Preface

THE GENTLEMAN FROM EVERYWHERE

BY

JAMES HENRY FOSS

ILLUSTRATED

1903

TO

MY BELOVED, ON EARTH AND IN HEAVEN,

THIS BOOK IS

MOST AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATED

IN THE EARNEST HOPE THAT

BY ITS PERUSAL

Many sailing o'er life's solemn main,

Forlorn and shipwrecked brothers, may take heart again.

Contents

CHAPTER

I. Launching of My Life Boat

II. My First Voyage

III. Near to Nature's Heart

IV. Joys and Sorrows of School-Days

V. Career of a Dominie-Pedagogue

VI. Dreams of My You th

VII. A Disenchanted Collegian-Preacher

VIII. In Shadow Land

IX. Sunlight and Darkness in Palace and Cottage

XI. Adventures in Mosquito Land

XI. In Arcadie

XII. From Philistine to Benedict and a Honeymoon

XIII. The Angels of Life and Death

XIV. Tribulations of a Widower

XV. Faith Sees a Star

XVI. On the Political Stump

XVII. That Eddyfying Christian Science

XVIII. In the Land of Flowers

XIX. Sunbeam, The Seminole

XX. A Founder of Towns and Clubs

XXI. A Million Dollar Business with a One Dollar Capital

XXII. Pendulum'twixt Smiles and Tears

XXIII. Monarch of all He Surveyed: Then Deposed,

XXIV. Foregleams of Immortality

XXV. A Practical Socialist and Colonizer

XXVI. Hand in Hand with Angels

XXVII. Among the Law-Sharks

XXVIII. Campaigning in Wonderland

XXIX. Among the Clouds

XXX. Disenchanted: Home Again

XXXI. The Florida Crackers

XXXII. Looking Forward

[Illustration: [cursive] Your friend, the Author

James H. Foss]