1839

“Upon my word, friend,” said I, “you have almost made me
long to try what a robber I should make.” “There is a great
art in it, if you did,” quoth he. “Ah! but,” said I,
“there's a great deal in being hanged.”
Life and Actions of Guzman d'Alfarache.

CONTENTS

[ ILLUSTRATIONS: ]

[ EPOCH THE FIRST, 1703, JONATHAN WILD ]

[ CHAPTER I. THE WIDOW AND HER CHILD. ]

[ CHAPTER II. THE OLD MINT. ]

[ CHAPTER III. THE MASTER OF THE MINT. ]

[ CHAPTER IV. THE ROOF AND THE WINDOW. ]

[ CHAPTER V. THE DENUNCIATION. ]

[ CHAPTER VI. THE STORM. ]

[ CHAPTER VII. OLD LONDON BRIDGE. ]

[ EPOCH THE SECOND, 1715, THAMES DARRELL ]

[ CHAPTER I. THE IDLE APPRENTICE. ]

[ CHAPTER II. THAMES DARRELL. ]

[ CHAPTER III. THE JACOBITE. ]

[ CHAPTER IV. MR. KNEEBONE AND HIS FRIENDS. ]

[ CHAPTER V. HAWK AND BUZZARD. ]

[ CHAPTER VI. THE FIRST STEP TOWARDS THE LADDER. ]

[ CHAPTER VII. BROTHER AND SISTER. ]

[ CHAPTER VIII. MICHING MALLECHO. ]

[ CHAPTER IX. CONSEQUENCES OF THE THEFT. ]

[ CHAPTER X. MOTHER AND SON. ]

[ CHAPTER XI. THE MOHOCKS. ]

[ CHAPTER XII. SAINT GILES'S ROUND-HOUSE. ]

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

[ Mr. Wood offers to adopt little Jack Sheppard ]

[ Jonathan Wild discovers Darrell in the Loft ]

[ The Murder on the Thames ]

[ The Storm ]

[ The Name on the Beam ]

[ “May I be cursed if ever I try to be honest again” ]

[ Jack Sheppard exhibits a vindictive character ]

[ Jack Sheppard accuses Thames Darrell of Theft ]