CONTENTS.

[BOOK FIRST.]
NEW YEAR'S DAY.

[I. THE BLOCK.]

[II. THREE BACHELORS.]

[III. PEEPS.]

[IV. QUIGG.]

[V. PLEASURE AS BUSINESS.]

[VI. SOMETHING HIDDEN.]

[VII. THE BOY BOG.]

[VIII. MALTBOY'S TWENTIETH AFFAIR.]

[IX. MRS. SLAPMAN AT HOME.]

[X. INFIRMITIES OF GENIUS.]

[BOOK SECOND.]
POLISHING.

[I. THE ENIGMA.]

[II. A DELICATE PROPOSITION.]

[III. AN AUXILIARY OF MODERN CIVILIZATION.]

[IV. MISS PILLBODY.]

[V. A FRIEND IN NEED.]

[VI. BRANCHING OUT.]

[VII. THE LITTLE PUPIL.]

[BOOK THIRD.]
TRAIL OF THE SERPENT.

[I. "ONE--TWO--THREE--FOUR."]

[II. THE FALLING BOARD.]

[III. SNEAKING JUSTIFIED.]

[IV. UP IN THE AIR.]

[V. TONGUES OF FIRE.]

[BOOK FOURTH.]
CHILDREN OF THE WORLD.

[I. MENDERT VAN QUINTEM AND SON.]

[II. BUYING GOOD BEHAVIOR.]

[III. THE YOUNG MONSTER.]

[IV. WESLEY TIFFLES.]

[V. THE PANORAMA OF AFRICA.]

[BOOK FIFTH.]
MANOEUVRES.

[I. STOLEN--MORE THAN A PURSE.]

[II. CONSOLATIONS OF HIGH ART.]

[III. LOVING AFAR OFF.]

[IV. LEGERDEMAIN.]

[BOOK SIXTH.]
MYSTERIES OF THE NIGHT.

[I. THE UNKNOWN HAND.]

[II. IN VAIN--IN VAIN.]

[III. THE CLASHING ORBS.]

[IV. A VISION OP HORRORS.]

[V. WHAT THE MORNING BROUGHT.]

[BOOK SEVENTH.]
JOURNEYINGS AGAINST FATE.

[I. PEA-SHOOTING AS A SCIENCE.]

[II. BY STEAM.]

[III. PIGWORTH, J.P.]

[IV. STOOP.]

[V. AN AUDIENCE ANALYZED.]

[VI. HUMORS OF THE MANY-HEADED.]

[VII. SCENES NOT IN THE BILLS.]

[BOOK EIGHTH.]
A DRAMATIC INTERLUDE.

[I. THE OVERTURE.]

[II. CURTAIN UP.]

[III. ACT SECOND.]

[IV. HOW THE PLAY ENDED.]

[BOOK NINTH.]
THE INQUEST.

[I. CORONER AND JURY.]

[II. STATEMENT OF THE PRISONER.]

[III. JUSTICE GOES TO DINNER.]

[IV. LIGHT IN THE PRISON.]

[V. THE SORROW OF WHITE HAIRS.]

[VI. WHAT PAPER, TYPES, AND INK CAN DO.]

[VII. PET AS A WITNESS.]

[VIII. THE BENEFICENCE OF FIRE BELLS.]

[IX. AN OLD MAN'S OFFERING.]

[BOOK TENTH.]
DONE ON BOTH SIDES.

[I. A FISHER OF MEN.]

[II. PLAYING WITH THE LINE.]

[III. PULLING IN.]

[IV. THE FIRST OF MAY.]

[V. DEMOLITION OF CERTAIN AIR CASTLES.]

[VI. MR. WHEDELL'S CREDITORS IN CONVENTION ASSEMBLED.]

[VII. DEUS EX MACHINA.]

[BOOK ELEVENTH.]
DISCOVERIES.

[I. THE OLD HOUSE REVISITED.]

[II. A POSTHUMOUS SECRET.]

[III. OVERTOP FINDS A SENSIBLE WOMAN.]

[IV. INNOCENCE ON A SLIPPERY ROAD.]

[V. BOG'S OPEN SESAME.]

[VI. TRACKED.]

[VII. FOUND AND LOST.]

[BOOK TWELFTH.]
SPECULATIONS--PECUNIARY AND MATRIMONIAL.

[I. THE "COSMOPOLITAN WINDOW FASTENER."]

[II. MIDDLE-AGED CUPID.]

[III. SLAPMAN vs. SLAPMAN.]

[IV. HOW OVERTOP SEALED A CONTRACT IN A WAY UNKNOWN TO CHITTY.]

[V. A RETURNED CALIFORNIAN.]

[VI. REVELATIONS OF A LAUGH.]

[BOOK THIRTEENTH.]
THE STRANGE LADY.

[I. A STORY OP THE PAST.]

[II. POSSIBLE LOVE.]

[III. UNCLE AND NIECE.]

[BOOK FOURTEENTH.]
HAPPY DAYS.

[I. OWNERS OF THE BEAUTIFUL.]

[II. THE LAST OF A MYSTERY.]

[III. LOVE CROWNED.]

[IV. FIVE YEARS.]

[I. THE BLOCK.]
[II. THREE BACHELORS.]
[III. PEEPS.]
[IV. QUIGG.]
[V. PLEASURE AS BUSINESS.]
[VI. SOMETHING HIDDEN.]
[VII. THE BOY BOG.]
[VIII. MALTBOY'S TWENTIETH AFFAIR.]
[IX. MRS. SLAPMAN AT HOME.]
[X. INFIRMITIES OF GENIUS.]

[I. THE ENIGMA.]
[II. A DELICATE PROPOSITION.]
[III. AN AUXILIARY OF MODERN CIVILIZATION.]
[IV. MISS PILLBODY.]
[V. A FRIEND IN NEED.]
[VI. BRANCHING OUT.]
[VII. THE LITTLE PUPIL.]

[I. "ONE--TWO--THREE--FOUR."]
[II. THE FALLING BOARD.]
[III. SNEAKING JUSTIFIED.]
[IV. UP IN THE AIR.]
[V. TONGUES OF FIRE.]

[I. MENDERT VAN QUINTEM AND SON.]
[II. BUYING GOOD BEHAVIOR.]
[III. THE YOUNG MONSTER.]
[IV. WESLEY TIFFLES.]
[V. THE PANORAMA OF AFRICA.]

[I. STOLEN--MORE THAN A PURSE.]
[II. CONSOLATIONS OF HIGH ART.]
[III. LOVING AFAR OFF.]
[IV. LEGERDEMAIN.]

[I. THE UNKNOWN HAND.]
[II. IN VAIN--IN VAIN.]
[III. THE CLASHING ORBS.]
[IV. A VISION OP HORRORS.]
[V. WHAT THE MORNING BROUGHT.]

[I. PEA-SHOOTING AS A SCIENCE.]
[II. BY STEAM.]
[III. PIGWORTH, J.P.]
[IV. STOOP.]
[V. AN AUDIENCE ANALYZED.]
[VI. HUMORS OF THE MANY-HEADED.]
[VII. SCENES NOT IN THE BILLS.]

[I. THE OVERTURE.]
[II. CURTAIN UP.]
[III. ACT SECOND.]
[IV. HOW THE PLAY ENDED.]

[I. CORONER AND JURY.]
[II. STATEMENT OF THE PRISONER.]
[III. JUSTICE GOES TO DINNER.]
[IV. LIGHT IN THE PRISON.]
[V. THE SORROW OF WHITE HAIRS.]
[VI. WHAT PAPER, TYPES, AND INK CAN DO.]
[VII. PET AS A WITNESS.]
[VIII. THE BENEFICENCE OF FIRE BELLS.]
[IX. AN OLD MAN'S OFFERING.]

[I. A FISHER OF MEN.]
[II. PLAYING WITH THE LINE.]
[III. PULLING IN.]
[IV. THE FIRST OF MAY.]
[V. DEMOLITION OF CERTAIN AIR CASTLES.]
[VI. MR. WHEDELL'S CREDITORS IN CONVENTION ASSEMBLED.]
[VII. DEUS EX MACHINA.]

[I. THE OLD HOUSE REVISITED.]
[II. A POSTHUMOUS SECRET.]
[III. OVERTOP FINDS A SENSIBLE WOMAN.]
[IV. INNOCENCE ON A SLIPPERY ROAD.]
[V. BOG'S OPEN SESAME.]
[VI. TRACKED.]
[VII. FOUND AND LOST.]

[I. THE "COSMOPOLITAN WINDOW FASTENER."]
[II. MIDDLE-AGED CUPID.]
[III. SLAPMAN vs. SLAPMAN.]
[IV. HOW OVERTOP SEALED A CONTRACT IN A WAY UNKNOWN TO CHITTY.]
[V. A RETURNED CALIFORNIAN.]
[VI. REVELATIONS OF A LAUGH.]

[I. A STORY OP THE PAST.]
[II. POSSIBLE LOVE.]
[III. UNCLE AND NIECE.]

[I. OWNERS OF THE BEAUTIFUL.]
[II. THE LAST OF A MYSTERY.]
[III. LOVE CROWNED.]
[IV. FIVE YEARS.]