CONTENTS
ILLUSTRATIONS
[ Was the Young Lady Too Fastidious. 043-12 ]
[ The Rev. Doctor Opimian. 047-16 ]
[ Seven Young Women in a Bachelor's Establishment. 056-24 ]
[ Verifying the Question of Hair Of The Vestals. 063-33 ]
[ Should Not Trust Myself to Be Your Aga—aga. 076-44 ]
[ Perfect Ideality of Beauty. 091-61 ]
[ The Other Horse Prancing in Terror. 095-65 ]
[ Reading his Favourite Poets. 107-77 ]
[ In Vain Was Pursuit, Though Some Followed Pell-mell 132-100 ]
[ Mr. Pallet Devoted to the Scenery 141-108 ]
[ Lord Curryfin Swinging over the Stage 144-108 ]
[ Found his Lordship Scrambling up the Bank 148-119 ]
[ That Sail Will Never Put You Under the Water Again 150-120 ]
[ A Singularly Refractory Specimen 153-123 ]
[ I Expected to Find You Killed 156-124 ]
[ Trying if he Could Not Out-do Mr. Tait 187-157 ]
[ She Was an Atalanta on Ice As On Turf 191-161 ]
[ Mr. Falconer's Mercury 197-167 ]
[ He Heard a Good Deal of the Family News 200-167 ]
[ Six Partners for Six Sisters 204-171 ]
[ Moths Fluttering in the Light of Her Beauty 214-182 ]
[ Sinking up to his Shoulders in a Hollow 225-196 ]
[ Encouraged his Six Allies to Carry on the Siege 243-203 ]
[ Constant All My Life to a Single Idea 250-208 ]
[ Miss Gryll Was Resplendent As Circe 268-226 ]
[ Her Every Movement Developed Some New Grace 275-235 ]
[ You Are in Love, and Do Not Choose to Confess It. 279-239 ]
[ Live in Hope; But Live on Beef and Ale 294-252 ]
[ Your Handmaids Always Move in Pairs 298-256 ]
[ Discoursing of Many Things, But Chiefly Of Morgana 304-261 ]
[ She Appeared Before Him, Blushing and Trembling. 308-265 ]
[ You Must Have Plenty of Ghosts in Greek and Latin 312-270 ]
DETAILED CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER I
MisnomersCHAPTER II
The Squire and his NieceCHAPTER III
The Duke's FollyCHAPTER IV
The Forest—A Soliloquy on HairCHAPTER V.
The Seven SistersCHAPTER VI
The Rustic LoverCHAPTER VII
The Vicar and his Wife—Families of Love:—
The NewspaperCHAPTER VIII
Pantopragmatics
CHAPTER IX
Saint CatharineCHAPTER X
The ThunderstormCHAPTER XI
Electrical Science—The Death of PhilemonCHAPTER XII
The Forest Dell—The Power of Love—The Lottery
of MarriageCHAPTER XIII
Lord Curryfin—Siberian Dinners—Social MonotonyCHAPTER XIV
Music and Painting—Jack of DoverCHAPTER XV
Expression in Music—The Dappled Palfrey—Love
and Age—Competitive ExaminationCHAPTER XVI
Miss Niphet—The Theatre—The Lake—Divided Attraction
—Infallible SafetyCHAPTER XVII
Horse-Taming—Love in Dilemma—Injunctions—Sonorous VasesCHAPTER XVIII
Lectures—The Power of Public Opinion—A New
Order of ChivalryCHAPTER XIX
A Symposium—Transatlantic Tendencies
—After-Dinner Lectures—EducationCHAPTER XX
Algernon and Morgana—Opportunity and Repentance
—The Forest in WinterCHAPTER XXI
Skating—Pas de deux on the Ice—Congeniality
—Flints among BonesCHAPTER XXII
The Seven against Thebes—A Soliloquy on ChristmasCHAPTER XXIII
The two Quadrilles—Pope's Ombre—Poetical Truth to
Nature—CleopatraCHAPTER XXIV
Progress of Sympathy—Love's Injunctions—Orlando
InnamoratoCHAPTER XXV
Harry and DorothyCHAPTER XXVI
Doubts and QuestionsCHAPTER XXVII
Love in MemoryCHAPTER XXVIII
Aristophanes in LondonCHAPTER XXIX
The Bald Venus—Inez de Castro—The Unity of LoveCHAPTER XXX
A Captive Knight—Richard and AliceCHAPTER XXXI
A Twelfth-Night Ball—Pantopragmatic Cookery
—Modern Vandalism—A Bowl of PunchCHAPTER XXXII
Hopes and Fears—Compensations in Life—Athenian
Comedy—Madeira and Music—ConfidencesCHAPTER XXXIII
The Conquest of ThebesCHAPTER XXXIV
Christmas Tales—Classical Tales of Wonder—The
Host's Ghost—A Tale of a Shadow—A Tale of
a Bogle—The Legend of St. LauraRejected Suitors—Conclusion