THE HISTORY OF JOHN BULL

By John Arbuthnot, M.D.

CONTENTS

[ INTRODUCTION BY HENRY MORLEY. ]

[ AUTHOR'S PREFACE. ]

[ THE HISTORY OF JOHN BULL. ]

[ CHAPTER I. The Occasion of the Law Suit. ]

[ CHAPTER II. How Bull and Frog grew jealous that the Lord Strutt intended to give all his custom to his grandfather Lewis Baboon. ]

[ CHAPTER III. A Copy of Bull and Frog's Letter to Lord Strutt. ]

[ CHAPTER IV. How Bull and Frog went to law with Lord Strutt about the premises, and were joined by the rest of the tradesmen. ]

[ CHAPTER V. The true characters of John Bull, Nic. Frog, and Hocus.* ]

[ CHAPTER VI. Of the various success of the Lawsuit.* ]

[ CHAPTER VII. How John Bull was so mightily pleased with his success that he was going to leave off his trade and turn Lawyer. ]

[ CHAPTER VIII. How John discovered that Hocus had an Intrigue with his Wife;* and what followed thereupon. ]

[ CHAPTER IX. How some Quacks undertook to cure Mrs. Bull of her ulcer.* ]

[ CHAPTER X. Of John Bull's second Wife, and the good Advice that she gave him.* ]

[ CHAPTER XI. How John looked over his Attorney's Bill.* ]

[ CHAPTER XII. How John grew angry, and resolved to accept a Composition; and what Methods were practised by the Lawyers for keeping him from it.* ]

[ CHAPTER XIII. Mrs. Bull's vindication of the indispensable duty incumbent upon Wives in case of the Tyranny, Infidelity, or Insufficiency of Husbands; ]

[ CHAPTER XIV. The two great Parties of Wives, the Devotos and the Hitts.* ]

[ CHAPTER XV. An Account of the Conference between Mrs. Bull and Don Diego.* ]

[ CHAPTER XVI. How the guardians of the deceased Mrs. Bull's three daughters came to John, and what advice they gave him; wherein is briefly treated the characters of the three daughters. Also John Bull's answer to the three guardians.* ]

[ CHAPTER XVII. Esquire South's Message and Letter to Mrs. Bull.* ]

[ PART II. ]

[ THE PUBLISHER'S PREFACE. ]

[ CHAPTER I. The Character of John Bull's Mother.* ]

[ CHAPTER II. The Character of John Bull's Sister Peg,* with the Quarrels that happened between Master and Miss in their Childhood. ]

[ CHAPTER III. Jack's Charms,* or the Method by which he gained Peg's Heart. ]

[ CHAPTER IV. How the relations reconciled John and his sister Peg, and what return Peg made to John's message.* ]

[ CHAPTER V. Of some Quarrels that happened after Peg was taken into the Family.* ]

[ CHAPTER VI. The conversation between John Bull and his wife.* ]

[ CHAPTER VII. Of the hard shifts Mrs. Bull was put to preserve the Manor of Bullock's Hatch, with Sir Roger's method to keep off importunate duns.* ]

[ CHAPTER VIII. A continuation of the conversation betwixt John Bull and his wife. ]

[ CHAPTER IX. ]

[ CHAPTER X. Of some extraordinary Things* that passed at the "Salutation" Tavern, in the Conference between Bull, Frog, Esquire South, and Lewis ]

[ CHAPTER XI.* The apprehending, examination, and imprisonment of Jack for suspicion of poisoning. ]

[ CHAPTER XII. How Jack's friends came to visit him in prison, and what advice they gave him. ]

[ CHAPTER XIII. How Jack hanged himself up by the persuasion of his friends, who broke their words, and left his neck in the noose. ]

[ CHAPTER XIV. The Conference between Don Diego and John Bull. ]

[ CHAPTER XV. The sequel of the meeting at the "Salutation."* ]

[ CHAPTER XVI. How John Bull and Nic. Frog settled their Accounts. ]

[ CHAPTER XVII. How John Bull found all his Family in an Uproar at Home.* ]

[ CHAPTER XVIII. How Lewis Baboon came to visit John Bull, and what passed between them. * ]

[ CHAPTER XIX. Nic. Frog's letter to John Bull: wherein he endeavours to vindicate all his conduct, with relation to John Bull and the lawsuit. ]

[ CHAPTER XX. The discourse that passed between Nic. Frog and Esquire South, which John Bull overheard.* ]

[ CHAPTER XXI. The rest of Nic.'s fetches to keep John out of Ecclesdown Castle.* ]

[ CHAPTER XXII. Of the great joy that John expressed when he got possession of Ecclesdown.* ]

[ POSTSCRIPT. ]

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