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Title: The Education of Eric Lane

Author: Stephen McKenna

Release Date: June 5, 2009 [EBook #29041]

Language: English

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THE SENSATIONALISTS: II

THE EDUCATION OF ERIC LANE

STEPHEN McKENNA

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By STEPHEN McKENNA

THE SENSATIONALISTS
PART ONE: LADY LILITH
PART TWO: THE EDUCATION OF ERIC LANE
PART THREE: _In preparation_

SONIA MARRIED
SONIA
MIDAS AND SON
NINETY-SIX HOURS' LEAVE
THE SIXTH SENSE
SHEILA INTERVENES

NEW YORK
GEORGE H. DORAN COMPANY

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THE EDUCATION OF
ERIC LANE

BY

STEPHEN McKENNA

AUTHOR OF "LADY LILITH," "SONIA MARRIED,"
"MIDAS AND SON," "SONIA," "NINETY-SIX
HOURS' LEAVE," ETC.

NEW YORK
GEORGE H. DORAN COMPANY

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COPYRIGHT, 1921,
BY GEORGE H. DORAN COMPANY

PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

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TO
THE WITTIEST WOMAN
IN LONDON

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CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I AN EXPERIMENT IN EMOTION 11

II LADY BARBARA NEAVE 52

III LASHMAR MILL-HOUSE 88

IV INTERMEZZO 120

V MORTMAIN 149

VI DAME'S SCHOOL EDUCATION 184

VII EDUCATION FOR THOSE OF RIPER YEARS 210

VIII THE STRONGEST THING OF ALL 237

IX THE EDUCATION OF BARBARA NEAVE 260

THE EDUCATION OF ERIC LANE

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