To PHILIP ROSE, Esq.
My dear Rose,—You have often stopped me when endeavouring to express all the gratitude I felt towards you. You cannot do so now, nor prevent my telling aloud how much I owe-how much I esteem you. These volumes were not without interest for me as I wrote them, but they yielded me no such pleasure as I now feel in dedicating them to you; and, with this assurance, believe me,
Your affectionate Friend,
CHARLES LEVER.
Spezia, October 20. 1866.
CONTENTS
[ SIR BROOK FOSSBROOKE. ]
[ CHAPTER I. ] AFTER MESS
[ CHAPTER II. ] THE SWAN'S NEST
[ CHAPTER III. ] A DIFFICULT PATIENT
[ CHAPTER IV. ] HOME DIPLOMACIES
[ CHAPTER V. ] THE PICNIC ON HOLY ISLAND
[ CHAPTER VI. ] WAITING ON
[ CHAPTER VII. ] THE FOUNTAIN OF HONOR
[ CHAPTER VIII. ] A PUZZLING COMMISSION
[ CHAPTER IX. ] A BREAKFAST AT THE VICARAGE
[ CHAPTER X. ] LENDRICK RECOUNTS HIS VISIT TO TOWN
[ CHAPTER XI. ] CAVE CONSULTS SIR BROOK
[ CHAPTER XII. ] A GREAT MAN'S SCHOOLFELLOW
[ CHAPTER XIII. ] LAST DAYS
[ CHAPTER XIV. ] TOM CROSS-EXAMINES HIS SISTER
[ CHAPTER XV. ] MR. HAIRE'S MISSION
[ CHAPTER XVI. ] SORROWS AND PROJECTS
[ CHAPTER XVII. ] A LUNCHEON AT THE PRIORY
[ CHAPTER XVIII. ] THE FIRST LETTER HOME
[ CHAPTER XIX. ] OFFICIAL MYSTERIES
[ CHAPTER XX. ] IN COURT
[ CHAPTER XXI. ] A MORNING CALL
[ CHAPTER XXII. ] COMING-HOME THOUGHTS
[ CHAPTER XXIII. ] A VERY HUMBLE DWELLING
[ CHAPTER XXIV. ] A MORNING AT THE PRIORY
[ CHAPTER XXV. ] AN UNEXPECTED MEETING
[ CHAPTER XXVI. ] SIR BROOK IN CONFUSION
[ CHAPTER XXVII. ] THE TWO LUCYS
[ CHAPTER XXVIII. ] THE NEST WITH STRANGE “BIRDS” IN IT
[ CHAPTER XXIX. ] SEWELL VISITS CAVE
[ CHAPTER XXX. ] THE RACES ON THE LAWN
[ CHAPTER XXXI. ] SEWELL ARRIVES IN DUBLIN
[ CHAPTER XXXII. ] MORNING AT THE PRIORY
[ CHAPTER XXXIII. ] EVENING AT THE PRIORY
[ CHAPTER XXXIV. ] SEWELL'S TROUBLES
[ CHAPTER XXXV. ] BEATTIE'S RETURN
[ CHAPTER XXXVI. ] AN EXIT
[ CHAPTER XXXVII. ] A STORMY MOMENT
[ CHAPTER XXXVIII. ] A LADY'S LETTER
[ CHAPTER XXXIX. ] SOME CONJUGAL COURTESIES
[ CHAPTER XL. ] MR. BALFOUR'S OFFICE
[ CHAPTER XLI. ] THE PRIORY IN ITS DESERTION
[ CHAPTER XLII. ] NECESSITIES OP STATE
[ CHAPTER XLIII. ] MR. BALFOUR'S MISSION
[ CHAPTER XLIV. ] AFTER-DINNER THOUGHTS
[ CHAPTER XLV. ] THE TIDELESS SHORES