EDITED BY ANTHONY TROLLOPE.

AUTHOR OF "FRAMLEY PARSONAGE," "THE LAST CHRONICLE OF BARSET," &c. &c.
REPRINTED FROM THE "CORNHILL MAGAZINE."

WITH FOUR ILLUSTRATIONS.

LONDON:
SMITH, ELDER & CO., 15, WATERLOO PLACE.
1870.

CONTENTS

I. [PREFACE. BY ONE OF THE FIRM.]
II. [THE EARLY HISTORY OF OUR MR. BROWN,
WITH SOME FEW WORDS OF MR. JONES.]
III. [THE EARLY HISTORY OF MR. ROBINSON.]
IV. [NINE TIMES NINE IS EIGHTY-ONE. SHOWING HOW BROWN,
JONES, AND ROBINSON SELECTED THEIR HOUSE OF BUSINESS.]
V. [THE DIVISION OF LABOUR.]
VI. [IT IS OUR OPENING DAY.]
VII. [MISS BROWN PLEADS HER OWN CASE, AND MR. ROBINSON
WALKS ON BLACKFRIARS BRIDGE.]
VIII. [MR. BRISKET THINKS HE SEES HIS WAY, AND MR. ROBINSON
AGAIN WALKS ON BLACKFRIARS BRIDGE.]
IX. [SHOWING HOW MR. ROBINSON WAS EMPLOYED
ON THE OPENING DAY.]
X. [SHOWING HOW THE FIRM INVENTED A NEW SHIRT.]
XI. [JOHNSON OF MANCHESTER.]
XII. [SAMSON AND DELILAH.]
XIII. [THE WISDOM OF POPPINS.]
XIV. [MISTRESS MORONY.]
XV. [MISS BROWN NAMES THE DAY.]
XVI. [SHOWING HOW ROBINSON WALKED UPON ROSES.]
XVII. [A TEA-PARTY IN BISHOPSGATE STREET.]
XVIII. [AN EVENING AT THE "GOOSE AND GRIDIRON."]
XIX. [GEORGE ROBINSON'S MARRIAGE.]
XX. [SHOWING HOW MR. BRISKET DIDN'T SEE HIS WAY.]
XXI. [MR. BROWN IS TAKEN ILL.]
XXII. [WASTEFUL AND IMPETUOUS SALE.]
XXIII. [FAREWELL.]
XXIV. [GEORGE ROBINSON'S DREAM.]

THE STRUGGLES