TABLE OF CONTENTS

BOOK I
THE ADVENTURES OF MASTER MARMADUKE NEVILE
CHAPTER

I The Pastime-ground of old Cockaigne
II The Broken Gittern
III The Trader and the Gentle; or, the Changing Generation
IV Ill fares the Country Mouse in the Traps of Town
V Weal to the Idler, Woe to the Workman
VI Master Marmaduke Nevile fears for the Spiritual Weal of his
Host and Hostess
VII There is a Rod for the Back of every Fool who would be Wiser
than his Generation

BOOK II
THE KING'S COURT
CHAPTER

I Earl Warwick the King-maker
II King Edward the Fourth
III The Antechamber

BOOK III
IN WHICH THE HISTORY PASSES FROM THE KING'S COURT TO THE STUDENT'S CELL, AND RELATES THE PERILS THAT BEFELL A PHILOSOPHER FOR MEDDLING WITH THE AFFAIRS OF THE WORLD
CHAPTER

I The Solitary Sage and the Solitary Maid
II Master Adam Warner grows a Miser, and behaves Shamefully
III A Strange Visitor—All Ages of the World breed World-
Betters
IV Lord Hastings
V Master Adam Warner and King Henry the Sixth
VI How, on leaving King Log, Foolish Wisdom runs a-muck on
King Stork
VII My Lady Duchess's Opinion of the Utility of Master Warner's
Invention, and her esteem for its Explosion
VIII The Old Woman talks of Sorrows, the Young Woman dreams
of Love; the Courtier flies from Present Power to
Remembrances of Past Hopes, and the World-Bettered opens
Utopia, with a View of the Gibbet for the Silly Sage he
has seduced into his Schemes,—so, ever and evermore,
runs the World away
IX How the Destructive Organ of Prince Richard promises Goodly
Development

BOOK IV
INTRIGUES OF THE COURT OF EDWARD IV
CHAPTER

I Margaret of Anjou
II In which are laid Open to the Reader the Character of Edward
the Fourth and that of his Court, with the Machinations of
the Woodvilles against the Earl of Warwick
III Wherein Master Nicholas Alwyn visits the Court, and there
learns Matter of which the Acute Reader will judge for
himself
IV Exhibiting the Benefits which Royal Patronage confers on
Genius,—also the Early Loves of the Lord Hastings; with
other Matters Edifying and Delectable
V The Woodville Intrigue prospers—Montagu confers with
Hastings, visits the Archbishop of York, and is met on the
Road by a strange Personage
VI The Arrival of the Count de la Roche, and the various
Excitement produced on many Personages by that Event
VII The Renowned Combat between Sir Anthony Woodville and the
Bastard of Burgundy
VIII How the Bastard of Burgundy prospered more in his Policy than
With the Pole-axe—and how King Edward holds his Summer
Chase in the Fair Groves of Shene
IX The Great Actor returns to fill the Stage
X How the Great Lords come to the King-maker, and with what
Proffers

BOOK V
THE LAST OF THE BARONS IN HIS FATHERS HALLS
CHAPTER

I Rural England in the Middle Ages—Noble Visitors seek the
Castle
Of Middleham
II Councils and Musings
III The Sisters
IV The Destrier

BOOK VI
WHEREIN ARE OPENED SOME GLIMPSES OF THE FATE BELOW THAT ATTENDS THOSE WHO ARE BETTER THAN OTHERS, AND THOSE WHO DESIRE TO MAKE OTHERS BETTER. LOVE, DEMAGOGY, AND SCIENCE ALL EQUALLY OFF-SPRING OF THE SAME PROLIFIC DELUSION,—NAMELY, THAT MEAN SOULS (THE EARTH'S MAJORITY) ARE WORTH THE HOPE AND THE AGONY OF NOBLE SOULS, THE EVERLASTING SUFFERING AND ASPIRING FEW.
CHAPTER I New Dissentions II The Would-be Improvers of Jove's Football, Earth—The Sad Father and the Sad Child—The Fair Rivals III Wherein the Demagogue seeks the Courtier IV Sibyll V Katherine VI Joy for Adam, and Hope for Sibyll—and Popular Friar Bungey! VII A Love Scene
BOOK VII
THE POPULAR REBELLION
CHAPTER

I The White Lion of March shakes his Mane
II The Camp at Olney
III The Camp of the Rebels
IV The Norman Earl and the Saxon Demagogue confer
V What Faith Edward IV purposeth to keep with Earl and People
VI What befalls King Edward on his Escape from Olney
VII How King Edward arrives at the Castle of Middleham
VIII The Ancients rightly gave to the Goddess of Eloquence a Crown
IX Wedded Confidence and Love—the Earl and the Prelate—the
Prelate and the King—Schemes—Wiles—and the Birth of a
Dark Thought destined to eclipse a Sun

BOOK VIII
IN WHICH THE LAST LINK BETWEEN KING-MAKER AND KING SNAPS ASUNDER
CHAPTER

I The Lady Anne visits the Court
II The Sleeping Innocence—the Wakeful Crime
III New Dangers to the House of York—and the King's Heart
allies itself with Rebellion against the King's Throne
IV The Foster-brothers
V The Lover and the Gallant—Woman's Choice
VI Warwick returns-appeases a Discontented Prince-and confers
with a Revengeful Conspirator
VII The Fear and the Flight
VIII The Group round the Death-bed of the Lancastrian Widow

BOOK IX.
THE WANDERERS AND THE EXILES
CHAPTER

I How the Great Baron becomes as Great a Rebel
II Many Things briefly told
III The Plot of the Hostelry—the Maid and the Scholar in
their Home
IV The World's Justice, and the Wisdom of our Ancestors
V The Fugitives are captured—the Tymbesteres reappear—
Moonlight on the Revel of the Living—Moonlight on the
Slumber of the Dead

VI The Subtle Craft of Richard of Gloucester
VII Warwick and his Family in Exile
VIII How the Heir of Lancaster meets the King-maker
IX The Interview of Earl Warwick and Queen Margaret
X Love and Marriage—Doubts of Conscience—Domestic Jealousy—
and Household Treason

BOOK X.
THE RETURN OF THE KING-MAKER
CHAPTER

I The Maid's Hope, the Courtier's Love, and the Sage's Comfort
II The Man awakes in the Sage, and the She-wolf again hath
tracked the Lamb
III Virtuous Resolves submitted to the Test of Vanity and the
World
IV The Strife which Sibyll had courted, between Katherine and
herself, commences in Serious Earnest
V The Meeting of Hastings and Katherine
VI Hastings learns what has befallen Sibyll, repairs to the
King, and encounters an old Rival
VII The Landing of Lord Warwick, and the Events that ensue
thereon
VIII What befell Adam Warner and Sibyll when made subject to the
Great Friar Bungey
IX The Deliberations of Mayor and Council, while Lord Warwick
marches upon London
X The Triumphal Entry of the Earl—the Royal Captive in the
Tower—the Meeting between King-maker and King
XI The Tower in Commotion

BOOK XI
THE NEW POSITION OF THE KING-MAKER
CHAPTER

I Wherein Master Adam Warner is notably commended and
advanced—and Greatness says to Wisdom, "Thy Destiny
be mine, Amen"
II The Prosperity of the Outer Show—the Cares of the Inner Man
III Further Views into the Heart of Man, and the Conditions
of Power
IV The Return of Edward of York
V The Progress of the Plantagenet
VI Lord Warwick, with the Foe in the field and the Traitor at
The Hearth

BOOK XII
THE BATTLE OF BARNET
CHAPTER

I A King in his City hopes to recover his Realm—A Woman in
her Chamber fears to forfeit her own
II Sharp is the Kiss of the Falcon's Bear
III A Pause
IV-VI The Battle
VII The last Pilgrims in the long Procession to the Common Bourne