CONTENTS

OF

THE FIRST VOLUME.

Page
[FIRST WEEK IN THE SERVICE]1
[THE SOLDIER'S ORPHAN]43
[NIGHTS IN THE GUARD-HOUSE, NO. I.:—STORY OF]
[MARIA DE CARMO]51
[OLD CHARLEY]98
[MESS-TABLE CHAT, NO. I.]108
[A DAUGHTER OF OSSIAN]125
[THE MULETEER]136
[RATIONS, OR ELSE]153
[INFERNAL DUTY]156
[NIGHTS IN THE GUARD-HOUSE, NO. II.]160
[THE FATE OF YOUNG GORE]173
[RECOLLECTIONS OF THE WALCHEREN EXPEDITION]182
[JOURNAL OF A CAMPAIGN AT THE HORSE-GUARDS]231
[MESS-TABLE CHAT, NO. II.]235
[GERAGHTY'S KICK]257
[DUELLING IN THE SERVICE]266
[NIGHTS IN THE GUARD-HOUSE, NO. III.]284
[THE BISCUIT]300
[THE BATTLE OF THE GRINDERS]309
[A ROUGH PASSAGE TO PORTUGAL]319

THE
MILITARY SKETCH-BOOK.

FIRST WEEK IN THE SERVICE.