Produced by Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images available at The Internet Archive) THE SON OF HIS FATHER. VOL. I. NEW AND POPULAR NOVELS AT ALL THE LIBRARIES CATERINA. By the author of ‘Lauterdale.’ 3 vols. JACOBI’S WIFE. By ADELINE SERGEANT, author of ‘No Saint,’ ‘An Open Foe,’ ‘Beyond Recall,’ &c. 3 vols. ON THE SCENT. By LADY MARGARET MAJENDIE, author of ‘Dita,’ ‘Once More,’ ‘Sisters in Law,’ &c. 1 vol. A GREAT PLATONIC FRIENDSHIP. By W. DUTTON BURRARD. 3 vols. THE GOLDEN HOPE: A ROMANCE OF THE DEEP. By W. CLARK RUSSELL, author of ‘A Sea Queen,’ &c. 3 vols. HURST & BLACKETT, 13, GREAT MARLBOROUGH STREET. THE SON OF HIS FATHER BY MRS. OLIPHANT AUTHOR OF “IT WAS A LOVER AND HIS LASS,” “AGNES,” “THE LAIRD OF NORLAW,” ETC., ETC. IN THREE VOLUMES. VOL. I. LONDON: HURST AND BLACKETT, LIMITED, 13, GREAT MARLBOROUGH STREET. 1887. _All rights reserved._ CONTENTS OF THE FIRST VOLUME. CHAPTER PAGE I. WHEN HE WAS A CHILD 1 II. WHEN HE WAS A CHILD (CONTINUED) 18 III. HOW HE WAS TO BEGIN LIFE 35 IV. JOHN’S CHOICE 53 V. AN ADVENTURE 71 VI. GRANDMAMMA 89 VII. COMRADES 106 VIII. A CALL FOR EMILY 123 IX. JOHN’S LETTER 139 X. THE REPLY 156 XI. THE SHADOW OF DEATH 174 XII. EMILY 192 XIII. WHAT THE PARISH THOUGHT 210 XIV. MR. SANDFORD’S DAUGHTER 229 XV. A VISIT TO THE FOUNDRY 247 XVI. RESEARCH 264 XVII. MOTHER AND SON 283 XVIII. FAREWELL 301 THE SON OF HIS FATHER.