THE MYSTERIES OF LONDON.

THE
MYSTERIES OF LONDON.

BY
GEORGE W. M. REYNOLDS,
AUTHOR OF "PICKWICK ABROAD," "THE MODERN LITERATURE OF FRANCE,"
"ROBERT MACAIRE," ETC.
WITH NUMEROUS ILLUSTRATIONS
BY G. STIFF.
VOL. I.
LONDON:
GEORGE VICKERS, 3, CATHERINE STREET, STRAND.
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MDCCCXLVI.

LONDON:
Printed by J. J. Wilkinson, "Bonner House," Seacoal Lane.

CONTENTS OF VOL. I.

PAGE
Prologue[1]
ChapterI.—The Old House in Smithfield[2]
[II.]—The Mysteries of the Old House[4]
[III.]—The Trap-Door[6]
[IV.]—The Two Trees[7]
[V.]—Eligible Acquaintances[11]
[VI.]—Mrs. Arlington[14]
[VII.]—The Boudoir[16]
[VIII.]—The Conversation[19]
[IX.]—A City Man.—Smithfield Scenes[20]
[X.]—The Frail One's Narrative[24]
[XI.]—"The Servants' Arms"[27]
[XII.]—The Bank Notes[30]
[XIII.]—The Hell[32]
[XIV.]—The Station-House[35]
[XV.]—The Police-Office[37]
[XVI.]—The Beginning of Misfortunes[39]
[XVII.]—A Den of Horrors[43]
[XVIII.]—The Boozing-Ken[45]
[XIX.]—Morning[50]
[XX.]—The Villa[51]
[XXI.]—Atrocity[54]
[XXII.]—A Woman's Mind[55]
[XXIII.]—The Old House in Smithfield again[58]
[XXIV.]—Circumstantial Evidence[61]
[XXV.]—The Enchantress[63]
[XXVI.]—Newgate[67]
[XXVII.]—The Republican and the Resurrection Man[69]
[XXVIII.]—The Dungeon[71]
[XXIX.]—The Black Chamber[75]
[XXX.]—The 26th of November[78]
[XXXI.]—Explanations[84]
[XXXII.]—The Old Bailey[86]
[XXXIII.]—Another Day at the Old Bailey[91]
[XXXIV.]—The Lesson interrupted[93]
[XXXV.]—Whitecross Street Prison[95]
[XXXVI.]—The Execution[99]
[XXXVII.]—The Lapse of Two Years[102]
[XXXVIII.]—The Visit[105]
[XXXIX.]—The Dream[109]
[XL.]—The Speculation—An unwelcome Meeting[111]
[XLI.]—Mr. Greenwood[115]
[XLII.]—"The Dark House"[118]
[XLIII.]—The Mummy[122]
[XLIV.]—The Body-Snatchers[125]
[XLV.]—The Fruitless Search[128]
[XLVI.]—Richard and Isabella[131]
[XLVII.]—Eliza Sydney[138]
[XLVIII.]—Mr. Greenwood's Visitors[140]
[XLIX.]—The Document[148]
[L.]—The Drugged Wine-glass[151]
[LI.]—Diana and Eliza[154]
[LII.]—The Bed of Sickness[156]
[LIII.]—Accusations and Explanations[158]
[LIV.]—The Banker[162]
[LV.]—Miserrima!![167]
[LVI.]—The Road to Ruin[171]
[LVII.]—The Last Resource[176]
[LVIII.]—New Year's Day[178]
[LIX.]—The Royal Lovers[182]
[LX.]—Revelations[185]
[LXI.]—The "Boozing-Ken" once more[188]
[LXII.]—The Resurrection Man's History[191]
[LXIII.]—The Plot[197]
[LXIV.]—The Counterplot[198]
[LXV.]—The Wrongs and Crimes of the Poor[202]
[LXVI.]—The Result of Markham's Enterprise[205]
[LXVII.]—Scenes in Fashionable Life[207]
[LXVIII.]—The Election[210]
[LXIX.]—The "Whippers-in"[213]
[LXX.]—The Image, the Picture, and the Statue[216]
[LXXI.]—The House of Commons[219]
[LXXII.]—The Black Chamber again[221]
[LXXIII.]—Captain Dapper and Sir Cherry Bounce[224]
[LXXIV.]—The Meeting[227]
[LXXV.]—The Crisis[230]
[LXXVI.]—Count Alteroni's Fifteen Thousand Pounds[233]
[LXXVII.]—A Woman's Secret[235]
[LXXVIII.]—Marian[237]
[LXXIX.]—The Bill.—A Father[239]
[LXXX.]—The Revelation[242]
[LXXXI.]—The Mysterious Instructions[245]
[LXXXII.]—The Medical Man[246]
[LXXXIII.]—The Black Chamber again[248]
[LXXXIV.]—The Second Examination.—Count Alteroni[250]
[LXXXV.]—A Friend in Need[254]
[LXXXVI.]—The Old Hag[256]
[LXXXVII.]—The Professor of Mesmerism[260]
[LXXXVIII.]—The Figurante[262]
[LXXXIX.]—The Mysterious Letter[266]
[XC.]—Markham's Occupations[268]
[XCI.]—The Tragedy[274]
[XCII.]—The Italian Valet[277]
[XCIII.]—News from Castelcicala[282]
[XCIV.]—The Home Office[285]
[XCV.]—The Forger and the Adulteress[290]
[XCVI.]—The Member of Parliament's Levee[293]
[XCVII.]—Another's New Year's Day[296]
[XCVIII.]—Dark Plots and Schemes[301]
[XCIX.]—The Buffer's History[304]
[C.]—The Mysteries of the Ground-floor Rooms[310]
[CI.]—The Widow[312]
[CII.]—The Reverend Visitor[314]
[CIII.]—Hopes and Fears[317]
[CIV.]—Female Courage[318]
[CV.]—The Combat[321]
[CVI.]—The Grave-digger[323]
[CVII.]—A Discovery[326]
[CVIII.]—The Exhumation[328]
[CIX.]—The Stock-Broker[331]
[CX.]—The Effects of a Trance[339]
[CXI.]—A Scene at Mr. Chichester's House[340]
[CXII.]—Viola[342]
[CXIII.]—The Lovers[346]
[CXIV.]—The Contents of the Packet[349]
[CXV.]—The Treasure.—A New Idea[351]
[CXVI.]—The Rattlesnake's History[353]
[CXVII.]—The Rattlesnake[361]
[CXVIII.]—The Two Maidens[364]
[CXIX.]—Poor Ellen![367]
[CXX.]—The Father and Daughter[369]
[CXXI.]—His Child![371]
[CXXII.]—A Change of Fortune[373]
[CXXIII.]—Aristocratic Morals[375]
[CXXIV.]—The Intrigues of a Demirep[377]
[CXXV.]—The Reconciliation[380]
[CXXVI.]—The Rector of Saint David's[382]
[CXXVII.]—Blandishments[384]
[CXXVIII.]—Temptation[387]
[CXXIX.]—The Fall[389]
[CXXX.]—Mental Struggles[391]
[CXXXI.]—The Statue[394]
[CXXXII.]—An Old Friend[396]
[CXXXIII.]—Skilligalee's History[400]
[CXXXIV.]—The Palace in the Holy Land[406]
[CXXXV.]—The Proposal.—Unexpected Meetings[408]
[CXXXVI.]—The Secret Tribunal[413]
Epilogue[415]

ILLUSTRATIONS TO VOL I.

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