CONTENTS.

Chapter.   Page.
I.

The Flood

1
II.

No One Knows

7
III.

How the Rev. Joshua Brookes and Simon Clegg interpreted a Shakesperian Text

14
IV.

Mischief

22
V.

Ellen Chadwick

28
VI.

To Martial Music

36
VII.

The Reverend Joshua Brookes

43
VIII.

The Blue-Coat School

49
IX.

The Snake

56
X.

First Antagonism

64
XI.

The Blue-Coat Boy

71
XII.

The Gentleman

80
XIII.

Simon’s Pupil

85
XIV.

Jabez goes out into the World

91
XV.

Apprenticeship

98
XVI.

In War and Peace

105
XVII.

In the Warehouse

113
XVIII.

Easter Monday

121
XIX.

Peterloo

128
XX.

Action and Reaction

139
XXI.

Wounded

146
XXII.

Mr. Clegg

153
XXIII.

In the Theatre Royal

161
XXIV.

Madame Broadbent’s Fan

166
XXV.

Retrospective

173
XXVI.

On the Portico Steps

181
XXVII.

Manhood

188
XXVIII.

Once in a Life

194
XXIX.

On Ardwick Green Pond

201
XXX.

Blind

210
XXXI.

Coronation Day

217
XXXII.

Evening: Indoors and Out

225
XXXIII.

Clogs

233
XXXIV.

Birds of a Feather

240
XXXV.

At Carr Cottage

246
XXXVI.

The Lover’s Walk

254
XXXVII.

A Ride on a Rainy Night

262
XXXVIII.

Defeated

269
XXXIX.

Like Father, Like Son

276
XL.

With all His Faults

283
XLI.

Marriage

290
XLII.

Blows

298
XLIII.

Partnership

307
XLIV.

Man and Beast

316
XLV.

Wounds Inflicted and Endured

325
XLVI.

The Mower with His Scythe

333
XLVII.

The Last Act

340

THE MANCHESTER MAN.