A mild-mannered fellow striving to make a good impression on his future wife's father purchases a beautiful but mysterious brass bottle. Although he's hoping to use it to project an image of sophistication and affluence, architect Horace Ventimore...
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Hochschule für Wirtschaft und Umwelt Nürtingen-Geislingen, Bibliothek Nürtingen
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A mild-mannered fellow striving to make a good impression on his future wife's father purchases a beautiful but mysterious brass bottle. Although he's hoping to use it to project an image of sophistication and affluence, architect Horace Ventimore finds something in the bottle that he never dreamed possible. The Brass Bottle is a charming and humorous fantasy that has been used as the basis for several popular versions on the stage and the big screen
Title; Contents; Chapter I - Horace Ventimore Receives a Commission; Chapter II - A Cheap Lot; Chapter III - An Unexpected Opening; Chapter IV - At Large; Chapter V - Carte Blanche; Chapter VI - Embarras de Richesses; Chapter VII - "Gratitude-A Lively Sense of Favours to Come"; Chapter VIII - Bachelor's Quarters; Chapter IX - "Persicos Odi, Puer, Apparatus"; Chapter X - No Place Like Home!; Chapter XI - A Fool's Paradise; Chapter XII - The Messenger of Hope; Chapter XIII - A Choice of Evils; Chapter XIV - "Since There's No Help, Come, Let Us Kiss and Part!"; Chapter XV - Blushing Honours
Chapter XVI - A Killing FrostChapter XVII - High Words; Chapter XVIII - A Game of Bluff; The Epilogue;
