A GRAY EYE OR SO
By Frank Frankfort Moore
Author of “I Forbid The Banns,” “Dalreen,” “Sojourners Together,” “Highways And High Seas,” Etc.
In Three Volumes—Volume I
Sixth Edition
London: Hutchinson & Co., 34 Paternoster Row
1893
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I.—ON CERTAIN ABSTRACTIONS.
CHAPTER III.—ON HONESTY AND THE WORKING MAN.
CHAPTER V.—ON A PERILOUS CAUSEWAY.
CHAPTER VI.—ON THE INFLUENCE OF AN OCEAN.
CHAPTER VII.—ON THE ADVANTAGES OF A FULL MOON.
CHAPTER VIII.—ON THE ZIG-ZAG TRACK.
CHAPTER IX.—ON THE HELPLESSNESS OF WOMAN.
CHAPTER X.—ON SCIENCE AND ART.
CHAPTER XI.—ON HEAVEN AND THE LORD CHANCELLOR.
CHAPTER XII.—ON THE MYSTERY OF MAN.
CHAPTER XIII.—ON THE ART OF COLOURING.
CHAPTER XIV.—ON AN IRISH DANCE.
CHAPTER XVI.—ON THE VALUE OF A BAD CHARACTER.
CHAPTER XVII.—ON PROVIDENCE AS A MATCH-MAKER.
CHAPTER XVIII.—ON THE PROFESSIONAL MORALIST.
CHAPTER XIX.—ON MODERN SOCIETY.
A GRAY EYE OR SO
CHAPTER I.—ON CERTAIN ABSTRACTIONS.
I WAS talking about woman in the abstract,” said Harold.
The other, whose name was Edmund—his worst enemies had never abbreviated it—smiled, lifted his eyes unto the hills as if in search of something, frowned as if he failed to f