Produced by David Widger








INDEX OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG WORKS OF HUGH WALPOLE



Compiled by David Widger





CONTENTS

##  THE STORY OF DOCTOR DOLITTLE

##  JEREMY

##  THE CAPTIVES_

##  FORTITUDE

##  THE CATHEDRAL

##  THE SECRET CITY

##  THE GOLDEN SCARECROW

##  THE PRELUDE TO ADVENTURE

##  THE DARK FOREST

##  THE WOODEN HORSE

##  THE DUCHESS OF WREXE

##  THE GODS AND MR. PERRIN

##  JOSEPH CONRAD







TABLES OF CONTENTS OF VOLUMES

THE
Story of
DOCTOR DOLITTLE

BEING THE
HISTORY OF HIS PECULIAR LIFE
AT HOME AND ASTONISHING ADVENTURES
IN FOREIGN PARTS. NEVER BEFORE PRINTED.

TOLD BY HUGH LOFTING        ILLUSTRATED BY THE AUTHOR
A.D. 1920

WITH AN INTRODUCTION TO THE TENTH PRINTING
BY HUGH WALPOLE
CONTENTS
Introduction 	vii
CHAPTER 	PAGE
I  	Puddleby 	1
II  	Animal Language 	7
III  	More Money Troubles 	19
IV  	A Message from Africa 	29
V  	The Great Journey 	37
VI  	Polynesia and the King 	47
VII  	The Bridge of Apes 	55
VIII  	The Leader of the Lions 	67
IX  	The Monkeys' Council 	75
X  	The Rarest Animal of All 	81
XI  	The Black Prince 	91
XII  	Medicine and Magic 	99
XIII  	Red Sails and Blue Wings 	111
XIV  	The Rats' Warning 	117
XV  	The Barbary Dragon 	125
XVI  	Too-Too, the Listener 	133
XVII  	The Ocean Gossips 	141
XVIII  	Smells 	149
XIX  	The Rock 	159
XX  	The Fisherman's Town 	167
XXI  	Home Again 	174

[xiv]
[xv]
ILLUSTRATIONS
"A little town called Puddleby-on-the-Marsh"
	Frontispiece

	PAGE
"And she never came to see him any more"
	3
"He could see as well as ever"
	14
"They came at once to his house on the edge of the town"
	15
"They used to sit in chairs on the lawn"
	19
"'All right,' said the Doctor, 'go and get married'"
	23
"One evening when the Doctor was asleep in his chair"
	24
"'I felt sure there was twopence left'"
	31
"And the voyage began"
	35
"'We must have run into Africa'"
	41
"'I got into it because I did not want to be drowned'"
	44
"And Queen Ermintrude was asleep"
	48
"'Who's that?'"
	52
"Cheering and waving leaves and swinging out of the branches to greet him"
	61
"John Dolittle was the last to cross"
	65
"He made all the monkeys who were still well come and be vaccinated"
	68
"'ME, the King of Beasts, to wait on a lot of dirty monkeys?'"
	70
"Then the Grand Gorilla got up"
	76
[xvi]"'Lord save us!' cried the duck. 'How does it make up its mind?'"
	85
"He began reading the fairy-stories to himself"
	96
"Crying bitterly and waving till the ship was out of sight"
	109
"'They are surely the pirates of Barbary'"
	114
"'And you have heard that rats always leave a sinking ship?'"
	119
"'Look here, Ben Ali-'"
	127
"'Sh!-Listen!-I do believe there's someone in there!'"
	136
"'You stupid piece of warm bacon!'"
	153
"'Doctor!' he cried. 'I've got it!'"
	160
"And she kissed the Doctor many times"
	170
"The Doctor sat in a chair in front"
	176
"He began running round the garden like a crazy thing"
	178



JEREMY



By Hugh Walpole
TO

BRUCE

FROM
HIS LOVING UNCLE





Contents
CHAPTER I. 	THE BIRTHDAY
CHAPTER II. 	THE FAMILY DOG
CHAPTER III. 	CHRISTMAS PANTOMIME
CHAPTER IV. 	MISS JONES
CHAPTER V. 	THE SEA-CAPTAIN
CHAPTER VI. 	FAMILY PRIDE
CHAPTER VII. 	RELIGION
CHAPTER VIII.     	TO COW FARM!
CHAPTER IX. 	THE AWAKENING OF CHARLOTTE
CHAPTER X. 	MARY
CHAPTER XI. 	THE MERRY-GO-ROUND
CHAPTER XII. 	HAMLET WAITS





The Captives

by
Hugh Walpole



CONTENTS
PART I: BEGINNING OF THE JOURNEY
I   	DEATH OF THE REV. CHARLES CARDINAL
II   	AUNT ANNE
III   	THE LONDON HOUSE
IV   	THE CHAPEL

PART II: THE CHARIOT OF FIRE
I   	THE WARLOCKS
II   	EXPECTATION
III   	MAGGIE AND MARTIN
IV   	MR. CRASHAW
V   	THE CHOICE
VI   	THE PROPHET IN HIS OWN HOME
VII   	THE OUTSIDE WORLD
VIII   	PARADISE
IX   	THE INSIDE SAINTS
X   	THE PROPHET
XI   	THE CHARIOT OF FIRE

PART III: THE WITCH
I   	THE THREE VISITS
II   	PLUNGE INTO THE OTHER HALF
III   	SKEATON-ON-SEA
IV   	GRACE
V   	THE BATTLE OF SKEATON: FIRST YEAR
VI   	THE BATTLE OF SKEATON: SECOND YEAR
VII   	DEATH OF AUNT ANNE
VIII   	DEATH OF UNCLE MATHEW
IX   	SOUL OF PAUL
X   	THE REVIVAL

PART IV: THE JOURNEY HOME AGAIN
I   	THE DARK ROOM
II   	HOBGOBLINS
III   	THE TRIUMPH OF LIFE











FORTITUDE
By Hugh Walpole



CONTENTS

TABLE OF CONTENTS


BOOK I — SCAW HOUSE

CHAPTER I

CHAPTER II

CHAPTER III

CHAPTER IV

CHAPTER V

CHAPTER VI

CHAPTER VII

CHAPTER VIII

CHAPTER IX

CHAPTER X

CHAPTER XI

CHAPTER XII


BOOK II — THE BOOKSHOP

CHAPTER I

CHAPTER II

CHAPTER III

CHAPTER IV

CHAPTER V

CHAPTER VI

CHAPTER VII

CHAPTER VIII


BOOK III — THE ROUNDABOUT

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


BOOK IV — SCAW HOUSE

CHAPTER I

CHAPTER II

CHAPTER III

CHAPTER IV



The Cathedral

A Novel

BY
Hugh Walpole
Contents

    Book I: Prelude

    Brandons
    Ronders
    One of Joan's Days
    The Impertinent Elephan
    Mrs. Brandon Goes Out to Tea
    Seatown Mist and Cathedral Dust
    Ronder's Day
    Son--Father

    Book II: The Whispering Gallery

    Five O'Clock--The Green Cloud
    Souls on Sunday
    The May-Day Prologue
    The Genial Heart
    Falk by the River
    Falk's Flight
    Brandon Puts On His Armour
    The Wind Flies Over the House
    The Quarrel

    Book III: The Jubilee

    June 17, Thursday: Anticipation
    Friday, June 18: Shadow Meets Shadow
    Saturday, June 19: The Ball
    Sunday, June 20: In the Bedroom
    Tuesday, June 22: I. The Cathedral
    Tuesday, June 22: II. The Fair
    Tuesday, June 22: III. Torchlight

    Book IV: The Last Stand

    In Ronder's House: Ronder, Wistons
    Two in the House
    Prelude to Battle
    The Last Tournament









THE SECRET CITY
A Novel In Three Parts
By Hugh Walpole
New York George H. Doran Company
1919




CONTENTS

PART I — VERA AND NINA

PART II — LAWRENCE

PART III — MARKOVITCH AND SEMYONOV



THE GOLDEN SCARECROW
BY
HUGH WALPOLE
AUTHOR OF
"THE DUCHESS OF WREXE," "FORTITUDE," "THE PRELUDE TO ADVENTURE," "THE WOODEN HORSE." ETC.
NEW YORK
1915
GEORGE H. DORAN COMPANY
CONTENTS
Chapter 	  	Page
  	Prologue--Hugh Seymour 	11
I. 	Henry Fitzgeorge Strether 	43
II. 	Ernest Henry 	65
III. 	Angelina 	94
IV. 	Bim Rochester 	121
V. 	Nancy Ross 	146
VI. 	'Enery 	172
VII. 	Barbara Flint 	198
VIII. 	Sarah Trefusis 	226
IX. 	Young John Scarlet 	256
  	Epilogue 	274









THE PRELUDE TO ADVENTURE
By Hugh Walpole
1919





CONTENTS

CHAPTER I — LAST CHAPTER

CHAPTER II — BUNNING

CHAPTER III — THE BODY COMES TO TOWN

CHAPTER IV — MARGARET CRAVEN

CHAPTER V — STONE ALTARS

CHAPTER VI — THE WATCHERS

CHAPTER VII — TERROR

CHAPTER VIII — REVELATION OF BUNNING (I)

CHAPTER IX — REVELATION OF BUNNING (II)

CHAPTER X — CRAVEN

CHAPTER XI — FIFTH OF NOVEMBER

CHAPTER XII — LOVE TO THE "VALSE TRISTE"

CHAPTER XIII — MRS. CRAVEN

CHAPTER XIV — GOD

CHAPTER XV — PRELUDE TO A JOURNEY

CHAPTER XVI — OLVA AND MARGARET

CHAPTER XVII — FIRST CHAPTER



The
DARK FOREST




by
HUGH WALPOLE


CONTENTS
PART ONE
CHAPTER 	  	  	PAGE
I. 	  	Spring in the Train 	11
II. 	  	The School-House 	38
III. 	  	The Invisible Battle 	70
IV. 	  	Nikitin 	105
V. 	  	First Move to the Enemy 	133
VI. 	  	The Retreat 	151
VII. 	  	One Night 	181
PART TWO
I. 	  	The Lovers 	209
II. 	  	Marie Ivanovna 	227
III. 	  	The Forest 	248
IV. 	  	Four? 	270
V. 	  	The Door Closes Behind Them 	294




THE
WOODEN HORSE

BY
HUGH WALPOLE
1919


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



THE DUCHESS OF WREXE
HER DECLINE AND DEATH
A ROMANTIC COMMENTARY
BY HUGH WALPOLE
1914
CONTENTS

BOOK I. THE DUCHESS

CHAPTER I. Felix Brun, Dr. Christopher, Rachel Beaminster—They Are Surveyed by the Portrait
CHAPTER II. Rachel
CHAPTER III. Lady Adela
CHAPTER IV. The Pool
CHAPTER V. She Comes Out
CHAPTER VI. Fans
CHAPTER VII. In the Heart of the House
CHAPTER VIII. The Tiger
CHAPTER IX. The Golden Cage
CHAPTER X. Lizzie and Breton
CHAPTER XI. Her Grace's Day
CHAPTER XII. Defiance of the Tiger—I
CHAPTER XIII. Defiance of the Tiger—II

BOOK II: RACHEL

CHAPTER I. The Pool and the Snow
CHAPTER II. A Little House
CHAPTER III. First Sequel to Defiance
CHAPTER IV. Rachel—and Christopher and Roddy
CHAPTER V. Lizzie's Journey—I
CHAPTER VI. All the Beaminsters
CHAPTER VII. Rachel and Breton
CHAPTER VIII. Christopher's Day
CHAPTER IX. The Darkest Hour
CHAPTER X. Lizzie's Journey—II
CHAPTER XI. Roddy Is Master
CHAPTER XII. Lizzie's Journey—III

BOOK III: RODDY

CHAPTER I. Regent's Park—Breton and Lizzie
CHAPTER II. The Duchess Moves
CHAPTER III. Roddy Moves
CHAPTER IV. March 13th: Breton's Tiger
CHAPTER V. March 13th: Rachel's Heart
CHAPTER VI. March 13th: Roddy Talks to the Devil and the Duchess Denies God
CHAPTER VII. Chamber Music—A Trio
CHAPTER VIII. A Quartette
CHAPTER IX. Rachel and Roddy
CHAPTER X. Lizzie Becomes Miss Rand Again
CHAPTER XI. The Last View from High Windows
CHAPTER XII. Rachel, Roddy, Lord John, Christopher
CHAPTER XIII. Epilogue—Prologue

NOVELS BY HUGH WALPOLE









THE GODS AND MR. PERRIN
A Tragi-Comedy
By Hugh Walpole
1911



CONTENTS

THE GODS AND MR. PERRIN

CHAPTER I—MR. VINCENT PERRIN DRINKS HIS TEA AND GIVES MR. TRAILL SOUND ADVICE

CHAPTER II—INTRODUCES A CONFUSING COMPANY OF PERSONS, WITH SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON MRS. COMBER

CHAPTER III—CONCERNS ALL THE WONDERFUL THINGS THAT MAY HAPPEN BETWEEN SOUP AND DESSERT

CHAPTER IV—BIRKLAND LOQUITUR

CHAPTER V—A GAME OF FOOTBALL AND A DANCE IN PENDRAGON HAVE THEIR PART IN THE SCHEME OF THINGS

CHAPTER VI—SÆVA INDIGNATIO

CHAPTER VII—THE BATTLE OP THE UMBRELLA; THEY OPEN FIRE

CHAPTER VIII—THE BATTLE OP THE UMBRELLA; CAMPS ARE FORMED—ALSO SOME SKIRMISHING

CHAPTER IX—THE BATTLE OP THE UMBRELLA; WITH THE LADIES

CHAPTER X—THE BATTLE OF THE UMBRELLA; “WHOM THE GODS WISH TO DESTROY....”

CHAPTER XI—MR. PERRIN SEES DOUBLE

CHAPTER XII—MR. PERRIN WALKS IN SLEEP

CHAPTER XIII—MR. PERRIN LISTENS WHILE THEY ALL MAKE SPEECHES

CHAPTER XIV—MR. PERRIN REACHES THE HEART OF HIS KINGDOM

CHAPTER XV—THE GOLDEN VIEW











JOSEPH CONRAD
By Hugh Walpole
1916



CONTENTS

I—BIOGRAPHY

II—THE NOVELIST

III—THE POET

IV—ROMANCE AND REALISM

A SHORT BIBLIOGRAPHY OF JOSEPH CONRAD’S PRINCIPAL WRITINGS

AMERICAN BIBLIOGRAPHY

INDEX