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POETRY CHILDREN'S BOOKS

Dead Man's Rock
by Arthur Quiller-Couch
— 1887 —

Table of Contents

    BOOK I - THE QUEST OF THE GREAT RUBY

  1. TELLS OF THE STRANGE WILL OF MY GRANDFATHER, AMOS TRENOWETH
  2. TELLS HOW MY FATHER WENT TO SEEK THE TREASURE; AND HOW MY MOTHER HEARD A CRY IN THE NIGHT
  3. TELLS OF TWO STRANGE MEN THAT WATCHED THE SEA UPON POLKIMBRA BEACH
  4. TELLS HOW A SONG WAS SUNG AND A KNIFE DRAWN UPON DEAD MAN'S ROCK
  5. TELLS HOW THE SAILOR GEORGIO RHODOJANI GAVE EVIDENCE AT THE "LUGGER INN"
  6. TELLS HOW A FACE LOOKED IN AT THE WINDOW OF LANTRIG; AND IN WHAT MANNER MY FATHER CAME HOME TO US
  7. TELLS HOW UNCLE LOVEDAY MADE A DISCOVERY; AND WHAT THE TIN BOX CONTAINED
  8. CONTAINS THE FIRST PART OF MY FATHER'S JOURNAL; SETTING FORTH HIS MEETING WITH MR. ELIHU SANDERSON, OF BOMBAY; AND MY GRANDFATHER'S MANUSCRIPT
  9. CONTAINS THE SECOND PART OF MY FATHER'S JOURNAL: SETTING FORTH HIS ADVENTURES IN THE ISLAND OF CEYLON
  10. CONTAINS THE THIRD AND LAST PART OF MY FATHER'S JOURNAL: SETTING FORTH THE MUTINY ON BOARD THE BELLE FORTUNE
  11. TELLS OF THE WRITING UPON THE GOLDEN CLASP; AND HOW I TOOK DOWN THE GREAT KEY

    BOOK II - THE FINDING OF THE GREAT RUBY

  1. TELLS HOW THOMAS LOVEDAY AND I WENT IN SEARCH OF FORTUNE
  2. TELLS OF THE LUCK OF THE GOLDEN CLASP
  3. TELLS AN OLD STORY IN THE TRADITIONAL MANNER
  4. TELLS HOW I SAW THE SHADOW OF THE ROCK; AND HOW I TOLD AND HEARD NEWS
  5. TELLS HOW THE CURTAIN ROSE UPON "FRANCESCA: A TRAGEDY"
  6. TELLS HOW THE BLACK AND YELLOW FAN SENT A MESSAGE; AND HOW I SAW A FACE IN THE FOG
  7. TELLS HOW CLAIRE WENT TO THE PLAY; AND HOW SHE SAW THE GOLDEN CLASP
  8. TELLS HOW THE CURTAIN FELL UPON "FRANCESCA: A TRAGEDY"
  9. TELLS HOW TWO VOICES LED ME TO BOARD A SCHOONER; AND WHAT BEFELL THERE
  10. TELLS IN WHAT MANNER I LEARNT THE SECRET OF THE GREAT KEY
  11. TELLS HOW AT LAST I FOUND MY REVENGE AND THE GREAT RUBY