Salome and the Head
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SALOME AND THE HEAD
(WORKS OF FICTION BY E. NESBIT)
SALOME AND THE
HEAD
A Modern Melodrama
BY
E. NESBIT
With twelve illustrations by Spenser Pryce
TORONTO
THE MUSSON BOOK COMPANY
LIMITED
ILLI
QUA NON PRAESTANTIOR ALTERA
HOS PER ANNOS SALTAVIT ET PLACUIT
HUNC LIBRUM
D. D. D.
E. NESBIT
CONTENTS
chapter page 1. Sunlight 1 2. Limelight 18 3. The House with No Address 34 4. The False Moustache 49 5. The Disaster 60 6. The Snare 79 7. The Lover 95 8. The Husband 110 9. The Widow 127 10. Lovers Meeting 147 11. The Love-Night 160 12. Miss Steinhart Shops 180 13. The Head 201 14. The Death-Night 229 15. The Intruder 230 16. The Serving Man 246 17. The Cat from the Bag 270 18. Arrest 285 19. Release 299
ILLUSTRATIONS
"A CHILD, A WITCH, A WONDER" Frontispiece FACING PAGE HE TALKED TO HER ABOUT GENIUS 81 SANDRA DANCED TO MR MOSES MOSENTHAL 95 A CHILD DANCED ON THE SEASHORE 132 "POOR LITTLE CARLOTTA! WELL! WELL!" 151 THE LAST REHEARSAL 182 A DANCE OF YOUTH AND SPRING 206 THE INTRUDER 230 WHAT HE SAID WAS "DAMN!" 249 A CLEVER LITTLE SPEECH 256 THE HAND OF A MAN WHO IS DYING 275 THE WASHING OF A MAN'S HANDS 297
Copyright in the U.S.A., 1909
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