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Mr. Standfast, by John Buchan
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Title: Mr. Standfast
Author: John Buchan
Posting Date: September 27, 2008 [EBook #560] Release Date: June, 1996
Language: English
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MR STANDFAST
by
JOHN BUCHAN
TO THAT MOST GALLANT COMPANY THE OFFICERS AND MEN OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN INFANTRY BRIGADE on the Western Front
CONTENTS
PART I
1. The Wicket-Gate 2. 'The Village Named Morality' 3. The Reflections of a Cured Dyspeptic 4. Andrew Amos 5. Various Doings in the West 6. The Skirts of the Coolin 7. I Hear of the Wild Birds 8. The Adventures of a Bagman 9. I Take the Wings of a Dove 10. The Advantages of an Air Raid 11. The Valley of Humiliation
PART II
12. I Become a Combatant Once More 13. The Adventure of the Picardy Chateau 14. Mr Blenkiron Discourses on Love and War 15. St Anton 16. I Lie on a Hard Bed 17. The Col of the Swallows 18. The Underground Railway 19. The Cage of the Wild Birds 20. The Storm Breaks in the West 21. How an Exile Returned to His Own People 22. The Summons Comes for Mr Standfast
NOTE
The earlier adventures of Richard Hannay, to which occasional reference is made in this narrative, are recounted in The Th