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EDITED BY GEORGE SAINTSBURY WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY HERBERT RAILTON & E. J. WHEELER.
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CONTENTS OF VOL. I.
INTRODUCTION
DEDICATION TO RALPH ALLEN, ESQ
BOOK I.
* CHAPTER I. Containing the exordium, &c.
* CHAPTER II. The history sets out. Observations on the excellency of the English constitution and curious examinations before a justice of peace
* CHAPTER III. Containing the inside of a prison
* CHAPTER IV. Disclosing further secrets of the prison-house
* CHAPTER V. Containing certain adventures which befel Mr. Booth in the prison
* CHAPTER VI. Containing the extraordinary behaviour of Miss Matthews on her meeting with Booth, and some endeavours to prove, by reason and authority, that it is possible for a woman to appear to be what she really is not
* CHAPTER VII. In which Miss Matthews begins her history
* CHAPTER VIII. The history of Miss Matthews continued
* CHAPTER IX. In which Miss Matthews concludes her relation
* CHAPTER X. Table-talk, consisting of a facetious discourse that passed in the prison
BOOK II.
* CHAPTER I. In which Captain Booth begins to relate his history
* CHAPTER II. Mr. Booth continues his story. In this chapter there are some passages that may serve as a kind of touchstone by which a young lady may examine the heart of her lover. I would advise, therefore, that every lover be obliged to read it over in the presence of his mistress, and that she carefully watch his emotions while he is reading
* CHAPTER III. The narrative continued. More of the touchstone
* CHAPTER IV. The story of Mr. Booth continued. In this chapter the reader will perceive a glimpse of the character of a very good divine, with some matters of a very tender kind
* CHAPTER V. Containing strange revolutions of fortune
* CHAPTER VI. Containing many surprising adventures
* CHAPTER VII. The story of Booth continued--M