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THE
BRASS BOTTLE
BY
F. ANSTEY
First Published, October, 1900
CONTENTS
| CHAPTER | PAGE |
| I. Horace Ventimore receives a Commission | 1 |
| II. A Cheap Lot | 12 |
| III. An Unexpected Opening | 18 |
| IV. At Large | 31 |
| V. Carte Blanche | 36 |
| VI. Embarras de Richesses | 51 |
| VII. "Gratitude—a Lively Sense of Favours to come" | 62 |
| VIII. Bachelor's Quarters | 75 |
| IX. "Persicos Odi, Puer, Apparatus" | 85 |
| X. No Place like Home! | 107 |
| XI. A Fool's Paradise | 115 |
| XII. The Messenger of Hope | 132 |
| XIII. A Choice of Evils | 143 |
| XIV. "Since there's no Help, come, let us kiss and part!" | 158 |
| XV. Blushing Honours | 174 |
| XVI. A Killing Frost | 182 |
| XVII. High Words | 193 |
| XVIII. A Game of Bluff | 204 |
| The Epilogue | 222 |
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