"Upon my word, friend," said I, "you have almost made me long to try what a robber I should make." "There is a great art in it, if you did," quoth he. "Ah! but," said I, "there's a great deal in being hanged."

Life and Actions of Guzman d'Alfarache.

CONTENTS.

[EPOCH THE FIRST, 1703. JONATHAN WILD.]
CHAPTER I.[The Widow and her Child]1
II.[The Old Mint]13
III.[The Master of the Mint]28
IV.[The Roof and the Window]34
V.[The Denunciation]42
VI.[The Storm]51
VII.[Old London Bridge]63
[EPOCH THE SECOND, 1715. THAMES DARRELL.]
CHAPTER I.[The Idle Apprentice]75
II.[Thames Darrell]88
III.[The Jacobite]95
IV.[Mr. Kneebone and his Friends]99
V.[Hawk and Buzzard]103
VI.[The first Step towards the Ladder]119
VII.[Brother and Sister]131
VIII.[Miching Mallecho]135
IX.[Consequences of the Theft]147
X.[Mother and Son]154
XI.[The Mohocks]160
XII.[Saint Giles's Round-house]167
XIII.[The Magdalene]177
XIV.[The Flash Ken]191
XV.[The Robbery in Willesden Church]198
XVI.[Jonathan Wild's House in the Old Bailey]201
XVII.[The Night-Cellar]211
XVIII.[How Jack Sheppard broke out of the Cage at Willesden]218
XIX.[Good and Evil]224
[EPOCH THE THIRD, 1724. THE PRISON-BREAKER.]
CHAPTER I.[The Return]231
II.[The Burglary at Dollis Hill]249
III.[Jack Sheppard's Quarrel with Jonathan Wild]254
IV.[Jack Sheppard's Escape from the New Prison]258
V.[The Disguise]261
VI.[Winifred receives two Proposals]278
VII.[Jack Sheppard warns Thames Darrell]284
VIII.[Old Bedlam]291
IX.[Old Newgate]302
X.[How Jack Sheppard got out of the Condemned Hold]310
XI.[Dollis Hill revisited]324
XII.[The Well Hole]336
XIII.[The Supper at Mr. Kneebone's]346
XIV.[How Jack Sheppard was again captured]367
XV.[How Blueskin underwent the Peine Forte et Dure]377
XVI.[How Jack Sheppard's Portrait was painted]385
XVII.[The Iron Bar]397
XVIII.[The Bed Room]400
XIX.[The Chapel]401
XX.[The Leads]405
XXI.[What befell Jack Sheppard in the Turner's House]408
XXII.[Fast and Loose]415
XXIII.[The last Meeting between Jack Sheppard and his Mother]419
XXIV.[The Pursuit]425
XXV.[How Jack Sheppard got rid of his Irons]429
XXVI.[How Jack Sheppard attended his Mother's Funeral]435
XXVII.[How Jack Sheppard was brought back to Newgate]441
XXVIII.[What happened at Dollis Hill]449
XXIX.[How Jack Sheppard was taken to Westminster Hall]454
XXX.[How Jonathan Wild's House was burnt down]458
XXXI.[The Procession to Tyburn]462
XXXII.[The Closing Scene]472