The Island of Fantasy: A Romance

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The Island of Fantasy: A Romance by Fergus Hume.

Contents

• THE ISLAND OF FANTASY.8
• CHAPTER I. A MIND DISEASED.8
• CHAPTER II. DE RERUM PARVULA.21
• CHAPTER III. THE RECTOR’S ROMANCE.32
• CHAPTER IV. A MASTERPIECE OF NATURE.44
• CHAPTER V. CRISPIN IS PUZZLED.54
• CHAPTER VI. SUB ROSA.64
• CHAPTER VII. SOUVENT FEMME VARIE.75
• CHAPTER VIII. ENDYMION.87
• CHAPTER IX. THE PORTRAIT.99
• CHAPTER X. A MODERN IXION.110
• CHAPTER XI. THE CREED OF A MOTHER-IN-LAW.122
• CHAPTER XII. THE NEW ARGONAUTS.135
• CHAPTER XIII. THE PAST OF A POET.146
• CHAPTER XIV. THE DEVIL’S PHILOSOPHY.157
• CHAPTER XV. THE STORM.166
• CHAPTER XVI. MELNOS.178
• CHAPTER XVII. AN ISLAND KING.189
• CHAPTER XVIII. VENUS URANIA.201
• CHAPTER XIX. A MODERN ARCADIA.213
• CHAPTER XX. A DIFFICULT QUESTION.225
• CHAPTER XXI. CAPTAIN ALCIBIADES.237
• CHAPTER XXII. THE APPLE OF DISCORD.249
• CHAPTER XXIII. BACCHANALIA.261
• CHAPTER XXIV. THESPIAN.273
• CHAPTER XXV. OLYMPIAN.287
• CHAPTER XXVI. BEAUTIFUL PARIS, EVIL-HEARTED PARIS.301
• CHAPTER XXVII. THE ALTAR INSCRIBED ΘΕΌΝ.313
• CHAPTER XVIII. PUNIC FAITH.325
• CHAPTER XXIX. A ROLLING STONE.336
• CHAPTER XXX. KEEPING VIGIL.347
• CHAPTER XXXI. THE BATTLE OF TROGLODYTES.359
• CHAPTER XXXII. THE WARNING OF HEPHAISTOS.371
• CHAPTER XXXIII. THE INVOCATION OF ARTEMIS.382
• CHAPTER XXXIV. A MODERN THERMOPYLÆ.394
• CHAPTER XXXV. A COUNCIL OF WAR.404
• CHAPTER XXXVI. THE FORLORN HOPE.414
• CHAPTER XXXVII. UNDER THE UNION JACK.423
• CHAPTER XXXVIII. THE PREY OF THE GODS.434
• CHAPTER XXXIX. JUSTINIAN’S REVENGE.445
• CHAPTER XL. DEATH PAYS ALL DEBTS.454
• THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG LICENSE471

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