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Title: The Beckoning Hand, and Other Stories

Author and Title: Grant Allen. The Beckoning Hand, and Other Stories

First Edition: London: Chatto and Windus, 1887. 1 volume, post 8vo., 6s.

Serializations:

• "Professor Milliter's Dilemma", Belgravia, April 1885
• "Lucretia", Belgravia, December 1879, Christmas Annual
• "My Uncle's Will", Belgravia, December 1883, Christmas Annual
• "Olga Davidoff's Husband", Belgravia, December 1884, Christmas Annual
• "Isaline and I", Belgravia, June 1883, Holiday Number
• "In Strict Confidence", Belgravia, June 1885, Holiday Number
• "The Gold Wulfric", Cornhill Magazine, February 1886
• "The Two Carnegies", Cornhill Magazine, March 1885
• "John Cann's Treasure", Cornhill Magazine, October 1884
• "The Search Party's Find", Longman's Magazine, February 1885
• "The Third Time", Longman's Magazine, January 1886
• "Harry's Inheritance", The English Illustrated Magazine, February 1886
• "The Beckoning Hand", Pearson's Weekly, 18 November 1893
• "Olga Davidoff's Husband", Pearson's Weekly, 2 December 1893
• "The Third Time", Pearson's Weekly, 25 November 1893
• "The Search Party's Find", Pearson's Weekly, 4 November 1893

Summary: Contains the short stories "The Beckoning Hand," "Lucretia," "The Third Time," "The Gold Wulfric," "My Uncle's Will," "The Two Carnegies," "Olga Davidoff's Husband," "John Cann's Treasure," "Isaline and I," "Professor Milliter's Dilemma," "In Strict Confidence," "The Search Party's Find" [aka "An Arctic Expedition"] and "Harry's Inheritance."

Title Tags:

• Genre: Short Story Collections

References: EC

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