INDEX FOR WORKS OF
ARTHUR COLTON

By Arthur Colton

With hyperlinks to all Chapters of the Individual Ebooks

Compiled by David Widger


CONTENTS

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[## ] [THE BELTED SEAS ]

[## ] [THE DEBATABLE LAND]

[## ] [BENNIE BEN CREE ]

[## ] [PORT ARGENT ]

[## ] [THE DELECTABLE MOUNTAINS]

[## ] [TIOBA, AND OTHER TALES]

[## ] [THE CRUISE OF THE VIOLETTA]

[## ] [HARPS HUNG UP IN BABYLON]


TABLES OF CONTENTS OF VOLUMES

THE BELTED SEAS

By Arthur Colton


CONTENTS

[ THE BELTED SEAS ]

[ CHAPTER I. — PEMBERTON'S. ]

[ CHAPTER II. — THE “HEBE MAITLAND.” CAPTAIN BUCKINGHAM'S NARRATIVE. ]

[ CHAPTER III. — THE HOTEL HELEN MAR. THE NARRATIVE CONTINUED. ]

[ CHAPTER IV. — SADLER IN PORTATE. THE NARRATIVE CONTINUED. ]

[ CHAPTER V. — END OF THE HOTEL HELEN MAR. CONTINUATION OF CAPTAIN BUCKINGHAM'S NARRATIVE. ]

[ CHAPTER VI. — TORRE ANANIAS. WHY CAPTAIN BUCKINGHAM DID NOT GO BACK TO GREENOUGH. ]

[ CHAPTER VII. — LIEBCHEN. THE EWIGWEIBLICHE. THE NARRATIVE RESUMED, WITH THE LOSS OF THE “ANACONDA”. ]

[ CHAPTER VIII. — SADLER IN SALERATUS. THE GREEN DRAGON PAGODA. THE NARRATIVE GOES ON. ]

[ CHAPTER IX. — KING JULIUS. ]

[ CHAPTER X. — THE KIYI PROPOSITION—SADLER CONCLUDED. ]

[ CHAPTER XI. — THE VOYAGE OF THE “VOODOO”.—NARRATIVE CONTINUED. ]

[ CHAPTER XII. — THE FLANNAGAN AND IMPERIAL—CONTINUING THE NARRATIVE. ]

[ CHAPTER XIII. — FLANNAGAN AND STEVEY TODD—CAPTAIN BUCKINGHAM RETURNS TO GREENOUGH—THE NARRATIVE CONTINUED. ]

[ CHAPTER XIV. — CAPTAIN BUCKINGHAM VISITS ADRIAN. ANDREW AND MADGE MCCULLOCH AND BILLY CORLISS. CAPTAIN BUCKINGHAM'S NARRATIVE ENDS. ]

[ CHAPTER XV. — CONCLUSION OF THE WHOLE. ]


"THE
DEBATABLE
LAND"


A Novel
By
Arthur Colton

[Contents]

PART I
CHAPTER PAGE
I. "Hinter die Kirche blühe die blaue Blumeleft der Zufriedenheit" [3]
II. Of Thaddeus Bourn and his Purposes[11]
III. Of Morgan Map and his Purposes[24]
IV. In which Thaddeus uses the term "Moral Justification"[32]
V. Introducing Hamilton and Saint Mary's Organ[41]
VI. Introducing Gard Windham and the Brotherhood of Consolation[56]
VII. Introducing Moselle and Mavering[71]
VIII. Of Mrs. Mavering, and of the Philosophy of the Individual[85]
IX. Of Estates in Happiness[99]
X. Of Spring in Hamilton—Of Thaddeus's Opportunity to be Candid[118]
XI. The Whirlpool—Mr. Paulus's Reminiscences of Women[135]
PART II
XII. Antietam[149]
XIII. In which Appears a General of Division, and one of "the Brethren"[164]
XIV. In which Mavering Concludes that Cavalry Officers as a Class are Eccentric and Deep[181]
XV. Treats of the Distribution of Tracts in the Valley of the Shenandoah[192]
XVI. Which Discloses one Daddy Joe, and Disposes of an Evangelist[207]
XVII. On the Question of the Exact Location of the Divinity which is Ultimately Called Worth While[223]
XVIII. In which there is Discovered a Compunction[235]
XIX. In which Windham Drops Out of the Fight—and Mavering Remarks on Human Adaptability[253]
XX. Treats of Further Incidents in the House with the White Door[264]
XXI. In which We Go Down the River and Return[274]
XXII. Of Mavering, who Disappears—Of the Gray Poet—Of Morgan, Who Appears Once More[286]
XXIII. The End[307]

BENNIE BEN CREE

Being the Story of his Adventure to Southward in the Year '62

By Arthur Colton

CONTENTS

[ BENNIE BEN CREE ]

[ CHAPTER I.—BENSON AND CREE—THE COMMODORE INN, FORE AND AFT; AND A POINT STATED BY MY UNCLE BENSON. ]

[ CHAPTER II.—LACRIMÆ RERUM—THE THREE MEN IN THE PUBLIC. ]

[ CHAPTER III.—DOWN THE COAST—CAVARLY'S PLAN. ]

[ CHAPTER IV.—I TALK WITH CALHOUN AND THE “OCTARARA” GOES EAST AND WEST. ]

[ CHAPTER V.—TOMMY TODD'S. ]

[ CHAPTER VI.—THE DISMAL CANAL. ]

[ CHAPTER VII.—WE COME TO A RIVER CALLED ELIZABETH, AND TO ANOTHER CALLED JAMES—CONCLUSION. ]


PORT ARGENT

A Novel

By Arthur Colton

1904

CONTENTS

[ CHAPTER I—PULSES ]

[ CHAPTER II—RICHARD THE SECOND ]

[ CHAPTER III—CAMILLA ]

[ CHAPTER IV—MUSCADINE STREET ]

[ CHAPTER V—TECUMSEH STREET ]

[ CHAPTER VI—ALCOTT AIDEE ]

[ CHAPTER VII—THE THIRD LAMP ]

[ CHAPTER VIII—MECHANICS ]

[ CHAPTER IX—HICKS ]

[ CHAPTER X—MACCLESFIELD'S BRIDGE ]

[ CHAPTER XI—THE BROTHERS ]

[ CHAPTER XII—AIDEE AND CAMILLLA ]

[ CHAPTER XIII—IN WHICH HICKS IS BUSY ]

[ CHAPTER XIV—IN WHICH HICKS COMES TO HIS REST ]

[ CHAPTER XV—HENNION AND SHAYS ]

[ CHAPTER XVI—CAMILLA GOES TO THE ASSEMBLY HALL ]

[ CHAPTER XVII—AIDEE—CAMILLA—HENNION ]

[ CHAPTER XVIII—T. M. SECOR—HENNION—CAMILLA ]

THE DELECTABLE MOUNTAINS

By Arthur Colton

1901

CONTENTS

[ THE PLACE OF THE ABANDONED GODS ]

[ THE LEATHER HERMIT ]

[ BLACK POND CLEARING ]

[ JOPPA ]

[ THE ELDER' SEAT ]

[ THE ROMANCE OF THE INSTITUTE ]

[ NAUSICAA ]

[ SANDERSON OF BACK MEADOWS ]

[ TWO ROADS THAT MEET IN SALEM ]

[ A VISIBLE JUDGMENT ]

[ THE EMIGRANT EAST ]

[ TOBIN'S MONUMENT ]

[ THE CONCLUSION BY THE WAYFARERS ]


[ CHAPTER XIX—CONCLUSION ]


TIOBA, AND OTHER TALES

By Arthur Colton

1903

CONTENTS

[ TIOBA ]

[ A MAN FOR A' THAT ]

[ THE GREEN GRASSHOPPER ]

[ THE ENEMIES ]

[ A NIGHT'S LODGING ]

[ ON EDOM HILL ]

[ SONS OF R. RAND ]

[ CONLON ]

[ ST CATHERINE'S ]

[ THE SPIRAL STONE ]

[ THE MUSIDORA SONNET ]


THE CRUISE OF THE VIOLETTA

By Arthur Colton

1906

CONTENTS

[ CHAPTER I—DR. ULSWATER ]

[ CHAPTER II—MRS. MINK ]

[ CHAPTER III—AND THE TWENTY PATRIOTS ]

[ CHAPTER IV—THE TROPIC AND THE TEMPERATE ]

[ CHAPTER V—FIRST DOCUMENT. DR. ULSWATER'S NARRATIVE: FIRST ADVENTURE ]

[ CHAPTER VI—SECOND ADVENTURE ]

[ CHAPTER VII—THIRD ADVENTURE ]

[ CHAPTER VIII—PROFESSOR SIMPSON AGAIN ]

[ CHAPTER IX—CONCLUSION OF DR. ULSWATER'S FIRST MANUSCRIPT ]

[ CHAPTER X—SECOND DOCUMENT. DR. ULSWATER'S NARRATIVE CONTINUES: SUSANNAH ]

[ CHAPTER XI—RAM NAD ]

[ CHAPTER XII—RAM NAD CONTINUED ]

[ CHAPTER XIII—CONCLUSION OF DR. ULSWATER'S SECOND MANUSCRIPT ]

[ CHAPTER XIV—DR. ULSWATER'S NARRATIVE CONTINUES: THE ISLAND OF LUA ]

[ CHAPTER XV—SADLER ]

[ CHAPTER XVI—AT THE PALACE ]

[ CHAPTER XVII—MRS. ULSWATER TAKES ACTION ]

[ CHAPTER XVIII—CONCLUSION OF DR. ULSWATER'S THIRD MANUSCIPT ]

[ CHAPTER XIX—DR. ULSWATER'S NARRATIVE CONTINUES: THE MYSTERY OF GEORGIANA AND DELORES ]

[ CHAPTER XX—THE BALLAD OF GEORGIANA AND DELORES ]

[ FOOTNOTES BY JAMES ULSWATER. ]

[ CHAPTER XXI—SUSANNAH AND RAM NAD ]

[ CHAPTER XXII—CONCLUSION OF DR. ULSWATER'S LAST MANUSCIPT ]

[ CHAPTER XXIII—I RESUME THE NARRATIVE. THE PORTATE ULTIMATUM ]

[ CHAPTER XXIV—THE ARREST ]

[ CHAPTER XXV—MRS. ULSWATER'S INSURRECTION ]

[ CHAPTER XXVI—THE TRUCE ]

[ CHAPTER XXVII—ON BOARD THE VIOLETTA ]

[ CHAPTER XXVIII—HANNAH ATKINS ]

[ CHAPTER XXIX—MR. JAMISON ]

[ CHAPTER XXX—MR. DORCAS ]

[ CHAPTER XXXI—SUSANNAH—END OF THE VOYAGE OF THE VIOLETA ]

[ CHAPTER XXXII—ZIONVILLE ]

[ CHAPTER XXXIII—WILLIAM C. JONES AND LOUISA ]

[ CHAPTER XXXIV—AMBASSADORS FROM ZIONVILLE ]

[ CHAPTER XXXV—THE END ]


HARPS HUNG UP IN BABYLON

By Arthur Colton

1907

CONTENTS

[ WEST-EASTERLY MORALITIES ]

[ THE CAPTIVE ]

[ THE PILGRIM ]

[ ALLAH'S TENT ]

[ THE POET AND THE FOUNTAIN ]

[ THE CHENEAUX ISLANDS ]

[ THE SHEPHERD AND THE KNIGHT ]

[ THE HERB OF GRACE ]

[ VERSES FROM "THE CANTICLE OF THE ROAD" ]

[ FAUSTINE ]

[ SOMETIME IT MAY BE ]

[ WHEN ALL THE BROOKS HAVE RUN AWAY ]

[ ONE HOUR ]

[ HEIRS OF TIME ]

[ WHO MAY WITH THE SHREWD HOURS STRIVE? ]

[ LET ME NO MORE A MENDICANT ]

[ CURARE SEPULTOS ]

[ TO-MORROW ]

[ SNOW ]

[ BY THE SEA ]

[ IN PORT TO-DAY ]

[ AS WE GROW OLD ]

[ WAYFARERS ]

[ THE HOUSE ]

[ SONNETS ]

[ THE HILLS ]

[ WORDSWORTH ]

[ THE WATER-LILY ]

[ THE THRUSH ]

[ THE ROMAN WAY ]

[ FOLLY ]

[ CONCERNING TABITHA'S DANCING OF THE MINUET ]

[ AN IDYL OF THE WOOD ]

[ PHYLLIS AND CORYDON ]

[ MAYING ]

[ TWO LITTLE MAIDS ]

[ TWENTY YEARS HENCE ]

[ WITHOUT THE GATE ]

[ ANCIEN M'SIEU PIERRE ]

[ CHRISTMAS EVE ]

[ THE CAROL SINGER ]

[ ARCADIE. I ]

[ ARCADIE. II ]

[ LAST YEAR'S NEST ]

[ EPILOGUE TO A BOOK OF UNIMPORTANT VERSES ]

[ FINIS ]