Fiction · 1895
Phyllis of Philistia
Phyllis of Philistia, first published in 1895, has been pulled into the Bibliomancer archive: the complete text, carefully cleaned and typeset, free to read online. Its editorial introduction is still being prepared.
Contents
- Chapter I — An Astronomer Without a Telescope
- Chapter II — He Knew That It Was a Troublesome Process, Becoming a Good Clergyman, So He Determined to Become a Good Preacher Instead
- Chapter III — The Bishop Knew Something of Man, and He Knew Something of the Church; He Even Knew Something of the Bible
- Chapter IV — She Had No Right to Accuse Him of Reading the Bible Daily
- Chapter V — In Love There Are No Good-Byes
- Chapter VI — If a Girl Really Loves a Man She Will Marry Him, Even Though He Should Write a Book
- Chapter VII — The Defense of Holland
- Chapter VIII — I Hope That You Will Not Eventually Marry an Infidel
- Chapter IX — My Father Has His Ideas on What’s Called Realism
- Chapter X — It Is the Price of Blood
- Chapter XI — I’m Afraid That I Must Have Principle on My Side
- Chapter XII — Dynamite—Slave-Dealing—Massacres—Armenia!
- Chapter XIII — Even the House of Commons Doesn’t Matter Much
- Chapter XIV — The Honorable Member Is Clearly Out of Order
- Chapter XV — But Mr. Courtland—Ah, Never Mind!
- Chapter XVI — Would It Be Well with My Husband?
- Chapter XVII — What Am I That I Should Do This Thing?
- Chapter XVIII — Herbert Courtland Is a Man Who Has Lived with Honor
- Chapter XIX — They Have Souls to Be Saved
- Chapter XX — I Have Heard the Passionate Gallop of Those Fiery-Footed Steeds
- Chapter XXI — That Toilet Should Not Have Been Wasted
- Chapter XXII — He Had Explained to Phyllis Once That He Thought of God Only as a Principle
- Chapter XXIII — Its Mouthings of the Past Had Become Its Mumblings of the Present
- Chapter XXIV — She Was a Wife, and She Had a Lover Who Disappointed Her
- Chapter XXV — Lies! Lies! Lies!
- Chapter XXVI — Did He Say Something More About Ruth?
- Chapter XXVII — That’s Why Women Do Not Make Good Philosophers
- Chapter XXVIII — The Church Is Not Neurotic
- Chapter XXIX — I Know That It Doesn’t Matter Much to God What a Man Thinks About Himself or His Soul
- Chapter XXX — There Is No One I Like Better Than Phyllis
- Chapter XXXI — You May Trust Mr. Courtland
- Chapter XXXII — Let Them Both Go Together to Perdition
- Chapter XXXIII — I Wonder If I Ever Loved You Until This Moment
- Chapter XXXIV — Give Him Back to Me—Give Him Back to Me!
- Chapter XXXV — If God Would Only Give Me Another Chance!
- Chapter XXXVI — Marriage Is the Picturesque Gateway Leading to a Commonplace Estate
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