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Sheppard Lee

Bird, Robert Montgomery (1806-1854)
  
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CONTENTS OF THE FIRST VOLUME.

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BOOK I. CONTAINING INSTRUCTIONS HOW TO SPEND AND HOW TO RETRIEVE A FORTUNE.
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BOOK II. CONTAINING SUNDRY ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE ADVANTAGES OF GOOD LIVING, WITH A FEW CHAPTERS ON DOMESTIC FELICITY.
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CHAPTER I. Some passages in the life of John H. Higginson, Esq., the happy sportsman; with a surprising affliction that befell the Author.
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CHAPTER II. The Author, being in prison, makes a confidant of a deputy Attorney-General.—The inconvenience of telling a truth which happens to be somewhat incredible.
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CHAPTER III. Sheppard Lee is visited by new friends, released from prison, and carried to his new place of abode.
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CHAPTER IV. Containing illustrations of the advantages of dying an unusual death, in times of high political excitement.
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CHAPTER V. The true meaning of the word Podagra.
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CHAPTER VI. Sheppard Lee's introduction to his wife, and his suspicion that all is not gold that glistens.
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CHAPTER VII. A comparison between dunning and scolding, with some thoughts on suicide.
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CHAPTER VIII. Sheppard Lee forms sundry acquaintances, some of which are genteel.
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CHAPTER IX. The Author grows weary of his wife, and mistakes the Schuylkill for the river Lethe.—The tragical adventure that befell a young gentleman in that romantic tide, with its effects upon the destinies of Sheppard Lee.
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BOOK III. CONTAINING MUCH THAT WILL BE INTERESTING TO YOUNG GENTLEMEN IN DEBT, AND TO FATHERS OF FAMILIES WHO DESIRE TO HAVE THEIR CHILDREN RISE IN SOCIETY.
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BOOK IV. CONTAINING ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE FOLLY OF BRINGING UP CHILDREN IN THE WAY THEY SHOULD GO, AND THE WISDOM OF MAKING A FORTUNE.

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SHEPPARD LEE.

WRITTEN BY HIMSELF. “Let these shine now that never shone before, And those that always shone now shine the more.” Advertisement to Hunt's Blacking.

IN TWO VOLUMES.

VOL. I.

NEW-YORK:
HARPER & BROTHERS, CLIFF-ST.
© 1836.
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