“The character of the selfish, morbid, cynical hero, and his gradual transformation under the influence of the sweet and high-spirited heroine, are portrayed with a masculine firmness, which is near akin to power, and some of the conversations are animated and admirable.” — Atlantic Monthly

“The most able story that we have had from the pen of Mr. Roe. It is also the best of the so-called religious novels published of late.” — The Christian Union.

Book Contents

• Reviews
• Preface
• 1 A Hero, But Not Heroic
• 2 Opening A Chestnut Burr
• 3 Morbid Brooding
• 4 How Miss Walton Managed People
• 5 Was It An Accident?
• 6 Unexpected Chestnut Burrs
• 7 A Conspiracy
• 8 Witchcraft
• 9 Miss Walton Recommends A Hobby
• 10 A Plot Against Miss Walton
• 11 A Drinking Song At A Prayer Meeting
• 12 Foiled In One Direction
• 13 Interpreting Chestnut Burrs
• 14 “A Well-Meanin’ Man”
• 15 Miss Walton’s Dream
• 16 An Accident In The Mountains
• 17 “Promise Or Die”
• 18 In The Depths
• 19 Miss Walton Made Of Different Clay From Others
• 20 Miss Walton Made Of Ordinary Clay
• 21 Passion And Penitence
• 22 Not A Heroine, But A Woman
• 23 Gregory’s Final Conclusion In Regard To Miss Walton
• 24 “The Worm-Infested Chestnut”—Gregory Tells The Worst
• 25 The Old Home In Danger—Gregory Retrieves Himself
• 26 Changes In Gregory
• 27 Pleading For Life And Love
• 28 What A Lover Could Do
• 29 Deepening Shadows
• 30 Kept From The Evil
• 31 “Live! Live!”—Annie’s Appeal
• 32 At Sea—A Mysterious Passenger
• 33 Collision At Sea—What A Christian Could Do
• 34 Unmasked
• 35 A Chestnut Burr And A Home
• Copyright Information

Publication Information

• Lutheran Library edition first published: 2019-08-08
• Updated: 2019-10-05 (v5)
• Copyright: CC BY 4.0