Preface

THE SECOND GENERATION

BY DAVID GRAHAM PHILLIPS

AUTHOR OF"THE COST,""THE PLUM TREE,""THE SOCIAL SECRETARY,""THE DELUGE,"ETC.

1906

CONTENTS

CHAPTER

I.—"PUT YOUR HOUSE IN ORDER!"II.—OF SOMEBODIES AND NOBODIES III.—MRS. WHITNEY INTERVENES IV.—THE SHATTERED COLOSSUS V.—THE WILL VI.—MRS. WHITNEY NEGOTIATES VII.—JILTED VIII.—A FRIEND IN NEED IX.—THE LONG FAREWELL X.—"THROUGH LOVE FOR MY CHILDREN"XI.—"SO SENSITIVE"XII.—ARTHUR FALLS AMONG LAWYERS XIII.—BUT IS RESCUED XIV.—SIMEON XV.—EARLY ADVENTURES OF A'PRENTICE XVI.—A CAST-OFF SLIPPER XVII.—POMP AND CIRCUMSTANCE XVIII.—LOVE, THE BLUNDERER XIX.—MADELENE XX.—LORRY'S ROMANCE XXI.—HIRAM'S SON XXII.—VILLA D'ORSAY XXIII.—A STROLL IN A BYPATH XXIV.—DR. MADELENE PRESCRIBES XXV.—MAN AND GENTLEMAN XXVI.—CHARLES WHITNEY'S HEIRS XXVII.—THE DOOR AJAR XXVIII.—THE DEAD THAT LIVE

THE SECOND GENERATION