LONDON:

G. VICKERS, 3, CATHERINE STREET, STRAND.

MDCCCXLVII.

LONDON:

PRINTED BY J. FAUTLEY, "BONNER HOUSE" PRINTING OFFICE, SEACOAL LANE.

THE MYSTERIES OF LONDON.

CONTENTS OF VOL. I.

ChapterI.—The Travelling Carriage[1]
II.—Tom Rain and Old Death[4]
III.—Bow Street[6]
IV.—Esther de Medina[9]
V.—The Appeal of Love[13]
VI.—Dr. Lascelles[15]
VII.—The Beautiful Patient[18]
VIII.—Seven Dials[20]
IX.—A Death-Scene.—Lock's Fields[23]
X.—A Scene at the House of Sir Christopher Blunt[28]
XI.—The Two Thousand Pounds.—Torrens Cottage[30]
XII.—Adelais and Rosamond[33]
XIII.—The Elopement[36]
XIV.—Lady Hatfield and Dr. Lascelles.—Esther de Medina[39]
XV.—The Opiate[42]
XVI.—The Lover and the Uncle[43]
XVII.—The Mysterious Letter.—Jacob[44]
XVIII.—The Lovers[48]
XIX.—Mr. Frank Curtis's Pleasant Adventure[51]
XX.—Happiness.—The Diamond Merchant[55]
XXI.—The Oath[59]
XXII.—The Alarm.—The Letter[61]
XXIII.—Old Death[64]
XXIV.—Castle Street, Long Acre[67]
XXV.—Matilda, the Country-Girl[70]
XXVI.—The Lady's-Maid[73]
XXVII.—London on a Rainy Evening.—A Scene in a Post-Chaise[75]
XXVIII.—Tom Rain's Lodgings in Lock's Fields[77]
XXIX.—The Mysteries of Old Death's Establishment[82]
XXX.—The Store-Rooms[86]
XXXI.—Another Deed of Infamy brought to Light[88]
XXXII.—Rainford in the Subterranean[92]
XXXIII.—Mrs. Martha Slingsby[94]
XXXIV.—The Pious Lady[96]
XXXV.—Mr. Sheepshanks[100]
XXXVI.—The Baronet and his Mistress[102]
XXXVII.—Tom Rain and Jacob[104]
XXXVIII.—The History of Jacob Smith[107]
XXXIX.—Continuation of the History of Jacob Smith[116]
XL.—Conclusion of the History of Jacob Smith[120]
XLI.—Fresh Alarms[126]
XLII.—The Paragraph in the Newspaper[128]
XLIII.—Lord Ellingham and Tom Rainford[131]
XLIV.—Mr. Frank Curtis again[134]
XLV.—Mr. Dykes and his Myrmidons[139]
XLVI.—Explanations[141]
XLVII.—Farther Explanations[144]
XLVIII.—Lord Ellingham and Tom Rain[147]
XLIX.—A Painful Interview[151]
L.—The Lawyer's Office[155]
LI.—Lord Ellingham in the Dungeon[157]
LII.—Lord Ellingham's Exertions[162]
LIII.—The Execution[164]
LIV.—Galvanism[166]
LV.—The Laboratory.—Esther de Medina[167]
LVI.—A History of the Past[172]
LVII.—A Father[185]
LVIII.—The Resuscitated[188]
LIX.—The Jew's Family[194]
LX.—Sir Christopher Blunt's Domestic Hearth[196]
LXI.—Captain O'Blunderbuss[198]
LXII.—Frank's Embarrassments[202]
LXIII.—The Meeting in Battersea Fields[204]
LXIV.—Old Death and his Friend Tidmarsh[206]
LXV.—The Examination[208]
LXVI.—Mrs. Slingsby and the Baronet again[215]
LXVII.—The Marriage.—Rosamond[219]
LXVIII.—Dr. Wagtail.—Rosamond Torrens[222]
LXIX.—Misery and Vice[229]
LXX.—Tim the Snammer[232]
LXXI.—The History of Tim the Snammer[234]
LXXII.—Mr. and Mrs. Curtis[255]
LXXIII.—Captain O'Blunderbuss again[260]
LXXIV.—Three Months after Marriage[264]
LXXV.—The Knight and the Captain[268]
LXXVI.—Tim the Snammer and Josh Pedler out on Business[271]
LXXVII.—The Father and Daughter[273]
LXXVIII.—Retribution[276]
LXXIX.—The Earl of Ellingham and Lady Hatfield again[279]
LXXX.—Mrs. Slingsby and Mrs. Torrens[283]
LXXXI.—Rosamond at Home[288]
LXXXII.—The Forged Cheque[292]
LXXXIII.—The Reward of Crime[295]
LXXXIV.—Old Death's Party[299]
LXXXV.—The History of a Livery Servant[303]
LXXXVI.—Conclusion of the History of a Livery-servant[312]
LXXXVII.—The Blackamoor[322]
LXXXVIII.—Scenes at the Blackamoor's House[326]
LXXXIX.—The Surprise.—Jeffreys and Old Death[331]
XC.—The New Justice of the Peace[334]
XCI.—Captain O'Blunderbuss again.—Another Strange Visitor[337]
XCII.—The Confession[342]
XCIII.—Newgate[344]
XCIV.—"The Stout House."[349]
XCV.—Clarence Villiers and his Aunt[354]
XCVI.—Sir Christopher Blunt a Hero[357]
XCVII.—Carlton House[360]
XCVIII.—An Acquittal and a Sentence[363]
XCVIX.—The Condition of the Working Classes[368]
C.—The Earl of Ellingham and Esther de Medina[371]
CI.—The Blackamoor's Strange Adventure[375]
CII.—A State of Siege[380]
CIII.—The Surprise.—A Change of Scene[384]
CIV.—The Visit.—The Habeas Corpus[389]
CV.—The King's Bench Prison[391]
CVI.—A Farther Insight into the King's Bench[396]
CVII.—A Tale of Sorrow[400]
CVIII.—Conclusion of the Tale of Sorrow[408]
CIX.—The Prisoners[413]

ILLUSTRATIONS TO VOL. I.
SECOND SERIES.

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Old Deathpage [41]
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