This book summarizes the down fall of one of the largest African trading firms in London, and the futile attempts of father and son to save it, resulting in ruin and death. (Summary by Ashton Hoffman)
Chapters (50)
1MR. JOHN HARSTON KEEPS AN APPOINTMENT.
1729
2CHARITY A LA MODE.
637
3THOMAS GILRAY MAKES AN INVESTMENT.
610
4CAPTAIN HAMILTON MIGGS OF THE "BLACK EAGLE."
1240
5MODERN ATHENIANS.
869
6A RECTORIAL ELECTION.
942
7ENGLAND VERSUS SCOTLAND.
1886
8A FIRST PROFESSIONAL.
995
9A NASTY CROPPER.
763
10DWELLERS IN BOHEMIA.
1980
11SENIOR AND JUNIOR.
1126
12A CORNER IN DIAMONDS.
989
13SHADOW AND LIGHT.
1112
14A SLIGHT MISUNDERSTANDING.
1474
15AN ADDITION TO THE HOUSE.
611
16THE FIRST STEP.
1008
17THE LAND OF DIAMONDS.
935
18MAJOR TOBIAS CLUTTERBUCK COMES IN FOR A THOUSAND POUNDS.
1422
19NEWS FROM THE URALS.
730
20MR. HECTOR O'FLAHERTY FINDS SOMETHING IN THE PAPER.
1237
21AN UNEXPECTED BLOW.
1289
22ROBBERS AND ROBBED.
1184
23A MOMENTOUS RESOLUTION.
542
24A DANGEROUS PROMISE.
1030
25A CHANGE OF FRONT.
1334
26BREAKING GROUND.
798
27MRS. SCULLY OF MORRISON'S.
1263
28BACK IN BOHEMIA.
864
29A CRISIS AT ECCLESTON SQUARE.
1015
30THE GREAT DANCE AT MORRISON'S.
1565
31AT THE "COCK AND COWSLIP."
1045
32A CONVERSATION IN THE ECCLESTON SQUARE LIBRARY.
790
33THE JOURNEY TO THE PRIORY.
938
34THE MAN WITH THE CAMP-STOOL.
1133
35A TALK ON THE LAWN.
896
36THE INCIDENT OF THE CORRIDOR.
861
37A CHASE AND A BRAWL.
724
38GIRDLESTONE SENDS FOR THE DOCTOR.
886
39A GLEAM OF LIGHT.
527
40THE MAJOR HAS A LETTER.
1027
41THE CLOUDS GROW DARKER.
1085
42THE THREE FACES AT THE WINDOW.
945
43THE BAIT ON THE HOOK.
628
44THE SHADOW OF DEATH.
969
45THE INVASION OF HAMPSHIRE.
1046
46A MIDNIGHT CRUISE.
1266
47LAW AND ORDER.
829
48CAPTAIN HAMILTON MIGGS SEES A VISION.
1187
49A VOYAGE IN A COFFIN SHIP.
1716
50WINDS UP THE THREAD AND TIES TWO KNOTS AT THE END.
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