Illustrated by JOHN LEECH

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CONTENTS

[ PREFACE TO THE ORIGINAL EDITION. ]

[ CHAPTER I. OUR HERO AND CO.—A SLEEPING PARTNER. ]

[ CHAPTER II. THE ROAD. ]

[ CHAPTER III. THE ROAD RESUMED.—MISS PHEASANT-FEATHERS. ]

[ CHAPTER IV. A GLASS COACH.—MISS WILLING (EN GRAND COSTUME) ]

[ CHAPTER V. THE LADY’S BOUDOIR.—A DECLARATION. ]

[ CHAPTER VI. THE HAPPY UNITED FAMILY.—CURTAIN CRESCENT. ]

[ CHAPTER VII. THE EARL OF LADYTHORNE.—MISS DE GLANCEY. ]

[ CHAPTER VIII. CUB-HUNTING. ]

[ CHAPTER IX. A PUP AT WALK.—IMPERIAL JOHN. ]

[ CHAPTER X. JEAN ROUGIER, OR JACK ROGERS. ]

[ CHAPTER XI. THE OPENING DAY.—THE HUNT BREAKFAST. ]

[ CHAPTER XII. THE MORNING FOX.—THE AFTERNOON FOX. ]

[ CHAPTER XIII. GONE AWAY! ]

[ CHAPTER XIV. THE PRINGLE CORRESPONDENCE. ]

[ CHAPTER XV. MAJOR YAMMERTON’S COACH STOPS THE WAY. ]

[ CHAPTER XVI. THE MAJOR’S MENAGE. ]

[ CHAPTER XVII. ARRIVAL AT YAMMERTON GRANGE.—A FAMILY PARTY. ]

[ CHAPTER XVIII. A LEETLE, CONTRETEMPS. ]

[ CHAPTER XIX. THE MAJOR’S STUD. ]

[ CHAPTER XX. CARDS FOR A SPREAD. ]

[ CHAPTER XXI. THE GATHERING.—THE GRAND SPREAD ITSELF. ]

[ CHAPTER XXII. A HUNTING MORNING.—UNKENNELING. ]

[ CHAPTER XXIII. SHOWING A HORSE.—THE MEET. ]

[ CHAPTER XXIV. THE WILD BEAST ITSELF. ]

[ CHAPTER XXV. A CRUEL FINISH. ]

[ CHAPTER XXVI. THE PRINGLE CORRESPONDENCE. ]

[ CHAPTER XXVII. SIR MOSES MAINCHANCE. ]

[ CHAPTER XXVIII. THE HIT-IM AND HOLD-IM SHIRE HOUNDS. ]

[ CHAPTER XXIX. THE PANGBURN PARK ESTATE. ]

[ CHAPTER XXX. COMMERCE AND AGRICULTURE. ]

[ CHAPTER XXXI. SIR MOSES’S MENAGE.—DEPARTURE OF FINE BILLY. ]

[ CHAPTER XXXII. THE BAD STABLE; OR, “IT’S ONLY FOR ONE NIGHT.” ]

[ CHAPTER XXXIII. SIR MOSES’S SPREAD. ]

[ CHAPTER XXXIV. GOING TO COVER WITH THE HOUNDS. ]

[ CHAPTER XXXV. THE MEET. ]

[ CHAPTER XXXVI. A BIRD’S EYE VIEW. ]

[ CHAPTER XXXVII. TWO ACCOUNTS OF A RUN; OR, LOOK ON THIS PICTURE. ]

[ CHAPTER XXXVIII. THE SICK HORSE AND THE SICK MASTER. ]

[ CHAPTER XXXIX. MR. PRINGLE SUDDENLY BECOMES A MEMBER OF THE H. H. H. ]

[ CHAPTER XL. THE HUNT DINNER, ]

[ CHAPTER XLI. THE HUNT TEA.—BUSHEY HEATH AND BARE ACRES. ]

[ CHAPTER XLII. MR. GEORDEY GALLON. ]

[ CHAPTER XLIII. SIR MOSES PERPLEXED—THE RENDEZVOUS FOR THE RACE. ]

[ CHAPTER XLIV. THE RACE ITSELF. ]

[ CHAPTER XLV. HENEREY BROWN & CO. AGAIN. ]

[ CHAPTER XLVI. THE PRINGLE CORRESPONDENCE. ]

[ CHAPTER XLVII. A CATASTROPHE.—A TÊTE-À-TÊTE DINNER ]

[ CHAPTER XLVIII. ROUGIER’S MYSTERIOUS LODGINGS—THE GIFT HORSE. ]

[ CHAPTER XLIX. THE SHAM DAY. ]

[ CHAPTER L. THE SURPRISE. ]

[ CHAPTER LI. MONEY AND MATRIMONY. ]

[ CHAPTER LII. A NIGHT DRIVE. ]

[ CHAPTER LIII. MASTER ANTHONY THOM. ]

[ CHAPTER LIV. MR. WOTHERSPOON’S DEJEUNER À LA FOURCHETTE. ]

[ CHAPTER LV. THE COUNCIL OF WAR.—POOR PUSS AGAIN! ]

[ CHAPTER LVI. A FINE RUN!—THE MAINCHANCE CORRESPONDENCE. ]

[ CHAPTER LVII. THE ANTHONY THOM TRAP. ]

[ CHAPTER LVIII. THE ANTHONY THOM TAKE. ]

[ CHAPTER LIX. ANOTHER COUNCIL OF WAR.—MR. GALLON AT HOME. ]

[ CHAPTER LX. MR. CARROTY KEBBEL. ]

[ CHAPTER LXI. THE HUNT BALL.—MISS DE GLANCEY’S REFLECTIONS. ]

[ CHAPTER LXII. LOVE AT SECOND SIGHT.—CUPID’S SETTLING DAY. ]

[ CHAPTER LXIII. A STARTLING ANNOUNCEMENT. ]