When this same eccentric work was drawing very near to its conclusion, it was objected by a friend, that something more explanatory of the contents of each chapter than the motto prefixed, appeared to be necessary.
The Sexagenarian had himself already done this in numerous instances; the Editor has supplied the rest, and the reader will be at no loss to distinguish the hand of the master from the humble one of the copyist.
Transcriber’s Note: The references below are to the chapters of Vol. I. and are linked to that volume on Project Gutenberg. Readers should note that Vol. I. was printed with two Chapter XXIs, and no Chapter XLII. No attempt has been made to renumber the chapters.
CHAP. I. [P. 1.]
A Tale of a Tub.
CHAP. II. [P. 8.]
A Tendency to the Rhapsodical; or, Much ado about Nothing.
CHAP. III. [P. 13.]
A Friend in need is a Friend indeed, yet nothing but what might very well have happened.