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Title: Miss Cayley's Adventures

Author: Grant Allen

Illustrator: Gordon Browne

Release Date: January 15, 2010 [EBook #30970]

Language: English

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MISS CAYLEY'S ADVENTURES

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London: GRANT RICHARDS, 1899

[Illustration: ALL AGOG TO TEACH THE HIGHER MATHEMATICS.--_See page_
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MISS CAYLEY'S ADVENTURES

BY
GRANT ALLEN

WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY GORDON BROWNE

London
GRANT RICHARDS
9 HENRIETTA STREET, COVENT GARDEN, W.C.

1899

_Printed April 1899_
_Reprinted July 1899_

CONTENTS

PAGE

1. THE ADVENTURE OF THE CANTANKEROUS OLD LADY 1

2. THE ADVENTURE OF THE SUPERCILIOUS _ATTACHE_ 29

3. THE ADVENTURE OF THE INQUISITIVE AMERICAN 59

4. THE ADVENTURE OF THE AMATEUR COMMISSION AGENT 85

5. THE ADVENTURE OF THE IMPROMPTU MOUNTAINEER 115

6. THE ADVENTURE OF THE URBANE OLD GENTLEMAN 141

7. THE ADVENTURE OF THE UNOBTRUSIVE OASIS 170

8. THE ADVENTURE OF THE PEA-GREEN PATRICIAN 199

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