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.

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CONTENTS

[ ILLUSTRATIONS: ]

[ CHAPTER XI. DOLLIS HILL REVISITED. ]

[ CHAPTER XII. THE WELL HOLE. ]

[ CHAPTER XIII. THE SUPPER AT MR. KNEEBONE'S. ]

[ CHAPTER XIV. HOW JACK SHEPPARD WAS AGAIN CAPTURED. ]

[ CHAPTER XV. HOW BLUESKIN UNDERWENT THE PEINE FORTE ET DURE. ]

[ CHAPTER XVI. HOW JACK SHEPPARD'S PORTRAIT WAS PAINTED. ]

[ CHAPTER XVII. THE IRON BAR. ]

[ CHAPTER XVIII. THE RED ROOM. ]

[ CHAPTER XIX. THE CHAPEL. ]

[ CHAPTER XX. THE LEADS. ]

[ CHAPTER XXI. WHAT BEFELL JACK SHEPPARD IN THE TURNER'S HOUSE. ]

[ CHAPTER XXII. FAST AND LOOSE. ]

[ CHAPTER XXIII. THE LAST MEETING BETWEEN JACK SHEPPARD AND HIS MOTHER. ]

[ CHAPTER XXIV. THE PURSUIT. ]

[ CHAPTER XXV. HOW JACK SHEPPARD GOT RID OF HIS IRONS. ]

[ CHAPTER XXVI. HOW JACK SHEPPARD ATTENDED HIS MOTHER'S FUNERAL. ]

[ CHAPTER XXVII. HOW JACK SHEPPARD WAS BROUGHT BACK TO NEWGATE. ]

[ CHAPTER XXVIII. WHAT HAPPENED AT DOLLIS HILL. ]

[ CHAPTER XXIX. HOW JACK SHEPPARD WAS TAKEN TO WESTMINSTER HALL. ]

[ CHAPTER XXX. HOW JONATHAN WILD'S HOUSE WAS BURNT DOWN. ]

[ CHAPTER XXXI. THE PROCESSION TO TYBURN. ]

[ CHAPTER XXXII. THE CLOSING SCENE. ]

List of Illustrations

[ Frontispiece ]

[ Jonathan Wild throwing Sir Rowland Trenchard down the Well ]

[ Jack Sheppard tricking Shotbolt the Gaoler ]

[ The Escape, No. I. ]

[ The Escape, No. II ]

[ The Escape, No. III ]

[ Jonathan Wild seizing Jack Sheppard at his Mother's Grave ]

[ Jack Sheppard's Irons knocked off in Newgate ]

[ The Procession from Newgate to Tyburn ]

[ The Last Scene ]