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Title: In Deacon's Orders, etc.

Author and Title: Walter Besant. In Deacon's Orders, etc.

First Edition: London: Chatto and Windus, 1895. 1 volume, cr. 8vo., 6s.

Serializations:

• "King David's Friend", Manchester Weekly Times, 1 May 1891 to 8 May 1891 (weekly)
• "A Night with Tantalus", The Ludgate Monthly, June 1891
• "David and Jonathan [King David's Friend]", The Gentlewoman, 27 June 1891
• "Quarantine Island", Strand Magazine, July 1891
• "King David's Friend", The Taunton Courier, 7 October 1891 to 14 October 1891 (weekly)
• "In Deacon's Orders", Sylvia's Home Journal, January 1892 to March 1892 (monthly)
• "In Deacon's Orders", Nottinghamshire Guardian, 2 January 1892 to 23 January 1892 (weekly)
• "In Deacon's Orders", Penny Illustrated Paper, 2 January 1892 to 23 January 1892 (weekly)
• "Peer and Heiress", Illustrated London News, 13 June 1892
• "One and Two", Strand Magazine, January 1893
• "To the Third and Fourth Generation", The Humanitarian, September 1893
• "The Shrinking Shoe", Pall Mall Magazine, November 1893
• "In Three Weeks", The Idler, July 1894

Summary: Contains the short stories "In Deacon's Orders," "Peer and Heiress," "The Equal Women," "The Shrinking Shoe," "Quarantine Island," "In Three Weeks," "One and Two," "A Night with Tantalus," "The Solid Gold Reef Company Ltd.," "To the Third and Fourth Generation," and "King David's Friend."

References: BL; EC

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