S. Baring-Gould

Curiosities of Olden Times by S. Baring-Gould

Paternal Acres The Manor House The Domestic Hearth Old Furniture Ceilings The Parish Church The Village Inn The Manor Mill The Farmhouse Cottages The Village Doctor Scapegraces Hedges Underground Rights

I. The Port of Cenchræa II. An Ill-Omen III. Corbulo IV. There Is No Star V. The Ship of the Dead VI. I Do Not Know VII. The Face of the Dead VIII. The Sword of the Dead IX. Sheathed X. Ubi Felicitas? XI. The Veils of Ishtar XII. The Fall of the Veils XIII. To Rome! XIV. A Little Supper XV. The Lectisternium XVI. In the House of the Actor XVII. The Saturnalia of 69 XVIII. A Refugee XIX. The End of Vitellius XX. Changed Tactics XXI. The Virgin's Wreath XXII. Quoniam Tu Caius, Ego Caia! XXIII. The End of the Day XXIV. Albanum XXV. By a Razor XXVI. Intermezzo Book II I. An Appeal II. The Fish III. In the 'Insula' IV. Another Appeal V. Atrium Vestæ VI. For the People VII. 'The Blues Have It!' VIII. The Lower Stool IX. Glyceria X. The Accursed Field XI. Again: The Sword of Corbulo XII. The Tablets XIII. The Hour of Twelve XIV. In the Tullianum XV. Drawing to the Light XVI. An Ecstasy XVII. Hail, Gladsome Light!

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