The House Of A Thousand Candles

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The House of a Thousand Candles (1905)
by Meredith Nicholson, illustrated by Howard Chandler Christy
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Edition; Indianapolis, The Bobbs-Merrill Co., 1905 Twice filmed as silent movies (1915) & (1915; 1919, as Haunting Shadows)—and once with sound (1936).

The critic may grumble, the gentle reader inwardly declare, "How absurd!" but critic and gentle reader alike will hardly put the book down until the last shot has been fired in the very teeth of the law of twentieth century Indiana—and the last hair-raising problem solved. On this point all the reviewers seem unanimous. ... All of which may help to explain why "The House of a Thousand Candles," despite its impossibilities, has won its way into the select circle of the "six best sellers." —Excerpted from The Literary Digest, 17 Feb 1906. [Full review(s) on the Discussion page

Meredith NicholsonHoward Chandler Christy3992334The House of a Thousand Candles1905

THE HOUSE OF A
THOUSAND CANDLES

There is something jaunty in a tam-o'-shanter, particularly a red one

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THE HOUSE OF A
THOUSAND CANDLES

By
MEREDITH NICHOLSON

Author of The Main Chance
Zelda Dameron, etc.


WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY
HOWARD CHANDLER CHRISTY


"So on the morn there fell new tidings and other adventures"

Malory


INDIANAPOLIS
THE BOBBS-MERRILL COMPANY
PUBLISHERS

Copyright 1905
THE BOBBS-MERILL COMPANY

NOVEMBER

PRESS OF
BRAUNWORTH & CO.
BOOKBINDERS AND PRINTERS
BROOKLYN, N. Y.

To Margaret My Sister

CONTENTS

  1. chapter page
  2. I.—The Will of John Marshall Glenarm 1
  3. II.—A Face at Sherry’s 22
  4. III.—The House of a Thousand Candles 37
  5. IV.—A Voice From the Lake 47
  6. V.—A Red Tam-o’-Shanter 63
  7. VI.—The Girl and the Canoe 80
  8. VII.—The Man on the Wall 89
  9. VIII.—A String of Gold Beads 102
  10. IX.—The Girl and the Rabbit 112
  11. X.—An Affair With the Caretaker 129
  12. XI.—I Receive a Caller 142
  13. XII.—I Explore a Passage 153
  14. XIII.—A Pair of Eavesdroppers 166
  15. XIV.—The Girl in Gray 177
  16. XV.—I Make an Engagement 191
  17. XVI.—The Passing of Olivia 200
  18. XVII.—Sister Theresa 213
  19. XVIII.—Golden Butterflies 225
  20. XIX.—I Meet an Old Friend 239
  21. XX.—A Triple Alliance 255
  22. XXI.—Pickering Serves Notice 268
  23. XXII.—The Return of Marian Devereux 278
  24. XXIII.—The Door of Bewilderment 288
  25. XXIV.—A Prowler of The Night 304
  26. XXV.—Besieged 316
  27. XXVI.—The Fight in the Library 329
  28. XXVII.—Changes and Chances 351
  29. XXVIII.—Shorter Vistas 363
  30. XXIX.—And So the Light Led Me 370
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