The Brass Bowl (1907)
by Louis Joseph Vance
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THE BRASS BOWL

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THE
BRASS BOWL




By   LOUIS JOSEPH VANCE




Author of
"THE BLACK BAG," "The Private War," etc.



With Four Illustrations
By ORSON LOWELL





A. L. BURT COMPANY, Publishers
NEW YORK


Copyright 1907

The Bobbs-Merrill Company


March

Is this a shape for reputation
And modesty to masque in?

More Dissemblers Besides Women

CONTENTS

  1. ChapterPage
  2. I Dust 1
  3. II Post-Prandial 20
  4. III "Handsome Dan" 65
  5. IV Midsummer Night's Madness 89
  6. V Incognito 119
  7. VI Eugene's at Two 141
  8. VII Illumination 150
  9. VIII Dance of the Hours 174
  10. IX Procrastination 207
  11. X Consequences 219
  12. XI "Dan"—Quixote 240
  13. XII On Reconsideration 266
  14. XIII Flight 272
  15. XIV Retribution 285
  16. XV The Price 313
  17. XVI Recessional 348
  18. XVII Confessional 359

THE BRASS BOWL

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