The Club of Queer Trades

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Chapter 1. The Tremendous Adventures of Major Brown (1)
Rabelais, or his wild illustrator Gustave Dore, must have had something to do with the designing of the things called flats in England and…
Chapter 1. The Tremendous Adventures of Major Brown (2)
Brown was decisive and silent in action. He strode to the front door and looked out. There was no sign of life in the blue gloaming of the…
Chapter 1. The Tremendous Adventures of Major Brown (3)
Mr P. G. Northover advanced in the centre of the room, thoughtfully, and with a great deal of unconscious dignity. On closer consideration,…
Chapter 2. The Painful Fall of a Great Reputation (1)
Basil Grant and I were talking one day in what is perhaps the most perfect place for talking on earth—the top of a tolerably deserted tramc…
Chapter 2. The Painful Fall of a Great Reputation (2)
“I agree with Miss Beaumont,” said Sir Walter, suddenly exploding with indignation. “If I had thought of anything so futile, I should find…
Chapter 3. The Awful Reason of the Vicar's Visit (1)
The revolt of Matter against Man (which I believe to exist) has now been reduced to a singular condition. It is the small things rather tha…
Chapter 3. The Awful Reason of the Vicar's Visit (2)
“I will cut a long story short. My brain was whirling like a windmill as I walked, trying to think of some manner of escape. To cry out, so…
Chapter 4. The Singular Speculation of the House-Agent (1)
Lieutenant Drummond Keith was a man about whom conversation always burst like a thunderstorm the moment he left the room. This arose from m…
Chapter 4. The Singular Speculation of the House-Agent (2)
“Well,” he said sharply to his brother almost before we sat down to the meal. “What do you think of your Drummond Keith now?” “What do I th…
Chapter 4. The Singular Speculation of the House-Agent (3)
Somehow or other, stunned and speechless, we lifted ourselves heavily into the opening. We fell into the full glow of a lamp-lit, cushioned…
Chapter 5. The Noticeable Conduct of Professor Chadd (1)
Basil Grant had comparatively few friends besides myself; yet he was the reverse of an unsociable man. He would talk to any one anywhere, a…
Chapter 5. The Noticeable Conduct of Professor Chadd (2)
Basil and I walked rapidly to the window which looked out on the garden. It was a small and somewhat smug suburban garden; the flower beds…
Chapter 6. The Eccentric Seclusion of the Old Lady (1)
The conversation of Rupert Grant had two great elements of interest—first, the long fantasias of detective deduction in which he was engage…
Chapter 6. The Eccentric Seclusion of the Old Lady (2)
He was standing in the rear of our little procession, looking indifferent and sometimes even sulky, but somehow the instant the door opened…
Chapter 6. The Eccentric Seclusion of the Old Lady (3)
This adventure of ours was destined to differ in one respect from others which I have narrated. I had been through many wild days with Basi…