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قراءة كتاب Sevenoaks: A Story of Today
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SEVENOAKS
A STORY OF TODAY
BY
J. G. HOLLAND
New York
Grosset & Dunlap
Publishers
Published by Arrangement with Charles Scribner's Sons
1875
CONTENTS.
CHAPTER I.
Which tells about Sevenoaks, and how Miss Butterworth passed one of her evenings
CHAPTER II.
Mr. Belcher carries his point at the town-meeting, and the poor are knocked down to Thomas Buffum
CHAPTER III
In which Jim Fenton is introduced to the reader and introduces himself to Miss Butterworth
CHAPTER IV.
In which Jim Fenton applies for lodgings at Tom Buffum's boarding-house, and finds his old friend
CHAPTER V.
In which Jim enlarges his accommodations and adopts a violent method of securing boarders
CHAPTER VI.
In which Sevenoaks experiences a great commotion, and comes to the conclusion that Benedict has met with foul play
CHAPTER VII.
In which Jim and Mike Conlin pass through a great trial and come out victorious
CHAPTER VIII.
In which Mr. Belcher visits New York, and becomes the Proprietor of "Palgrave's Folly."
CHAPTER IX.
Mrs. Talbot gives her little dinner party, and Mr. Belcher makes an exceedingly pleasant acquaintance
CHAPTER X.
Which tells how a lawyer spent his vacation in camp, and took home a specimen of game that he had never before found in the woods
CHAPTER XI.
Which records Mr. Belcher's connection with a great speculation and brings to a close his residence in Sevenoaks
CHAPTER XII.
In which Jim enlarges his plans for a house, and completes his plans for a house-keeper
CHAPTER XIII.
Which introduces several residents of Sevenoaks to the Metropolis and a new character to the reader
CHAPTER XIV.
Which tells of a great public meeting in Sevenoaks, the burning in effigy of Mr. Belcher, and that gentleman's interview with a reporter
CHAPTER XV.
Which tells about Mrs. Dillingham's Christmas and the New Year's Reception at the Palgrave Mansion
CHAPTER XVI.
Which gives an account of a voluntary and an involuntary visit of Sam Yates to Number Nine
CHAPTER XVII.
In which Jim constructs two happy-Davids, raises his hotel, and dismisses Sam Yates
CHAPTER XVIII.
In which Mrs. Dillingham makes some important discoveries, but fails to reveal them to the reader
CHAPTER XIX.
In which Mr. Belcher becomes President of the Crooked Valley Railroad, with large "Terminal facilities," and makes an adventure into a long-meditated crime
CHAPTER XX.
In which "the little woman" announces her engagement to Jim Fenton and receives the congratulations of her friends
CHAPTER XXI.
In which Jim gets the furniture into his house, and Mike Conlin gets another installment of advice into Jim
CHAPTER XXII.
In which Jim gets married, the new hotel receives its mistress, and Benedict confers a power of attorney
CHAPTER XXIII.
In which Mr. Belcher expresses his determination to become a "founder," but drops his noun in fear of a little verb of the same name
CHAPTER XXIV.
Wherein the General leaps the bounds of law, finds himself in a new world, and becomes the victim of his friends without knowing it
CHAPTER XXV.
In which the General goes through a great many trials, and meets at last the one he has so long anticipated
CHAPTER XXVI.
In which the case of "Benedict vs. Belcher" finds itself in court, an interesting question of identity is settled, and a mysterious