CONTENTS
A NUT FOR LEGAL FUNCTIONARIES.
A NUT FOR “ENDURING AFFECTION.”
A NUT FOR THE POLICE AND SIR PETER.
A NUT FOR ST. PATRICK'S NIGHT.
A NUT FOR THE KINGSTOWN RAILWAY.
A “SWEET” NUT FOR THE YANKEES.
A NUT FOR THE SEASON—JULLIEN'S QUADRILLES.
A NUT FOR “POLITICAL ECONOMISTS.”
A NUT FOR THE EAST INDIA DIRECTORS.
A FILBERT FOR SIR ROBERT PEEL.
A NUT FOR WORKHOUSE CHAPLAINS.
A NUT FOR “THE SUBDIVISION OF LABOUR.”
A NUT FOR THE REAL “LIBERATOR.”
A NUT FOR “HER MAJESTY'S SERVANTS.”
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I. THE COTTAGE BESIDE “THE CAUSEWAY”
CHAPTER II. A COUNTRY-HOUSE IN IRELAND
CHAPTER III. A VERY “FINE GENTLEMAN”
CHAPTER IV. SOME NEW ARRIVALS
CHAPTER V. IN LONDON
CHAPTER VI. DOLLY STEWART
CHAPTER VII. LYLE ABBEY AND ITS GUESTS
CHAPTER VIII. SOME EXPLANATIONS
CHAPTER IX. MAITLAND'S FRIEND
CHAPTER X. A BLUNDER
CHAPTER XI. EXPLANATIONS
CHAPTER XII. MAITLAND'S VISIT
CHAPTER XIII. TONY IN TOWN
CHAPTER XIV. DINNER AT RICHMOND
CHAPTER XV. A STRANGE MEETING AND PARTING
CHAPTER XVI. AT THE ABBEY
CHAPTER XVII. AT THE COTTAGE
CHAPTER XVIII. ON THE ROAD
CHAPTER XIX. TONY'S TROUBLES
CHAPTER XX. THE MINISTER'S VISIT
CHAPTER XXI. A COMFORTABLE COUNTRY-HOUSE
CHAPTER XXII. THE DINNER AT TILNEY
CHAPTER XXIII. THE FIRST NIGHT AT TILNEY
CHAPTER XXIV. A STARLIT NIGHT IN A GARDEN
CHAPTER XXV. JEALOUS TRIALS
CHAPTER XXVI. BESIDE THE HEARTH
CHAPTER XXVII. AN UNWELCOME LETTER
CHAPTER XXVIII. AT THE MANSE
CHAPTER XXIX. DEPARTURES
CHAPTER XXX. CONSPIRATORS
CHAPTER XXXI. TWO FRIENDS
CHAPTER XXXII. ON THE ROCKS
CHAPTER XXXIII. A MORNING CALL AT TILNEY
CHAPTER XXXIV. TONY ASKS COUNSEL
CHAPTER XXXV. SIR ARTHUR ON LIFE AND THE WORLD IN GENERAL
CHAPTER XXXVI. A CORNER IN DOWNING STREET
CHAPTER XXXVII. MR. BUTLER FOR DUTY ON———
CHAPTER XXXVIII. TONY WAITING FOR ORDERS
CHAPTER XXXIX. THE MAJOR'S MISSION
CHAPTER XL. THE MAJOR'S TRIALS
CHAPTER XLI. EAVESDROPPING
CHAPTER XLII. MARK LYLE'S LETTER
CHAPTER XLIII. THE MAJOR AT BADEN
CHAPTER XLIV. THE MESSENGER'S FIRST JOURNEY
CHAPTER XLV. A SHOCK FOR TONY
CHAPTER XLVI. "THE BAG NO. 18”
CHAPTER XLVII. ADRIFT
CHAPTER XLVIII. "IN RAGS”
CHAPTER XLIX. MET AND PARTED
CHAPTER L. THE SOLDIER OF MISFORTUNE
CHAPTER LI. A PIECE OF GOOD TIDINGS
CHAPTER LII. ON THE CHIAJA AT NIGHT
CHAPTER LIII. UNPLEASANT RECKONINGS
CHAPTER LIV. SKEFF DAMER TESTED
CHAPTER LV. AMONGST THE GARIBALDIANS
CHAPTER LVI. THE HOSPITAL AT CAVA
CHAPTER LVII. AT TONY'S BEDSIDE
CHAPTER LVIII. THE SIXTH OF SEPTEMBER
CHAPTER LIX. AN AWKWARD MOMENT
CHAPTER LX. A DECK WALK
CHAPTER LXI. TONY AT HOME AGAIN
CHAPTER LXII. SKEFF DAMER'S LAST “PRIVATE AND CONFIDENTIAL”
CHAPTER LXIII. AT THE COTTAGE BESIDE THE CAUSEWAY
CHAPTER LXIV. THE END
CONTENTS
PREFACE.
THE FORTUNES OF GLENCORE
CHAPTER I. A LONELY LANDSCAPE
CHAPTER II. GLENCORE CASTLE
CHAPTER III. BILLY TRAYNOR—POET, PEDLAR, AND PHYSICIAN
CHAPTER IV. A VISITOR
CHAPTER V. COLONEL HARCOUUT'S LETTER
CHAPTER VI. QUEER COMPANIONSHIP
CHAPTER VII. A GREAT DIPLOMATIST
CHAPTER VIII. THE GREAT MAN'S ARRIVAL
CHAPTER IX. A MEDICAL VISIT
CHAPTER X. A DISCLOSURE
CHAPTER XI. SOME LIGHTS AND SHADOWS OF DIPLOMATIC LIFE
CHAPTER XII. A NIGHT AT SEA
CHAPTER XIII. A “VOW” ACCOMPLISHED
CHAPTER XIV. BILLY TRAYNOR AND THE COLONEL
CHAPTER XV. A SICK BED
CHAPTER XVI. THE “PROJECT”
CHAPTER XVII. A TÊTE-À-TÊTE
CHAPTER XVIII. BILLY TRAYNOR AS ORATOR
CHAPTER XIX. THE CASCINE AT FLORENCE
CHAPTER XX. THE VILLA FOSSOMBRONI
CHAPTER XXI. SOME TRAITS OF LIFE
CHAPTER XXII. AN UPTONIAN DESPATCH
CHAPTER XXIII. THE TUTOR AND HIS PUPIL
CHAPTER XXIV. HOW A “RECEPTION” COMES TO ITS CLOSE
CHAPTER XXV. A DUKE AND HIS MINISTER
CHAPTER XXVI. ITALIAN TROUBLES
CHAPTER XXVII. CARRARA
CHAPTER XXVIII. A NIGHT SCENE
CHAPTER XXIX. A COUNCIL OF STATE
CHAPTER XXX. THE LIFE THEY LED AT MASSA
CHAPTER XXXI. AT MASSA
CHAPTER XXXII. THE PAVILION IN THE GARDEN
CHAPTER XXXIII. NIGHT THOUGHTS
CHAPTER XXXIV. A MINISTER'S LETTER
CHAPTER XXXV. HARCOURT'S LODGINGS
CHAPTER XXXVI. A FEVERED MIND
CHAPTER XXXVII. THE VILLA AT SORRENTO
CHAPTER XXXVIII. A DIPLOMATIST'S DINNER
CHAPTER XXXIX. A VERY BROKEN NARRATIVE
CHAPTER XL. UPTONISM
CHAPTER XLI. AN EVENING IN FLORENCE
CHAPTER XLIII. MADAME DE SABBLOUKOFF IN THE MORNING
CHAPTER XLIII. DOINGS IN DOWNING STREET
CHAPTER XLIV. THE SUBTLETIES OF STATECRAFT
CHAPTER XLV. SOME SAD REVERIES
CHAPTER XLVI. THE FLOOD IN THE MAGRA
CHAPTER XLVII. A FRAGMENT OF A LETTER
CHAPTER XLVIII. HOW A SOVEREIGN TREATS WITH HIS MINISTER
CHAPTER XLIX. SOCIAL DIPLOMACIES
CHAPTER L. ANTE-DINNER REFLECTIONS
CHAPTER LI. CONFLICTING THOUGHTS
CHAPTER LII. MAJOR SCARESBY'S VISIT
CHAPTER LIII. A MASK IN CARNIVAL TIME
CHAPTER LIV. THE END
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PREFACE.
CHARLES LEVER: HIS LIFE IN HIS LETTERS.
| I. | EARLY DAYS 1806-1828 |
| II. | THE LOG-BOOK* OF A RAMBLER 1828 |
| III. | WANDERINGS, 1829-1830 |
| IV. | DUBLIN—CLAKE—PORT STEWART 1830-1837 |
| V. | LETTERS FROM BRUSSELS 1837-1842 |
| VI. | TEMPLEOGUE 1842-1845 |
| VII. | BRUSSELS—BONN—CARLSRUHE 1845-1846 |
| VIII. | IN TYROL 1846-1847 |
| IX. | LETTERS TO MISS EDGEWORTH 1843-1847 |
| X. | COMO—FLORENCE—BAGNI DI LUCCA 1847-1849 |
| XI. | FLORENCE AND SPEZZIA 1850-1854 |
| XII. | FLORENCE AND SPEZZIA 1855-1862 |
| XIV. | FLORENCE AND SPEZZIA 1864 |
| XV. | FLORENCE AND SPEZZIA 1865 |
| XVI. | FLORENCE AND SPEZZIA 1866 |
| XVII. | FLORENCE AND TRIESTE 1867 |
| XVIII. | TRIESTE 1868 |
| XIX. | TRIESTE 1869 |
| XX. | TRIESTE 1870 |
| XXI. | TRIESTE 1871 |
| XXII. | TRIESTE 1872 |
| XXIII. | LOOKING BACKWARDS 1871-1872 |
| XXIV. | THE END |