CONTENTS. Vll 



CHAPTER VI. 



Characters of all Grades The Great Lord Chief Discon- 

 tent The Road to Improvement Manchester Cobourg 

 Lawrence Sterne Liverpool Umpire A Scene at 

 Finchley One of the Rudiments of the Art A Parti- 

 cular Gentleman The Two Holyhead Mails An In- 

 quest Doleful Interview An Anomaly in Law The 

 Ship Doctor Morning Call Portrait Reception 

 Great Horse Thirsty Soul A Brother The Bay of 

 Naples Wounded Officer An Operation Trifling Er- 

 ror Magnanimity and Forbearance Messmates Tobias 

 Smollett Hearty Buck St. Albans An Easter Sunday 

 The Abbey Devotion A Family 'Picture St. Au- 

 gustin History Purity of Election Gallantry A 

 Funeral Stratford-on- Avon Woodstock Wallingford 

 The Miller Strange Courtesy Impromptu The 

 Passing BeU The Churchyard . . . 195 



CHAPTER VH. 



King Charles An Indiscreet Act A New Country 

 Proprietor The Cheltenham Coach Scions of the 

 Nobility An Unexpected Interview The Roebuck 

 Bishop Atterbury Horse-dealing Fire and Water 

 Hydropathic Cure Reflections Piccadilly The Black 

 Dog at Bedfont A Compromise An Old Acquaintance 

 Henley-on-Thames An Eclipse of the Sun An Un- 

 natural Son Full Stop 243 



CHAPTER Vin. 



A Bad Prospect Sunday's Employment : its Conse- 

 quences Spring Gardens -The Great Chirurgeon 



