Copyright, 1913,
By LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY.
All rights reserved
THE COLONIAL PRESS
C. H. SIMONDS & CO., BOSTON, U. S. A.

AUTHOR'S NOTE

The irregular pile of buildings known as Petty Wales, of which considerable mention is made in this book, formerly stood at the northeast corner of Thames Street. The chronicler, Stow, writes of "some large buildings of stone, the ruins whereof do yet remain, but the first builders and owners of them are worn out of memory. Some are of opinion ... that this great stone building was sometime the lodging appointed for the princes of Wales when they repaired to this city, and that therefore the street, in that part, is called Petty Wales;" and he further adds: "The merchants of Burdeaux were licensed to build at the Vintry, strongly with stone, as may yet be seen, and seemeth old though oft repaired; much more cause have these buildings in Petty Wales ... to seem old, which, for many years, to wit, since the galleys left their course of landing there, hath fallen to ruin." It appears to have been let out for many uses, some disreputable; and a certain Mother Mampudding (of whom one would like to know more) kept a part of the house for victualling.

CONTENTS

CHAPTER
I. [IN WHICH I LEARN FOR THE FIRST TIME THAT I HAVE AN UNCLE]
II. [IN WHICH PTOLEMY PHILPOT COMMENCES HIS STUDY OF THE LATIN TONGUE]
III. [HOW A BROTHER, HAVING OFFENDED, WAS FORGIVEN]
IV. [IN WHICH I SAY FAREWELL THRICE]
V. [PRINCIPALLY TELLS HOW SIR MATTHEW JUKE WAS CAST AWAY UPON THE HEBRIDES]
VI. [HOW THE OLD SCHOLAR AND I CAME TO LONDON]
VII. [IN WHICH I CONCEIVE A DISLIKE OF AN EARL'S SERVANT AND AN AFFECTION FOR A MAN OF LAW]
VIII. [A CHAPTER OF CHEATS]
IX. [TELLS HOW I CHANGED MY LODGING AND LOST MY MARE]
X. [HOW I SAW AN ENEMY AT THE WINDOW]
XI. [IS SUFFICIENT IN THAT IT TELLS OF IDONIA]
XII. [HOW MR. JORDAN COULD NOT RUN COUNTER TO THE COURSE OF NATURE]
XIII. [PETTY WALES]
XIV. [HOW IDONIA TAUGHT ME AND A CAPTAIN OF THE GUARD HOW TO KEEP BOOKS]
XV. [IN WHICH I BEGIN TO EARN MY LIVING]
XVI. [THE SIEGE OF PETTY WALES]
XVII. [HOW I FOUND AN OLD FRIEND IN A STRANGE PLACE, AND HOW PTOLEMY RENEWED HIS STUDY OF THE LATIN TONGUE]
XVIII. [IN WHICH I RECEIVE A COMMISSION AND SUFFER A CHECK]
XIX. [IN WHICH I COME TO GRIPS WITH MR. MALPAS]
XX. [THE ADVENTURE OF THE CHINESE JAR]
XXI. [THE "FAIR HAVEN" OF WAPPING]
XXII. [HOW MY UNCLE BOTOLPH LOST HIS LUCK]
XXIII. [THE VOYAGE OF THE SARACEN'S HEAD]
XXIV. [THE TEMPLE BENEATH THE WATERS]
XXV. [IN WHICH THE SHIPS OF WAR GO BY AND THE TALE ENDS]

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

[ THE GREAT LEDGER-BOOK—WHICH I NOW SAW TURNED TO AN ENGINE OF OUR SALVATION . . . Frontispiece ]

[ THE ARGUMENT BETWEEN MR. SKEGS AND PTOLEMY ]

[ MR. JORDAN REGARDED ME VERY MOURNFULLY ]