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Title: The Works Of Winston Churchill - A Linked Index Of The Project Gutenberg Editions Author: Churchill, Winston Language: English As this book started as an ASCII text book there are no pictures available. *** Start of this LibraryBlog Digital Book "The Works Of Winston Churchill - A Linked Index Of The Project Gutenberg Editions" *** This book is indexed by ISYS Web Indexing system to allow the reader find any word or number within the document. *** THE WORKS OF WINSTON CHURCHILL AN ON-LINE INDEX Winston Churchill (1871-1947) (The American Author who is not related to the British Sir Winston) A Sketch of his Life and Work This sketch was released by THE MACMILLAN COMPANY as part of a document to promote Churchill's 1913 novel, "The Inside of the Cup." Mr. Winston Churchill, the author of "The Inside of the Cup," "The Modern Chronicle," "Mr. Crewe's Career," "Coniston," "Richard Carvel," "The Crisis," and "The Crossing," was born in St. Louis, Mo., November 10, 1871. He is the oldest son of Edwin Spaulding Churchill of Portland, Me., and Emma Bell Blaine, of St. Louis. The first sixteen years of his life he spent in his native city, which was in fact his home until he built Harlakenden House, his present residence at Cornish, N. H. In St. Louis, it will be remembered, the opening scenes of "The Crisis" are laid; and St. Louis again formed the objective point of Mr. Churchill's next novel, "The Crossing." From Smith Academy in St. Louis he went to the Naval Academy at Annapolis, Md. Winston Churchill had not been a year at the Naval Academy before he became interested in American history and American problems, and before he finished his course he had made up his mind to devote his life and energies to these--not only with the pen, but as an active participant. Much of the atmosphere and some of the material for "Richard Carvel" he gathered while still a midshipman at the Naval Academy; and in the brief intervals between scientific studies and drills he began to read some of the history which he afterwards used. He resigned from the Navy on his graduation, worked for a time on the Army and Navy Journal, and then joined the staff of The Cosmopolitan. While he lived at Irvington-on-the-Hudson, working steadily on the magazine, he continued his experience with fiction. He never tried to publish any of his first work, and it is not now in existence. That year (1895) he married Miss Mabel Harlakenden Hall, of St. Louis; and not long after established his home at Cornish. He found himself at this time in a fairly enviable position. He was not obliged to spend his life doing hack-work, and could take abundant leisure to perfect any piece of writing which he undertook. However, he united with his rare good fortune much rare good sense. He best illustrated the familiar paradox that genius is a capacity for taking infinite pains. He approached his work with an inexhaustible patience, a dogged determination to be true to his own high exactions, both in style and substance. Before he began "Richard Carvel," and also while it was on the stocks, he visited Virginia and Maryland, and studied the country and the old records with great thoroughness. He also read a vast amount of history and other literature which gave the spirit of the period. During the seven or eight months in '98 and '99, when he was writing the book from beginning to end for the fifth time, he was living on the Hudson, about thirty miles from New York. During those months he worked from breakfast to one o'clock, then for some hours after luncheon. Late in the afternoon he would take a long horseback ride, and after dinner he would go at his work again, continuing sometimes far into the night. In the midst of his work on "Richard Carvel," while he was staying at Lake George, he ran out of historical material, and wrote "The Celebrity." This novel was the subject of a great deal of comment on its first appearance in 1897, and many people still regard it as the brightest and most amusing and original piece of work which Mr. Churchill has done. After finishing his work on "Richard Carvel," Mr. Churchill, in the spring of 1899, went to live at Cornish, N. H., where he had purchased a large farm on high ground on the banks of the Connecticut, just opposite Windsor, Vt. On the estate which he had bought Mr. Churchill then built Harlakenden House, which is modelled upon one of the mansions of Colonial Maryland. In 1913 Harlakenden House was selected by President Woodrow Wilson as his summer residence. It was here that news of the great success of "Richard Carvel" came to Mr. Churchill. The novel immediately became the most popular book in the United States, and was more widely read and discussed during its first year than has been the case with any other book ever published. "Richard Carvel" contains the great historical figures of Charles James Fox and John Paul Jones. Perhaps the most thrilling and vividly written passage in the book is that which describes the memorable battle between the Bon Homme Richard and the Serapis. It was this that was accountable for the revival of interest in John Paul Jones and led to the finding of his burial place in France and to several biographies written largely under the stimulus of his character and personality as graphically revealed in "Richard Carvel." Two or three years later "The Crisis" appeared. This time Mr. Churchill chose for his background the stirring days of the Civil War, through some of its most thrilling events his hero passes. He incidently painted supremely good pictures of Lincoln and Grant, showing how they grew out of the conditions that produced the crisis, and how they dominated it and brought it to such an issue that the country became better, greater and stronger for the cataclysm that had threatened to disrupt it. Like "Richard Carvel," "The Crisis" was dramatized, and opened its successful run on the stage a few months after the book's publication. Mr. Churchill's next book, in the series of historical romances which he began with "Richard Carvel," is entitled "The Crossing" and was published in the spring of 1904. Its title refers to the crossing of the Alleghanies by the tide of the American immigration after the Revolutionary War. No annals in the world's history are more wonderful than the story of this conquest of Kentucky and Tennessee by the pioneers. In "The Crossing" Mr. Churchill caught the wonder of that adventurous phase in our early history and made of it what many consider his most delighting romance. Meanwhile Mr. Churchill had become actively interested in politics. In the year 1903 he became a member of the New Hampshire Legislature. The direct outgrowth of Mr. Churchill's interest and experiences in politics were two important novels, "Coniston" and "Mr. Crewe's Career." In "Coniston"--that great prose epic of political corruption as it existed in New England a generation or more ago--Mr. Churchill showed his ability to write of contemporary life with a vigor and understanding which were not surpassed in any of his other work. "Coniston" has a big, vital, political issue for background and a unique and dominant character for central interest. "Jethro Bass" was a farmer by origin, taciturn, inscrutable, with his streak of sardonic humor and his slight, unforgetable stammer, was heralded as the most important figure Mr. Churchill had ever drawn. Two years later "Mr. Crewe's Career" was published, to meet with instant success. It was a further embodiment of Mr. Churchill's observations and experiences among the people of the political whirlpool, and showed his increasing power as a novelist of contemporary life. The business of politics, the sordid struggles of an election are described with a graphic pen. Rarely has an American author portrayed with such judicial calm and yet with such relentless realism, the sinister aspects of political life in a rural community or woven into this grimy fabric, in gold thread, a charming love story that goes far to make us forget the ugly and hateful features of the picture. It will be seen how, since the publication of "Richard Carvel," Mr. Churchill's themes move in orderly sequence from Colonial days until each represents the actual life and atmosphere of distinct periods in American history. It was "A Modern Chronicle" that brought Mr. Churchill's work to the heart of the present. The new novel dealt with the social problems of the marriage condition, the imperfect civilization of ultra-fashionable life, with its frequent climax of divorce. Heretofore Mr. Churchill's leading characters are men, but in "A Modern Chronicle" he gives us a woman--Honora Leffingwell-- fascinating, full of illogical moods and caprices, who, taken from start to finish, is a most consistent and convincing piece of characterization. With the day of its publication, in 1910, "The Modern Chronicle" headed the list of "Books Most in Demand" at the libraries and the Bookman list of "Six Best Sellers" in almost every large city of this country. Its success was confined not only to this side of the water but in Great Britain, as well; the book was in great demand. These conditions were due to the fact of the author's established reputation with the great majority of American and English readers, and to the merits of a work which received almost unanimous appreciation from the press of both countries. Three years have passed since the tremendous success of "A Modern Chronicle," and during this time Mr. Churchill has worked upon and completed the novel which, perhaps more than any other, will create discussion and admiration and go furthest to assure the author's reputation as the biggest literary figure in America to-day. "The Inside of the Cup," Mr. Churchill's latest novel, may be rightly called the sum of his genius. It contains the same art of his former work, broadened, enriched and matured, and reflects the romance of "Richard Carvel," the realism of "Coniston," and the deep social significance of "A Modern Chronicle." From a masterly delineation of the personal history of a young clergyman and the transformation of his views and attitudes toward modern society, Mr. Churchill unfolds a powerful study of the present tendencies in the Church and their new relation to the life of to-day. "The Inside of the Cup" is unquestionably the most impressive novel that Mr. Churchill has yet written, in character drawing and illuminative disclosures of the cross sections of society, and in the portrayal of their more delicate and crucial relation to conditions vital to the national welfare. CONTENTS The Works of Winston Churchill Title Year The Unchartered Way 1940 Dr. Jonathan (Play) 1919 ## A Traveller in War-time \xB9 1918 ## Essay on The American Contribution \xB9 1918 ## The Dwelling-Place of Light 1917 ## A Far Country 1915 ## The Inside of The Cup 1913 ## A Modern Chronicle 1910 ## Mr. Crewe's Career 1908 ## Coniston 1906 ## The Crossing 1904 Mr. Keegan's Elopement \xB2 1903 ## The Crisis 1901 ## Richard Carvel 1899 ## The Celebrity \xB3 1897 \xB9 Both works were released in 1918 under the title A Traveller in War-time with an Essay on the American Contribution and the Democratic Idea. \xB2 Mr. Keegan's Elopement was first released in serial form for a magazine in 1896. \xB3 Other sources (like Wikipedia) say this book was released in 1898, but the copyright page for this book in Hatitrust says 1897, and so does the article above. VOLUMES, CHAPTERS AND STORIES The Celebrity VOLUME 1. CHAPTER I CHAPTER II CHAPTER III CHAPTER IV VOLUME 2. CHAPTER V CHAPTER VI CHAPTER VII CHAPTER VIII VOLUME 3. CHAPTER IX CHAPTER X CHAPTER XI CHAPTER XII CHAPTER XIII CHAPTER XIV VOLUME 4. CHAPTER XV CHAPTER XVI CHAPTER XVII CHAPTER XVIII CHAPTER XIX CHAPTER XX CHAPTER XXI Richard Carvel Volume 1. Chapter I. Lionel Carver, of Carver Hall Chapter II. Some Memories of Childhood Chapter III. Caught by the Tide Chapter IV. Grafton would heal an Old Breach Chapter V. "If Ladies be but Young and Fair" Chapter VI. I first Suffer for the Cause Chapter VII. Grafton has his Chance Volume 2. Chapter VIII. Over the Wall Chapter IX. Under False Colours Chapter X. The Red in the Carvel Blood Chapter XI. A Festival and a Parting Chapter XII. News from a Far Country Volume 3. Chapter XIII. Mr. Allen Shows his Hand Chapter XIV. The Volte Coupe Chapter XV. Of Which the Rector has the worst Chapter XVI. In Which some things are Made Clear Chapter XVII. South River Chapter XVIII. The "Black Moll" Volume 4. Chapter XIX. A Man of Destiny Chapter XX. A Sad Home-coming Chapter XXI. The Gardener's Cottage Chapter XXII. On the Road Chapter XXIII. London Town Chapter XXIV. Castle Yard Chapter XXV. The Rescue Volume 5. Chapter XXVI. The Part Horatio Played Chapter XXVII. In Which I am Sore Tempted Chapter XXVIII. Arlington Street Chapter XXIX. I Meet a Very Great Young Man Chapter XXX. A Conspiracy Chapter XXXI. "Upstairs into the World" Chapter XXXII. Lady Tankerville's Drum Major Chapter XXXIII. Drury Lane Volume 6. Chapter XXXIV. His Grave Makes Advances Chapter XXXV. In Which my Lord Baltimore Appears Chapter XXXVI. A Glimpse of Mr. Garrick Chapter XXXVII. The Serpentine Chapter XXXVIII. In which I am Roundly brought to task Chapter XXXIX. Holland House Chapter XL. Vauxhall Chapter XLI. The Wilderness Volume 7. Chapter XLII. My Friends are Proven Chapter XLIII. Annapolis Once More Chapter XLIV. Noblesse Oblige Chapter XLV. The House of Memories Chapter XLVI. Gordon's Pride Chapter XLVII. Visitors Chapter XLVIII. Multum in Parvo Chapter XLIX. Liberty Loses a Friend Volume 8. Chapter L. Farewell to Gordon's Chapter XLI. How an Idle Prophecy Came to Pass Chapter LII. How the Gardener's Son Fought the "Serapis" Chapter LIII. In Which I make some Discoveries Chapter LIV. More Discoveries Chapter LV. "The Love of a Maid for a Man" Chapter LVI. How Good Came out of Evil Chapter LVII. I Come to My Own Again Afterword The Crisis Book I. Chapter I. Which deals with Origins Chapter II. The Mole Chapter III. The Unattainable Simplicity Chapter IV. Black Cattle Chapter V. The First Spark passes Chapter VI. Silas Whipple Chapter VII. Callers Chapter VIII. Bellegarde Chapter IX. A Quiet Sunday in Locust Street Chapter X. The Little House Chapter XI. The Invitation Chapter XII. "Miss Jinny" Chapter XIII. The Party Book II. Chapter I. Raw Material Chapter II. Abraham Lincoln Chapter III. In which Stephen learns Something Chapter IV. The Question Chapter V. The Crisis Chapter VI. Glencoe Chapter VII. An Excursion Chapter VIII. The Colonel is warned Chapter IX. Signs of the Times Chapter X. Richter's Scar Chapter XI. How a Prince came Chapter XII. Into which a Potentate comes Chapter XIII. At Mr. Brinsmade's Gate Chapter XIV. The Breach Becomes too Wide Chapter XV. Mutterings Chapter XVI. The Guns of Sumter Chapter XVII. Camp Jackson Chapter XVIII. The Stone that is rejected Chapter XIX. The Tenth of May Chapter XX. In the Arsenal Chapter XXI. The Stampede Chapter XXII. The Straining of Another Friendship Chapter XXIII. Of Clarence Book III. Chapter I. Introducing a Capitalist Chapter II. News from Clarence Chapter III. The Scourge of War Chapter IV. The List of Sixty Chapter V. The Auction Chapter VI. Eliphalet plays his Trumps Chapter VII. With the Armies of the West Chapter VIII. A Strange Meeting Chapter IX. Bellegarde Once More Chapter X. In Judge Whipple's Office Chapter XI. Lead, Kindly Night Chapter XII. The Last Card Chapter XIII. From the Letters of Major Stephen Brice Chapter XIV. The Same, Continued Chapter XV. The Man of Sorrows Chapter XVI. Annapolis Afterword The Crossing Book I. The Borderland Chapter I. The Blue Wall Chapter II. Wars and Rumors of Wars Chapter III. Charlestown Chapter IV. Temple Bow Chapter V. Cram's Hell Chapter VI. Man proposes, but God disposes Chapter VII. In Sight of the Blue Wall once more Chapter VIII. The Nollichucky Trace Chapter IX. On the Wilderness Trail Chapter X. Harrodstown Chapter XI. Fragmentary Chapter XII. The Campaign begins Chapter XIII. Kaskaskia Chapter XIV. How the Kaskaskians were made Citizens Chapter XV. Days of Trial Chapter XVI. Davy goes to Cahokia Chapter XVII. The Sacrifice Chapter XVIII. "An' ye had been where I had been" Chapter XIX. The Hair Buyer trapped Chapter XX. The Campaign ends BOOK II. Flotsam and Jetsam Chapter I. In the Cabin Chapter II. "The Beggars are come to Town" Chapter III. We go to Danville Chapter IV. I cross the Mountains once more Chapter V. I meet an Old Bedfellow Chapter VI. The Widow Brown's Chapter VII. I meet a Hero Chapter VIII. To St. Louis Chapter IX. "Cherchez la Femme" Chapter X. The Keel Boat Chapter XI. The Strange City Chapter XII. Les \xCEles Chapter XIII. Monsieur Augusteen trapped Chapter XIV. Retribution BOOK III. Louisiana Chapter I. The Rights of Man Chapter II. The House above the Falls Chapter III. Louisville celebrates Chapter IV. Of a Sudden Resolution Chapter V. The House of the Honeycombed Tiles Chapter VI. Madame la Vicomtesse Chapter VII. The Disposal of the Sieur de St. Gr\xE9 Chapter VIII. At Lamarque's Chapter IX. Monsieur le Baron Chapter X. The Scourge Chapter XI. "In the Midst of Life" Chapter XII. Visions, and an Awakening Chapter XIII. A Mystery Chapter XIV. "To Unpathed Waters, Undreamed Shores" Chapter XV. An Episode in the Life of a Man Afterword Coniston Book I. Chapter I. On the Dangers of Curiosity Chapter II. On the Wisdom of Charity Chapter III. The Clerk and the Locket Chapter IV. Enter a Great Man, Incognito Chapter V. The King is Dead! Long Live the King! Chapter VI. "Deep as First Love, and Wild with All Regret" Chapter VII. "And Still the Ages roll, Unmoved" Chapter VIII. It is Something to have Dreamed Book 2. Chapter IX. Shake Hands with Mr. Bijah Bixby Chapter X. How the Rebellion was Quenched Chapter XI. Mr. Worthington becomes a Reformer Chapter XII. "A Time to Weep, and a Time to Laugh" Chapter XIII. Mr. Wetherell descends into the Arena Chapter XIV. In which the Back Seats are Heard From Chapter XV. The Woodchuck Session Chapter XVI. "Cynthia loved You" Book 3. Chapter I. In the Tannery House Chapter II. Chiefly concerning the National Game Chapter III. Journeys to Go Chapter IV. "Judge Bass and Party" Chapter V. Cousin Ephraim's Comrade Chapter VI. Mr. Sutton talks to a Constituent Chapter VII. An Amazing Encounter Chapter VIII. Cynthia learns how to be Fashionable Chapter IX. In which Mr. Merrill abandons a Habit Chapter X. Of An Unexpected Return Book 4. Chapter XI. In which Miss Sadler writes a Letter Chapter XII. "In the Tannery Shed!" Chapter XIII. Cynthia becomes a Teacher Chapter XIV. In which the Lord of Brampton Returns Chapter XV. Containing a Dramatic Climax Chapter XVI. Miss Lucretia quotes Genesis Chapter XVII. When the Pie was Opened Chapter XVIII. A Biographical Episode: Hitherto Unpublished Chapter XIX. Containing Free Transportation to Brampton Chapter XX. "To change the Name, and not the Letter" Afterword Mr. Crewe's Career Book I. Chapter I. The Honorouble Hilary Vane sits for His Portrait Chapter II. On the Treatment of Prodigals Chapter III. Concerning the Practice of Law Chapter IV. "Timeo Danaos" Chapter V. The Parting of the Ways Chapter VI. Enter the Lion Chapter VII. The Leopard and his Spots Chapter VIII. The Trials of an Honourable Chapter IX. Mr. Crewe assaults the Capital Chapter X. "For Bills may come, and Bills may go" Book II. Chapter XI. The Hopper Chapter XII. Mr. Redbrook's Party Chapter XIII. The Realm of Pegasus Chapter XIV. The Descendants of Horatius Chapter XV. The Disturbance of June Seventh Chapter XVI. The "Book of Arguments" is opened Chapter XVII. Busy Days at Wedderburn Chapter XVIII. A Spirit in the Woods Chapter XIX. Mr. Jabe Jenney Entertains Chapter XX. Mr. Crewe: an Appreciation Book III. Chapter XXI. St. Giles of the Blameless Life Chapter XXII. In which Euphrasia takes a hand Chapter XXIII. A Falling-out in High Places Chapter XXIV. An Adventure of Victoria's Chapter XXV. More Adventures Chapter XXVI. The Focus of Wrath Chapter XXVII. The Arena and the Dust Chapter XXVIII. The Voice of an Era Chapter XXIX. The Vale of the Blue Chapter XXX. P. S. A Modern Chronicle Book I. Chapter I. What's in Heredity Chapter II. Perdita Recalled Chapter III. Concerning Providence Chapter IV. Of Temperment Chapter V. In which Providence keeps Faith Chapter VI. Honora has a Glimpse of the World Chapter VII. The Olympian Order Chapter VIII. A Chapter of Conquests Chapter IX. In which the Vicomte continues his studies Chapter X. In which Honora widens her Horizon Chapter XI. What might have Been Chapter XII. Which contains a Surprise for Mrs. Holt Book II. Chapter I. So Long as ye Both shall Live! Chapter II. "Stafford Park" Chapter III. The Great Unattached Chapter IV. The New Doctrine Chapter V. Quicksands Chapter VI. Gad and Meni Chapter VII. Of Certain Delicate Matters Chapter VIII. Of Mental Processes--Feminine and Insoluable Chapter IX. Introducing a Revolutionizing Vehicle Chapter X. On the Art of Lion Taming Chapter XI. Containing Some Revelations Book III. Chapter I. Ascendi Chapter II. The Path of Philanthropy Chapter III. Vineland Chapter IV. The Viking Chapter V. The Survival of the Fittest Chapter VI. Clio, or Thalia? Chapter VII. "Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness" Chapter VIII. In which the Law betrays a Heart Chapter IX. Wylie Street Chapter X. The Price of Freedom Chapter XI. In which it is All done over Again Chapter XII. The Entrance into Eden Chapter XIII. Of The World Beyond the Gates Chapter XIV. Containing Philosophy from Mr. Grainger Chapter XV. The Pillars of Society Chapter XVI. In which a Mirror is held Up Chapter XVII. The Renewal of an Ancient Hospitality Chapter XVIII. In which Mr. Erwin sees Paris The Inside of The Cup Volume I. Chapter I. The Warring Problems Chapter II. Mr. Langmaid's Mission Chapter III. The Primrose Path Chapter IV. Some Riddles of the Twentieth Century Volume 2. Chapter V. The Rector has More Food for Thought Chapter VI. "Watchman, What of the Night?" Chapter VII. The Kingdoms of the World Chapter VIII. The Line of Least Resistance Volume 3. Chapter IX. The Divine Discontent Chapter X. The Messenger in the Church Chapter XI. The Lost Parishoner Chapter XII. The Woman of the Song Volume 4. Chapter XIII. Winterbourne Chapter XIV. A Saturday Afternoon Chapter XV. The Crucible Chapter XVI. Amid the Encircling Gloom Volume 5. Chapter XVII. Reconstruction Chapter XVIII. The Riddle of Causation Chapter XIX. Mr. Goodrich becomes a Partisan Volume 6. Chapter XX. The Arraignment Chapter XXI. Alison Goes to Church Chapter XXII. "Which say to the Seers, See not!" Volume 7. Chapter XXIII. The Choice Chapter XXIV. The Vestry Meets Chapter XXV. "Rise, Crowned with Light!" Chapter XVI. The Current of Life Volume 8. Chapter XXVII. Retribution Chapter XXVIII. Light Afterword A Far Country BOOK 1. I. II. III. IV. V. VI. VII. VIII IX. BOOK 2. X. XI. XII. XIII. XIV. XV. XVI. XVII. BOOK 3. XVIII. XVIX. XX. XXI. XXII. XXIII. XXIV. XXV. XXVI. The Dwelling Place of Light CHAPTER I CHAPTER II CHAPTER III CHAPTER IV CHAPTER V CHAPTER VI CHAPTER VII CHAPTER VIII CHAPTER IX CHAPTER X CHAPTER XI CHAPTER XII CHAPTER XIII CHAPTER XIV CHAPTER XV CHAPTER XVI CHAPTER XVII CHAPTER XVIII CHAPTER XIX CHAPTER XX CHAPTER XXI A Traveller in Wartime PREFACE CHAPTER I CHAPTER II CHAPTER III Essay on The American Contribution I. II. III. IV. V. *** End of this LibraryBlog Digital Book "The Works Of Winston Churchill - A Linked Index Of The Project Gutenberg Editions" *** Copyright 2023 LibraryBlog. All rights reserved.