CONTENTS

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Preface to the Edition published in 1856 1
   
CHAPTER I
Anthelia 5
   
CHAPTER II
Fashionable Arrivals 14
   
CHAPTER III
Hypocon House 22
   
CHAPTER IV
Redrose Abbey 29
   
CHAPTER V
Sugar 38
   
CHAPTER VI
Sir Oran Haut-ton 44
   
CHAPTER VII
The Principle of Population 56
   
CHAPTER VIII
The Spirit of Chivalry 62
   
CHAPTER IX
The Philosophy of Ballads 67
   
CHAPTER X
The Torrent 75
   
CHAPTER XI
Love and Marriage 85
   
CHAPTER XII
Love and Poverty 91
   
CHAPTER XIII
Desmond 95
   
CHAPTER XIV
The Cottage 107
   
CHAPTER XV
The Library 115
   
CHAPTER XVI
The Symposium 121
   
CHAPTER XVII
Music and Discord 132
   
CHAPTER XVIII
The Stratagem 139
   
CHAPTER XIX
The Excursion 147
   
CHAPTER XX
The Sea-shore 155
   
CHAPTER XXI
The City of Novote 161
   
CHAPTER XXII
The Borough of Onevote 168
   
CHAPTER XXIII
The Council of War 182
   
CHAPTER XXIV
The Barouche 188
   
CHAPTER XXV
The Walk 195
   
CHAPTER XXVI
The Cottagers 200
   
CHAPTER XXVII
The Anti-Saccharine Fête 206
   
CHAPTER XXVIII
The Chess Dance 212
   
CHAPTER XXIX
The Disappearance 220
   
CHAPTER XXX
The Paper-Mill 226
   
CHAPTER XXXI
Cimmerian Lodge 232
   
CHAPTER XXXII
The Deserted Mansion 243
   
CHAPTER XXXIII
The Phantasm 250
   
CHAPTER XXXIV
The Churchyard 256
   
CHAPTER XXXV
The Rustic Wedding 261
   
CHAPTER XXXVI
The Vicarage 268
   
CHAPTER XXXVII
The Mountains 273
   
CHAPTER XXXVIII
The Fracas 276
   
CHAPTER XXXIX
Mainchance Villa 281
   
CHAPTER XL
The Hopes of the World 295
   
CHAPTER XLI
Alga Castle 305
   
CHAPTER XLII
Conclusion 316