1854
“Those false alarms of strife,
Between the husband and the wife,
And little quarrels, often prove
To be but new recruits of love;
And tho’ some fit of small contest
Sometime fall out among the best,
That makes no breach of faith and love,
But rather (sometimes) serves t’improve.”
Butler.
CONTENTS
[ HARRY COVERDALE’S COURTSHIP, AND ALL THAT CAME OF IT. ]
[ CHAPTER I.—TREATS OF THE PHILOSOPHY OF LIFE. ]
[ CHAPTER II.—AFFORDS A SPECIMEN OF HARRY’S “QUIET MANNER” WITH HIS TENANTRY. ]
[ CHAPTER III.—HAZLEHURST PLEADS HIS CAUSE AND WINS IT. ]
[ CHAPTER IV.—CONTAINS, AMONG OTHER “EXQUISITE” SKETCHES, A PORTRAIT OF A PUPPY (NOT BY LANDSEER).]
[ CHAPTER V.—PROVES THE ADVISABILITY OF LOOKING BEFORE YOU LEAP. ]
[ CHAPTER VI.—JEST AND EARNEST. ]
[ CHAPTER VII.—WHEREIN SYMPTOMS OF HARRY’S COURTSHIP BEGIN TO APPEAR ON A STORMY HORIZON. ]
[ CHAPTER VIII.—HARRY CONDESCENDS TO PLAY THE AGREEABLE. ]
[ CHAPTER IX.—CONTAINS LITTLE ELSE SAVE MOONSHINE. ]
[ CHAPTER X.—“EQUO NE CREDITE TEUCRI.”—(Virgil) ]
[ CHAPTER XI.—“POST EQUITEM SEDET ATRA CURA.”—(Horace) ]
[ CHAPTER XII.—HARRY PUTS HIS FOOT IN IT. ]
[ CHAPTER XIII.—“DEEPER AND DEEPER STILL.” ]
[ CHAPTER XIV.—DECIDEDLY EMBARRASSING. ]
[ CHAPTER XV.—RELATES THE UNEXPECTED BENEVOLENCE OF HORACE D’ALMAYNE. ]
[ CHAPTER XVI.—TREATS OF THINGS IN GENERAL. ]
[ CHAPTER XVII.—PLOTTING AND COUNTER-PLOTTING. ]
[ CHAPTER XVIII.—ALICE’S FIRST INTRODUCTION TO HER HUSBAND’S “QUIET MANNER.” ]
[ CHAPTER XIX.—A COMEDY OF ERRORS. ]
[ CHAPTER XX.—THE MORNING OF THE FIRST OF SEPTEMBER. ]
[ CHAPTER XXI.—THE EVENING OF THE SAME DAY. ]
[ CHAPTER XXII.—KATE SOWS THE WIND. ]
[ CHAPTER XXIII.—ADVICE GRATIS. ]
[ CHAPTER XXIV.—A STORM BREWING. ]
[ CHAPTER XXV.—THE STORM BURSTS. ]
[ CHAPTER XXVI.—THE ATMOSPHERE REMAINS CLOUDY. ]
[ CHAPTER XXVII.—THE PLEASURES OF KEEPING UP THE GAME. ]
[ CHAPTER XXVIII.—ALICE SUCCOURS THE DISTRESSED. ]
[ CHAPTER XXIX.—HOW TO MAKE HOME HAPPY. ]
[ CHAPTER XXX.—INTRODUCES A LORDLY GALLANT. ]
[ CHAPTER XXXI.—SPIDERS AND FLIES. ]
[ CHAPTER XXXII.—A GLIMPSE AT THE GREEN-EYED MONSTER. ]
[ CHAPTER XXXIII.—TELEMACHUS AND MENTOR. ]
[ CHAPTER XXXV.—FLOWERS AND THORNS. ]
[ CHAPTER XXXVI.—ARCADIA IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY. ]
[ CHAPTER XXXVII.—A CONCESSION, AND A “PARTIE QUARRÉE.” ]
[ CHAPTER XXXVIII.—SOME OF THE JOYS OF OUR DANCING DAYS. ]
[ CHAPTER XL.—DEEPER AND DEEPER STILL. ]
[ CHAPTER XLI.—ADVICE GRATIS. ]
[ CHAPTER XLII.—L’EMBARRAS DES RICHESSES. ]
[ CHAPTER XLIII.—EATING WHITEBAIT. ]
[ CHAPTER XLIV.—LORD ALFRED COURTLAND SOWS A FEW WILD OATS. ]
[ CHAPTER XLV.—THE OVERTURE TO DON PASQUALE. ]
[ CHAPTER XLVI.—KATE BEGINS TO REAP THE WHIRLWIND. ]
[ CHAPTER XLVII.—A GLIMPSE AT THE CLOVEN FOOT. ]
[ CHAPTER XLVIII.—MAGNANIMITY. ]
[ CHAPTER XLIX.—ALICE PERCEIVES THE ERROR OF HER WAYS. ]
[ CHAPTER LI.—OTHELLO VISITS CASSIO. ]
[ CHAPTER LII.—A GLEAM OF LIGHT. ]
[ CHAPTER LIII.—AFTER THE MANNER OF “BELL’S LIFE.” ]
[ CHAPTER LIV.—SETTLING PRELIMINARIES. ]
[ CHAPTER LVI.—THE CATASTROPHE. ]
[ CHAPTER LVII.—AN ANONYMOUS LETTER. ]
[ CHAPTER LVIII.—DIAMOND CUT DIAMOND. ]
[ CHAPTER LIX.—HORACE WEATHERS THE STORM. ]
[ CHAPTER LXI.—ALICE APPOINTS HER SUCCESSOR. ]
[ CHAPTER LXII.—MRS. COVERDALE THINKS BETTER OF IT. ]
[ CHAPTER LXIII.—LORD ALFRED SEVERS HIS LEADING STRINGS. ]
[ CHAPTER LXIV.—D’ALMAYNE PLAYS HIS LAST CARD. ]
[ CHAPTER LXV.—SETTLES EVERYBODY AND EVERYTHING. ]