The Wreck of a World

by William Grove

 

The Wreck

of a World

 

BY

W. GROVE

 

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THE WRECK OF A WORLD.

LONG'S ALBION LIBRARY.—VOL. II.

 

THE

WRECK OF A WORLD.

 

With a Preface by Sir JOHN BROWN, C.E., J.P.

Knight of the Order of Maximilian of Mexico, etc., etc., etc.

 

BY

W. GROVE,

Author of "A Mexican Mystery,"

 

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SIXTH EDITION.

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London:

DIGBY AND LONG, PUBLISHERS,

18, BOUVERIE STREET, FLEET STREET, E.C.

18, Bouverie Street, Fleet Street,

London.

 

Long's Albion Library.

 

Under the above heading, Messrs. Digby and Long will issue, from time to time, a series of Shilling Books of Fiction by the best authors. A Mexican Mystery, just published, and which has which has already reached several editions, therefore constitutes No. 1 of this series.

 

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LONDON:

DIGBY AND LONG, PUBLISHERS.

 

The interest which we take in the development of moral truth and in the illustration of human character, is so much stronger than that which we attach to mere matter of fact, that where the two are combined (that is to say, where a supposed fact is made the foundation of a new and striking illustration of character), our attention is, generally speaking, wholly directed to the latter, and we are inclined to take the fact for granted . . . It is, we believe, an established axiom in the art of lying that almost anything may be made credible of almost any person, provided that the imaginary facts are accompanied by a just representation of the behaviour of the person, such as it might be supposed to be under the alleged circumstances: and this will be more strikingly the case, if some trait of his character, not generally observed, but likely to be immediately recognised, is exhibited for the first time.

J. H. FRERE.

Chapters (not listed in original)

Preface		vi
Chapter I		1
Chapter II		6
Chapter III		10
Chapter IV		20
Chapter V		30
Chapter VI		48
Chapter VII		57
Chapter VIII		72
Chapter IX		87
Chapter X		102
Chapter XI		116
Chapter XII		123
Chapter XIII		138