JANE'S THEORY
XVIII. -- THE BIG, FAT LUMMOX
XIX. -- "I DUNNO WHY IT IS"
XX. -- SYDNEY CARTON
XXI. -- MY LITTLE SWEETHEARTS
XXII. -- FORESHADOWINGS
XXIII. -- FATHERS FORGET
XXIV. -- CLOTHES MAKE THE MAN
XXV. -- YOUTH AND MR. PARCHER
XXVI. -- MISS BOKE
XXVII. -- MAROONED
XXVIII. -- RANNIE KIRSTED
XXIX. -- "DON'T FORGET!"
XXX. -- THE BRIDE-TO-BE
MONSIEUR BEAUCAIRE
by Booth Tarkington
CONTENTS
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
HIS OWN PEOPLE
by Booth Tarkington
CONTENTS
I. A Change of Lodging
II. Music on the Pincio
III. Glamour
IV. Good Fellowship
V. Lady Mount Rhyswicke
VI. Rake's Progress
VII. The Next Morning
VIII. What Cornish Knew
IX. Expiation
X. The Cab at the Corner
RAMSEY MILHOLLAND
by Booth Tarkington
CONTENTS
Chapter I
Chapter II
Chapter III
Chapter IV
Chapter V
Chapter VI
Chapter VII
Chapter VIII
Chapter IX
Chapter X
Chapter XI
Chapter XII
Chapter XIII
Chapter XIV
Chapter XV
Chapter XVI
Chapter XVII
Chapter XVIII
Chapter XIX
Chapter XX
Chapter XXI
THE TWO VANREVELS
By Booth Tarkington
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I. A Cat Can Do More than Look at a King
CHAPTER II. Surviving Evils of the Reign of Terror
CHAPTER III. The Rogue's Gallery of a Father
CHAPTER IV. "But Spare Your Country's Flag”
CHAPTER V. Nero not the Last Violinist of his Kind
CHAPTER VI. The Ever Unpractical Feminine
CHAPTER VII. The Comedian
CHAPTER VIII. A Tale of a Political Difference
CHAPTER IX. The Rule of the Regent
CHAPTER X. Echoes of a Serenade
CHAPTER XI. A Voice in a Garden
CHAPTER XII. The Room in the Cupola
CHAPTER XIII. The Tocsin
CHAPTER XIV. The Firm of Gray and Vanrevel
CHAPTER XV. When June Came
CHAPTER XVI. "Those Endearing Young Charms”
CHAPTER XVII. The Price of Silence
CHAPTER XVIII. The Uniform
CHAPTER XIX. The Flag Goes Marching By
CHAPTER XX. "Goodby”
THE GUEST OF QUESNAY
By Booth Tarkington
1915
TO OVID BUTLER JAMESON
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
CHAPTER VI
CHAPTER VII
CHAPTER VIII
CHAPTER IX
CHAPTER X
CHAPTER XI
CHAPTER XII
CHAPTER XIII
CHAPTER XIV
CHAPTER XV
CHAPTER XVI
CHAPTER XVII
CHAPTER XVIII
CHAPTER XIX
CHAPTER XX
CHAPTER XXI
CHAPTER XXII
CHAPTER XXII
THE BEAUTIFUL LADY
By Booth Tarkington
Contents
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Chapter Seven
Chapter Eight
Chapter Nine
Chapter Ten
BEASLEY'S CHRISTMAS PARTY
By Booth Tarkington
Illustrated By Ruth Sypherd Clements
October, 1909.
CONTENTS
I
II
III
IV
V
VI
HARLEQUIN AND COLUMBINE
By Booth Tarkington
CONTENTS
I
II
III
IV
V
VI
VII
VIII
IX
X
XI
XII
IN THE ARENA
Stories of Political Life
By Booth Tarkington
CONTENTS
“IN THE FIRST PLACE”
PART I
BOSS GORGETT
THE ALIENS
THE NEED OF MONEY
HECTOR
PART II
MRS. PROTHEROE
GREAT MEN'S SONS
THE MAGNIFICENT AMBERSONS
By Booth Tarkington
CONTENTS
Chapter I
Chapter II
Chapter III
Chapter IV
Chapter V
Chapter VI
Chapter VII
Chapter VIII
Chapter IX
Chapter X
Chapter XI
Chapter XII
Chapter XIII
Chapter XIV
Chapter XV
Chapter XVI
Chapter XVII
Chapter XVIII
Chapter XIX
Chapter XX
Chapter XXI
Chapter XXII
Chapter XXIII
Chapter XXIV
Chapter XXV
Chapter XXVI
Chapter XXVII
Chapter XXVIII
Chapter XXIX
Chapter XXX
Chapter XXXI
Chapter XXXII
Chapter XXXIII
Chapter XXXIV
Chapter XXXV
THE GENTLEMAN FROM INDIANA
By Booth Tarkington
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I. THE YOUNG MAN WHO CAME TO STAY
CHAPTER II. THE STRANGE LADY
CHAPTER III. LONESOMENESS
CHAPTER IV. THE WALRUS AND THE CARPENTER
CHAPTER V. AT THE PASTURE BARS: ELDER-BUSHES MAY HAVE STINGS
CHAPTER VI. JUNE
CHAPTER VII. MORNING: “SOME IN RAGS AND SOME IN TAGS AND SOME IN VELVET
CHAPTER VIII. GLAD AFTERNOON: THE GIRL BY THE BLUE TENT-POLE
CHAPTER IX. NIGHT: IT IS BAD LUCK TO SING BEFORE BREAKFAST
CHAPTER X. THE COURT-HOUSE BELL
CHAPTER XI. JOHN BROWN'S BODY
CHAPTER XII. JERRY THE TELLER
CHAPTER XIII. JAMES FISBEE
CHAPTER XIV. A RESCUE
CHAPTER XV. NETTLES
CHAPTER XVI. PRETTY MARQUISE
CHAPTER XVII. HELEN'S TOAST
CHAPTER XVIII. THE TREACHERY OF H. FISBEE
CHAPTER XIX. THE GREAT HARKLESS COMES HOME
LORDS
OF THE HOUSETOPS
THIRTEEN CAT TALES
CONTENTS
Preface, ix
I Mary E. Wilkins Freeman: The Cat, 1
II Guy Wetmore Carryl: Zut, 11
III Algernon Blackwood: A Psychical Invasion, 29
IV Honore de Balzac: The Afflictions of an English Cat 103
(translated from the French by Carl Van Vechten)
V Booth Tarkington: Gipsy, 124
VI G. H. Powell: The Blue Dryad, 131
VII Mark Twain: Dick Baker's Cat, 144
VIII Edgar Allan Poe: The Black Cat, 149
IX Thomas A. Janvier: Madame Jolicœur's Cat, 163
X W. H. Hudson: A Friendly Rat, 198
XI William Livingston Alden: Monty's Friend, 203
XII Peggy Bacon: The Queen's Cat, 220
XIII Charles Dudley Warner: Calvin, 226
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