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BROWN, WITH SOME FEW WORDS OF MR. JONES.
III. THE EARLY HISTORY OF MR. ROBINSON.
IV. NINE TIMES NINE IS EIGHTY-ONE. SHOWING HOW BROWN, JONES, AND ROBINSON SELECTED THEIR HOUSE OF BUSINESS.
V. THE DIVISION OF LABOUR.
VI. IT IS OUR OPENING DAY.
VII. MISS BROWN PLEADS HER OWN CASE, AND MR. ROBINSON WALKS ON BLACKFRIARS BRIDGE.
VIII. MR. BRISKET THINKS HE SEES HIS WAY, AND MR. ROBINSON AGAIN WALKS ON BLACKFRIARS BRIDGE.
IX. SHOWING HOW MR. ROBINSON WAS EMPLOYED ON THE OPENING DAY.
X. SHOWING HOW THE FIRM INVENTED A NEW SHIRT.
XI. JOHNSON OF MANCHESTER.
XII. SAMSON AND DELILAH.
XIII. THE WISDOM OF POPPINS.
XIV. MISTRESS MORONY.
XV. MISS BROWN NAMES THE DAY.
XVI. SHOWING HOW ROBINSON WALKED UPON ROSES.
XVII. A TEA-PARTY IN BISHOPSGATE STREET.
XVIII. AN EVENING AT THE "GOOSE AND GRIDIRON."
XIX. GEORGE ROBINSON'S MARRIAGE.
XX. SHOWING HOW MR. BRISKET DIDN'T SEE HIS WAY.
XXI. MR. BROWN IS TAKEN ILL.
XXII. WASTEFUL AND IMPETUOUS SALE.
XXIII. FAREWELL.
XXIV. GEORGE ROBINSON'S DREAM.
CHAPTER I.
PREFACE.
BY ONE OF THE FIRM.
It will be observed by the literary and commercial world that, in this transaction, the name of the really responsible party does not show on the title-page. I--George Robinson--am that party. When our Mr. Jones objected to the publication of these memoirs unless they appeared as coming from the firm itself, I at once gave way. I had no wish to offend the firm, and, perhaps, encounter a lawsuit for the empty honour of seeing my name advertised as that of an author. We had talked the matter over with our Mr. Brown, who, however, was at that time in affliction, and not able to offer much that was available. One thing he did say; "As we are partners," said Mr. Brown, "let's be partners to the end." "Well," said I, "if you say so, Mr. Brown, so it shall be." I never supposed that Mr. Bro
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