1864.
CONTENTS.
[BOOK FIRST.]
NEW YEAR'S DAY.
- [I. THE BLOCK.]
- [II. THREE BACHELORS.]
- [III. PEEPS.]
- [IV. QUIGG.]
- [V. PLEASURE AS BUSINESS.]
- [VI. SOMETHING HIDDEN.]
- [VII. THE BOY BOG.]
- [VIII. MALTBOY'S TWENTIETH AFFAIR.]
- [IX. MRS. SLAPMAN AT HOME.]
- [X. INFIRMITIES OF GENIUS.]
[BOOK SECOND.]
POLISHING.
- [I. THE ENIGMA.]
- [II. A DELICATE PROPOSITION.]
- [III. AN AUXILIARY OF MODERN CIVILIZATION.]
- [IV. MISS PILLBODY.]
- [V. A FRIEND IN NEED.]
- [VI. BRANCHING OUT.]
- [VII. THE LITTLE PUPIL.]
[BOOK THIRD.]
TRAIL OF THE SERPENT.
- [I. "ONE--TWO--THREE--FOUR."]
- [II. THE FALLING BOARD.]
- [III. SNEAKING JUSTIFIED.]
- [IV. UP IN THE AIR.]
- [V. TONGUES OF FIRE.]
[BOOK FOURTH.]
CHILDREN OF THE WORLD.
- [I. MENDERT VAN QUINTEM AND SON.]
- [II. BUYING GOOD BEHAVIOR.]
- [III. THE YOUNG MONSTER.]
- [IV. WESLEY TIFFLES.]
- [V. THE PANORAMA OF AFRICA.]
[BOOK FIFTH.]
MANOEUVRES.
- [I. STOLEN--MORE THAN A PURSE.]
- [II. CONSOLATIONS OF HIGH ART.]
- [III. LOVING AFAR OFF.]
- [IV. LEGERDEMAIN.]
[BOOK SIXTH.]
MYSTERIES OF THE NIGHT.
- [I. THE UNKNOWN HAND.]
- [II. IN VAIN--IN VAIN.]
- [III. THE CLASHING ORBS.]
- [IV. A VISION OP HORRORS.]
- [V. WHAT THE MORNING BROUGHT.]
[BOOK SEVENTH.]
JOURNEYINGS AGAINST FATE.
- [I. PEA-SHOOTING AS A SCIENCE.]
- [II. BY STEAM.]
- [III. PIGWORTH, J.P.]
- [IV. STOOP.]
- [V. AN AUDIENCE ANALYZED.]
- [VI. HUMORS OF THE MANY-HEADED.]
- [VII. SCENES NOT IN THE BILLS.]
[BOOK EIGHTH.]
A DRAMATIC INTERLUDE.
[BOOK NINTH.]
THE INQUEST.
- [I. CORONER AND JURY.]
- [II. STATEMENT OF THE PRISONER.]
- [III. JUSTICE GOES TO DINNER.]
- [IV. LIGHT IN THE PRISON.]
- [V. THE SORROW OF WHITE HAIRS.]
- [VI. WHAT PAPER, TYPES, AND INK CAN DO.]
- [VII. PET AS A WITNESS.]
- [VIII. THE BENEFICENCE OF FIRE BELLS.]
- [IX. AN OLD MAN'S OFFERING.]
[BOOK TENTH.]
DONE ON BOTH SIDES.
- [I. A FISHER OF MEN.]
- [II. PLAYING WITH THE LINE.]
- [III. PULLING IN.]
- [IV. THE FIRST OF MAY.]
- [V. DEMOLITION OF CERTAIN AIR CASTLES.]
- [VI. MR. WHEDELL'S CREDITORS IN CONVENTION ASSEMBLED.]
- [VII. DEUS EX MACHINA.]
[BOOK ELEVENTH.]
DISCOVERIES.
- [I. THE OLD HOUSE REVISITED.]
- [II. A POSTHUMOUS SECRET.]
- [III. OVERTOP FINDS A SENSIBLE WOMAN.]
- [IV. INNOCENCE ON A SLIPPERY ROAD.]
- [V. BOG'S OPEN SESAME.]
- [VI. TRACKED.]
- [VII. FOUND AND LOST.]
[BOOK TWELFTH.]
SPECULATIONS--PECUNIARY AND MATRIMONIAL.
- [I. THE "COSMOPOLITAN WINDOW FASTENER."]
- [II. MIDDLE-AGED CUPID.]
- [III. SLAPMAN vs. SLAPMAN.]
- [IV. HOW OVERTOP SEALED A CONTRACT IN A WAY UNKNOWN TO CHITTY.]
- [V. A RETURNED CALIFORNIAN.]
- [VI. REVELATIONS OF A LAUGH.]
[BOOK THIRTEENTH.]
THE STRANGE LADY.
[BOOK FOURTEENTH.]
HAPPY DAYS.
- [I. THE BLOCK.]
- [II. THREE BACHELORS.]
- [III. PEEPS.]
- [IV. QUIGG.]
- [V. PLEASURE AS BUSINESS.]
- [VI. SOMETHING HIDDEN.]
- [VII. THE BOY BOG.]
- [VIII. MALTBOY'S TWENTIETH AFFAIR.]
- [IX. MRS. SLAPMAN AT HOME.]
- [X. INFIRMITIES OF GENIUS.]
- [I. THE ENIGMA.]
- [II. A DELICATE PROPOSITION.]
- [III. AN AUXILIARY OF MODERN CIVILIZATION.]
- [IV. MISS PILLBODY.]
- [V. A FRIEND IN NEED.]
- [VI. BRANCHING OUT.]
- [VII. THE LITTLE PUPIL.]
- [I. "ONE--TWO--THREE--FOUR."]
- [II. THE FALLING BOARD.]
- [III. SNEAKING JUSTIFIED.]
- [IV. UP IN THE AIR.]
- [V. TONGUES OF FIRE.]