Thomas Spencer Jerome
in his Villa of the Castle on the Island of Capri,
this book is respectfully dedicated, with
the hope that some of the facts
herein set forth may aid him
during his historical
researches.
A TABLE of the CONTENTS
| Page | |
| The King Intervenes | [1] |
| The King Dines | [29] |
| The King’s Tryst | [47] |
| The King Investigates | [77] |
| The King’s Gold | [113] |
| The King A-Begging | [147] |
| The King’s Visit | [185] |
| The King Explores | [213] |
| The King Drinks | [243] |
| The King Sails | [269] |
| The King Weds | [297] |
LIST of ILLUSTRATIONS
| The Prince of Good Fellows | [Frontispiece] |
| Facing page | |
| “Out of the way, fellow!” | [4] |
| “Headsman, do your duty” | [26] |
| “‘As you get north of Sterling, Buchanan,’ replied James, with a smile, ‘it is customary to bring the knife with you when you go out to dine’” | [42] |
| “My fair antagonist, I bid you good-night” | [74] |
| “The forty-one trees bore their burden” | [110] |
| “The figure of a tall man” | [126] |
| “With a wild scream Farini endeavoured to support himself with his gauze-like wings” | [144] |
| “The King had composed a poem in thirteen stanzas, entitled ‘The Beggar Man’” | [148] |
| “Five stalwart ruffians fell upon him” | [162] |
| “‘I am James, King of Scotland,’ he proclaimed in stentorian tones” | [178] |
| “At last MacNab sprang to his feet, holding aloft his brimming flagon” | [201] |
| “The strangers were most hospitably entertained, and entered thoroughly into the spirit of the festivities” | [234] |
| “The King, however, appeared to have no forebodings, but trotted along with great complacency” | [246] |
| “The two went outside and took the road by which they had come” | [270] |