CHAPTER XIV

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THE LION'S SHARE

By Arnold Bennett 1916 CONTENTS CHAPTER 1. MISS INGATE, AND THE YACHT 2. THE THIEF’S PLAN WRECKED 3. THE LEGACY 4. MR. FOULGER 5. THE DEAD HAND 6. THE YOUNG WIDOW 7. THE CIGARETTE GIRL 8. EXPLOITATION OF WIDOWHOOD 9. LIFE IN PARIS 10. FANCY DRESS 11. A POLITICAL REFUGEE 12. WIDOWHOOD IN THE STUDIO 13. THE SWOON 14. MISS INGATE POINTS OUT THE DOOR 15. THE RIGHT BANK 16. ROBES 17. SOIRÉE 18. A DECISION 19. THE BOUDOIR 20. PAGET GARDENS 21. JANE 22. THE DETECTIVE 23. THE BLUE CITY 24. THE SPATTS 25. THE MUTE 26. NOCTURNE 27. IN THE GARDEN 28. ENCOUNTER 29. FLIGHT 30. ARIADNE 31. THE NOSTRUM 32. BY THE BINNACLE 33. AGUILAR’S DOUBLE LIFE 34. THE TANK-ROOM 35. THE THIRD SORT OF WOMAN 36. IN THE DINGHY 37. AFLOAT 38. IN THE UNIVERSE 39. THE IMMINENT DRIVE 40. GENIUS AT BAY 41. FINANCIAL NEWS 42. INTERVAL 43. ENTR’ACTE 44. END OF THE CONCERT 45. STRANGE RESULT OF A QUARREL 46. AN EPILOGUE

THE FEAST OF ST. FRIEND A CHRISTMAS BOOK BY ARNOLD BENNETT 1911 CONTENTS:

THE FACT THE REASON THE SOLSTICE AND GOODWILL THE APPOSITENESS OF CHRISTMAS DEFENCE OF FEASTING TO REVITALIZE THE FESTIVAL THE GIFT OF ONESELF THE FEAST OF ST. FRIEND THE REACTION ON THE LAST DAY OF THE YEAR

YOUR UNITED STATES

IMPRESSIONS OF A FIRST VISIT

By Arnold Bennett

Illustrated By Frank Craig 1912 CONTENTS

I. THE FIRST NIGHT II. STREETS III. THE CAPITOL AND OTHER SITES IV. SOME ORGANIZATIONS V. TRANSIT AND HOTELS VI. SPORT AND THE THEATER VII. EDUCATION AND ART VIII. CITIZENS

ILLUSTRATIONS

THE GLORY OF FIFTH AVENUE INSPIRES EVEN THOSE ON FOOT DISEMBARKING AT NEW YORK THE DOWN-TOWN BROADWAY OF CROWDED SKY-SCRAPERS BROADWAY ON ELECTION NIGHT A BUSY DAY ON THE CURB MARKET A WELL-KNOWN WALL STREET CHARACTER THE SKY-SCRAPERS OF LOWER NEW YORK AT NIGHT A WINTER MORNING IN LINCOLN PARK, CHICAGO A RIVER-FRONT HARMONY IN BLACK AND WHITE—CHICAGO THE APPROACH TO THE CAPITOL ON PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE ON THE STEPS OF THE PORTICO—THE CAPITOL UNDER THE GREAT DOME OF THE CAPITOL THE PROMENADE—CITY POINT, BOSTON THE BOSTON YACHT CLUB—OVERLOOKING THE HARBOR AT MORN POURING CONFIDENCES INTO HER TELEPHONE LUNCHEON IN A DOWN-TOWN CLUB A YOUNG WOMAN WAS JUST FINISHING A FLORID SONG ABSORBED IN THAT WONDROUS SATISFYING HOBBY IN THE PARLOR-CAR BREAKFAST EN ROUTE IN THE SUBWAY ONE ENCOUNTERS AN INSISTENT, HURRYING STREAM THE STRAP-HANGERS THE PASSENGERS ON THE ELEVATED AT NIGHT ARE ODDLY ASSORTED THE RESTAURANT OF A GREAT HOTEL IS BUT ONE FEATURE OF ITS SPLENDOR THE HORSE-SHOWS ARE WONDROUS DISPLAYS OF FASHION THE SENSE OF A MIGHTY AND CULMINATING EVENT SHARPENED THE AIR THE VICTORS LEAVING THE FIELD UNIVERSITY BUILDINGS—UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA MITCHELL TOWER AND HUTCHINSON COMMONS—UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO PART OF THE DAILY ROUND OF THE INDOMITABLE NEW YORK WOMAN THE ASTOUNDING POPULOUSNESS OF THE EAST SIDE

HUGO A FANTASIA ON MODERN THEMES By Arnold Bennett CONTENTS