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CHAPTER 10. Beginnings of Civilization

© 2019 University of California Press, Berkeley

© 2019 University of California Press, Berkeley

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter ii
  2. CONTENTS ix
  3. ILLUSTRATIONS xi
  4. FOREWORD xv
  5. Preface xxi
  6. A CONNECTICUT YANKEE IN KING ARTHUR'S COURT 1
  7. A WORD OF EXPLANAION 1
  8. CHAPTER 1. Camelot 10
  9. CHAPTER 2. King Arthur's Court 14
  10. CHAPTER 3. Knights of the Table Round 22
  11. CHAPTER 4. Sir Dinadan the Humorist 30
  12. CHAPTER 5. An Jnspiration 36
  13. CHAPTER 6. The Eclipse 44
  14. CHAPTER 7. Merlin's Tower 52
  15. CHAPTER 8. The Boss 62
  16. CHAPTER 9. The Journament 72
  17. CHAPTER 10. Beginnings of Civilization 80
  18. CHAPTER 11. The Yankee in Search of Adventures 87
  19. CHAPTER 12. Slow Torture 98
  20. CHAPTER 13. Freemen! 106
  21. CHAPTER 14. "Defend 'Thee, Lord!" 118
  22. CHAPTER 15. Sandy's Tale 126
  23. CHAPTER 16. Morgan le Fay 138
  24. CHAPTER 17. A Royal Banquet 148
  25. CHAPTER 18. In the Queen's Dungeons 160
  26. CHAPTER 19. Knight -Errantry as a Trade 174
  27. CHAPTER 20. The Ogre's Castle 180
  28. CHAPTER 21. The Pilgrims 190
  29. CHAPTER 22. The Holy Fountain 204
  30. CHAPTER 23. Restoration of the Fountain 216
  31. CHAPTER 24. A Rival Magician 226
  32. CHAPTER 25. A Competitive Examination 238
  33. CHAPTER 26. The First Newspaper 252
  34. CHAPTER 27. The Yankee and the King Travel Jncognito 264
  35. CHAPTER 28. Drilling the King 274
  36. CHAPTER 29. The Small-Pox Hut 282
  37. CHAPTER 30. The Tragedy of the Manor House 290
  38. CHAPTER 31. Marco 302
  39. CHAPTER 32. Dowley's Humiliation 312
  40. CHAPTER 33. Sixth-Century Political Economy 322
  41. CHAPTER 34. The Yankee and the King Sold as Slaves 336
  42. CHAPTER 35. A Pitiful Incident 350
  43. CHAPTER 36. An Encounter in the Dark 360
  44. CHAPTER 37. An Awful Predicament 366
  45. CHAPTER 38. Sir Launcelot and Xnights to the Rescue 376
  46. CHAPTER 39. The Yankee's Fight with the Knights 382
  47. CHAPTER 40. Three years Later 396
  48. CHAPTER 41. The Interdict 406
  49. CHAPTER 42. War! 412
  50. CHAPTER 43. The Battle of the Sand-Belt 426
  51. CHAPTER 44. A Postscript by Clarence 442
  52. REFERENCES 451
  53. EXPLANATORY NOTES 455
  54. NOTE ON THE TEXT 477
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