London, June 1, 1901.
[CONTENTS.]
| CHAPTER | PAGE | ||
| I. | Men of Desperate Fortunes | [11] | |
| II. | Disturbers of the Night | [35] | |
| III. | Master Jerningham's Madness | [57] | |
| IV. | The Art of Roaring | [79] | |
| V. | Penniless Companions | [95] | |
| VI. | Revenge Upon Womankind | [107] | |
| VII. | Mistress Millicent | [119] | |
| VIII. | Sir Peregrine Medway | [133] | |
| IX. | The Praise of Innocence | [147] | |
| X. | In the Goldsmith's Garden | [167] | |
| XI. | The Rascal Employs His Wits | [183] | |
| XII. | Master Holyday in Fear and Trembling | [203] | |
| XIII. | A Riot in Cheapside | [213] | |
| XIV. | Jerningham Sees the Way to His Desire | [238] | |
| XV. | Ravenshaw Falls Asleep | [250] | |
| XVI. | The Poet as a Man of Action | [260] | |
| XVII. | Dire Things Befall in the Forest | [273] | |
| XVIII. | Ravenshaw's Sleep Is Interrupted | [285] | |
| XIX. | Knave Against Gentleman | [304] | |
| XX. | Holyday's Further Adventures | [338] | |
| XXI. | The Captain Forswears Swaggering | [352] |
[ LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.]
| PAGE | ||
| "There was exchange of thrust and parry" | ||
| (see page [333]) | [Frontispiece] | |
| "'She led me but a short chase'" | [60] | |
| "'Sir, I thank you for what you did that | ||
| night'" | [128] | |
| "Bade his visitor be seated upon a stone bench, | ||
| and faced her sullenly" | [153] | |
| "One hand gesticulating, while the other | ||
| held his new-written manuscript" | [203] | |
| "Suddenly the narrow way before him became | ||
| blocked with human creatures" | [251] | |
| "There ... was the maid of Cheapside, pale | ||
| and bewildered" | [303] |