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CONTENTS.

CHAPTER PAGE

I.—Deplores the scarcity of men 1

II.—The rebel appears 16

III.—The rebel disappears 29

IV.—Of an odd passage in the meadow 53

V.—I mix in the high political 66

VI.—I continue my night adventures 80

VII.—The spirit of the woods 106

VIII.—In which the hero is found to be a person
of no descent whatever 118

IX.—Of the monstrous behaviour of Miss Prue 135

X.—I play Catherine to Mr. Dare's Petruchio 154

XI.—I undergo an ordeal; I play with a fire 171

XII.—I defy dear Lady Grimstone 189

XIII.—I display my infinite resources 204

XIV.—In which the Captain's wit becomes a
rival of my own 220

XV.—The Captain trumps my trick 231

XVI.—In which I am wooed and won 247

XVII.—More alarums and excursions 258

XVIII.—In which the Captain's comedy is played 272

XIX.—I suffer great adversity 286

XX.—I speak with the celebrated Mr. Snark 300

XXI.—I come to Tyburn tree 315

Epilogue 331