The Guardian Angel

The Guardian Angel

Oliver Wendell Holmes, american physician, poet, professor, lecturer, and author (1809-1894)


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Table of Contents

-01- About this book

-02- TO MY READERS

-03- PREFACE TO THE NEW EDITION

-04- AN ADVERTISEMENT

-05- GREAT EXCITEMENT

-06- ANTECEDENTS

-07- BYLES GRIDLEY, A M

-08- THE TWINS

-09- THE USE OF SPECTACLES

-10- MYRTLE'S LETTER, THE YOUNG MEN'S PURSUIT

-11- DOWN THE RIVER

-12- MR CLEMENT LINDSAY RECEIVES A LETTER AND BEGINS HIS ANSWER

-13- MR CLEMENT LINDSAY FINISHES HIS LETTER WHAT CAME OF IT

-14- VEXED WITH A DEVIL

-15- SKIRMISHING

-16- BATTLE

-17- FLANK MOVEMENT

-18- ARRIVAL OF REINFORCEMENTS

-19- VICTORY

-20- SAINT AND SINNER

-21- VILLAGE POET

-22- SUSAN'S YOUNG MAN

-23- THE SECOND MEETING

-24- MADNESS

-25- A CHANGE OF PROGRAMME

-26- MYRTLE HAZARD AT THE CITY SCHOOL

-27- MUSTERING OF FORCES

-28- THE POET AND THE PUBLISHER

-29- MRS CLYMER KETCHUM'S PARTY

-30- MINE AND COUNTERMINE

-31- MR BRADSHAW CALLS ON MISS BADLAM

-32- MISTRESS KITTY FAGAN CALLS ON MASTER BYLES GRIDLEY

-33- MASTER BYLES GRIDLEY CALLS ON MISS CYNTHIA BADLAM

-34- MASTER BYLES GRIDLEY CONSULTS WITH JACOB PENHALLOW ESQUIRE

-35- SUSAN POSEY'S TRIAL

-36- JUST AS YOU EXPECTED

-37- MURRAY BRADSHAW PLAYS HIS LAST CARD

-38- THE SPOTTED PAPER

-39- CONCLUSION