LONDON:

ROBSON AND SONS, PRINTERS, PANCRAS ROAD, N.W.

JOSHUA MARVEL.

BY

B. L. FARJEON,

AUTHOR OF "GRIF.'

IN THREE VOLUMES.

VOL. I.

BODIE

LON

TINSLEY BROTHERS, 18 CATHERINE ST., STRAND.

1871.
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CONTENTS OF VOL. I.

CHAP.

PAGE

I

1. CONCERNING CERTAIN FAMILY CONVERSA-

TIONS AND THEIR RESULT

11. SHOWING HOW A PASSION FOR PUNCH-AND-

JUDY MAY LEAD TO DISASTROUS CONSE-

22

87

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QUENCES

III. THE LIFE AND DEATH OF GOLDEN CLOUD

37

IV. IN WHICH DAN GETS WILD NOTIONS INTO HIS

HEAD, AND MAKES SOME VERY BOYISH

EXPERIMENTS

61

V. JOSHUA MAKES UP HIS MIND TO GO TO SEA .

VI. THE ACTOR AND HIS DAUGHTER

VII. EXPLAINS WHY PRAISEWORTHY MEDDLER

REMAINED A BACHELOR

125

VIII. A HAPPY HOLIDAY .

· 138

ix. MINNIE AND HER SHELL

176

x. GOOD-BYE

204

XI. WHAT OCCURRED AFTER JOSHUA's DEPARTURE 237

XII. DAN ENTERS INTO BUSINESS

253

XIII. DAN DECLARES THAT IT IS LIKE A ROMANCE 270

XIV. THE STRANGE COURSES OF LOVE

· 285

XV. SOLOMON FEWSTER GIVES THE LASCAR A

FLOWER

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