Old Fires
and
Profitable Ghosts
A Book of Stories
by
A. T. QUILLER-COUCH
LONDON
CASSELL AND COMPANY
LIMITED
1900
Old Fires and Profitable Ghosts
BY THE SAME AUTHOR.
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CONTENTS
page I. — 1 II. — 19 III. — 39 IV. — 65 V. — 85 VI. — 127 VII. — 173 VIII. — 191 IX. — 221 X. — 247 XI. — 257 XII. — 273 XIII. — 307 XIV. — 315 XV. — 333
This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published before January 1, 1925.
The author died in 1944, so this work is also in the public domain in countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 75 years or less. This work may also be in the public domain in countries and areas with longer native copyright terms that apply the rule of the shorter term to foreign works.