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CONTENTS
OF
THE SECOND VOLUME.

BOOK IV.—[CONTINUED.]

• The miser's children... Page 3

• The fate of the firstborn... 15

• The catastrophe of a tragedy often performed on the great stage
  of life... 18

• In which it is shown that a man may be more useful after death
  than while living... 24

• Sheppard Lee's search for a body.—An uncommon incident 28

• In which the Author makes the acquaintance of a philanthropist...
  36

• Containing an affecting adventure with a victim of the law 44

• In which the plot thickens, and the tragedy grows deeper 50

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BOOK V.
CONTAINING THE ADVENTURES OF A GOOD SAMARITAN.

• The philanthropist's family... Page 56

• Some account of the worthy Abel Snipe... 66

• In which the young man Jonathan argues several cases of conscience,
  which are recommended to be brought before Yearly
  Meeting... 69

• Containing little or nothing save apostrophes, exhortations, and
  quarrels... 76

• Which is short and moral, and can therefore be skipped 80

• An inconvenience of being in another man's body, when called
  upon to give evidence as to one's own exit.. 82

• The sorrows of a philanthropist... 86

• The same subject continued... 93

• Containing a difficulty... 100

• In what manner Mr. Zachariah Longstraw determined to improve
  his fortune... 105

• In which a catastrophe begins... 110

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• In which the catastrophe is continued... Page 114

• The denouement of the drams... 119

• A remark, in which the Author appears as a politician, and abuses
  both parties... 127

• An uncommon adventure that befell the Author.. 129

• In which Sheppard Lee takes a journey, and discovers the secret
  object of his captors... 133

• Containing other secrets, but not so important.. 138

• In which the Author approaches a climax in his adventures 144

• Containing a specimen of eloquence, with some account of the
  dangers of Lynchdom... 149

• In which Sheppard Lee reaches the darkest period of his existence...
  153

BOOK VI.
CONTAINING A HISTORY AND A MORAL.

• In which Sheppard Lee finds every thing black about him 157

• In which Sheppard Lee is introduced to his master. 161

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• An old woman's cure for a disease extremely prevalent both in
  the coloured and uncoloured creation... Page 164

• Some account of Ridgewood Hill, and the Author's occupations...
  166

• In which the Author further describes his situation, and philosophizes
  on the state of slavery... 169

• Recollections of slavery... 175

• A scene on the banks of the Potomac, with the humours of an
  African improvisatore... 178

• The Author descends among the slaves, and suddenly becomes a
  man of figure, and an interpreter of new doctrines. 181

• What it was the negroes had discovered among the scantling 185

• The effect of the pamphlet on its reader and hearers. 189

• The hatching of a conspiracy... 194

• How the spoils of victory were intended to be divided. 196

• The attack of the insurgents upon the mansion at Ridgewood
  Hill... 200

• The tragical occurrences that followed... 204

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• The results of the insurrection, with a truly strange and fatal catastrophe
  that befell the Author... Page 208

• In which it is related what became of the Author after being
  hanged... 211

BOOK VII.
WHICH IS INTENDED AS A PENDANT TO BOOK I., AND CONTAINS
THE HISTORY OF A YOUNG GENTLEMAN OF FORTUNE.

• CHAPTER I. Containing an inkling of the life and habits of Mr. Arthur Megrim...
  217

• CHAPTER II. The happy condition in which Sheppard Lee is at last placed 222

• CHAPTER III. The employments of a young gentleman of fortune. 227

• CHAPTER IV. Some account of the inconveniences of having a digestive apparatus...
  230

• CHAPTER V. The same subject continued, with an account of several surprising
  transformations... 235

• CHAPTER VI. An account of the woes of an Emperor of France, which have
  never before appeared in history... 238

• CHAPTER VII. In which Sheppard Lee is convinced that all is not gold which
  glistens... 241

• CHAPTER VIII. In which the Author stumbles upon an old acquaintance 244

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• CHAPTER IX. Containing an account of the wonderful discoveries of the German
  doctor... Page 248

• CHAPTER X. Containing a more wonderful discovery on the part of Sheppard
  Lee, with perhaps the most surprising adventure that ever befell
  him... 252

BOOK VIII.
CONTAINING THE CONCLUSION OF THE HISTORY.

• CHAPTER I. Sheppard Lee flies from the German doctor, and finds himself
  again in New-Jersey... 258

• CHAPTER II. What had happened at Watermelon Hill during the Author's
  absence... 262

• CHAPTER III. Containing the substance of a singular debate betwixt the Author
  and his brother, with a philosophic defence of the Author's
  credibility... 267

• CHAPTER IV. Being the last chapter of all... 275