Only a storyteller as preternaturally gifted as action-adventure master H. Rider Haggard could turn a story about a legal battle over publishing rights into a gripping page-turner. Mr. Meeson's Will offers a fascinating glimpse into the legal rights...
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Only a storyteller as preternaturally gifted as action-adventure master H. Rider Haggard could turn a story about a legal battle over publishing rights into a gripping page-turner. Mr. Meeson's Will offers a fascinating glimpse into the legal rights of authors in the nineteenth century -- and a swashbuckling maritime misadventure that comes with a plethora of unpredictable consequences
Title; Contents; Chapter I - Augusta and Her Publisher; Chapter II - How Eustace was Disinherited; Chapter III - Augusta's Little Sister; Chapter IV - Augusta's Decision; Chapter V - The R.M.S. Kangaroo; Chapter VI - Mr. Tombey Goes Forward; Chapter VII - The Catastrophe; Chapter VIII - Kerguelen Land; Chapter IX - Augusta to the Rescue; Chapter X - The Last of Mr. Meeson; Chapter XI - Rescued; Chapter XII - Southampton Quay; Chapter XIII - Eustace Buys a Paper; Chapter XIV - At Hanover-Square; Chapter XV - Eustace Consults a Lawyer; Chapter XVI - Short on Legal Etiquette
Chapter XVII - How Augusta was FiledChapter XVIII - Augusta Flies; Chapter XIX - Meeson V. Addison and Another; Chapter XX - James Breaks Down; Chapter XXI - Grant as Prayed; Chapter XXII - St. George's, Hanover-Square; Chapter XXIII - Meeson's Once Again
