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Title: The Pursuit of the House-Boat
Being Some Further Account of the Divers Doings of the Associated Shades, under the Leadership of Sherlock Holmes, Esq.

Author: John Kendrick Bangs

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THE PURSUIT OF THE HOUSE-BOAT

Being Some Further Account of the Divers Doings of the Associated Shades,
under the Leadership of Sherlock Holmes, Esq.

by

JOHN KENDRICK BANGS

Illustrated By Peter Newell

New York and London
Harper & Brothers
Publishers

1897

TO

A. CONAN DOYLE, ESQ.

WITH THE AUTHOR'S SINCEREST REGARDS AND THANKS FOR THE UNTIMELY DEMISE OF
HIS GREAT DETECTIVE WHICH MADE THESE THINGS POSSIBLE

CONTENTS

CHAPTER

I. THE ASSOCIATED SHADES TAKE ACTION

II. THE STRANGER UNRAVELS A MYSTERY AND REVEALS HIMSELF

III. THE SEARCH-PARTY IS ORGANIZED

IV. ON BOARD THE HOUSE-BOAT

V. A CONFERENCE ON DECK

VI. A CONFERENCE BELOW-STAIRS

VII. THE "GEHENNA" IS CHARTERED

VIII. ON BOARD THE "GEHENNA."

IX. CAPTAIN KIDD MEETS WITH AN OBSTACLE

X. A WARNING ACCEPTED

XI. MAROONED

XII. THE ESCAPE AND THE END

ILLUSTRATIONS

"'DR. JOHNSON'S POINT IS WELL TAKEN'"

"'WHAT HAS ALL THIS GOT TO DO WITH THE QUESTION?'"

"POOR OLD BOSWELL WAS PUSHED OVERBOARD"

"THE STRANGER DREW FORTH A BUNDLE OF BUSINESS CARDS"

"THREE ROUSING CHEERS, LED BY HAMLET, WERE GIVEN"

A BLACK PERSON BY THE NAME OF FRIDAY FINDS A BOTTLE