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Ellie, or, The human comedy

Cooke, John Esten (1830-1886)
  
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INTRODUCTORY.
  
CONTENTS.

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BOOK I.
 1. 
CHAPTER I. RICHMOND: ON A DECEMBER MORNING.
 2. 
CHAPTER II. HOW ELLIE THOUGHT OF HER SHAWL.
 3. 
CHAPTER III. INTRODUCES WIDE-AWAKE.
 4. 
CHAPTER IV. ELLIE AND HER NEEDLE.
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CHAPTER V. ELLIE PICKS UP A GLOVE.
 6. 
CHAPTER VI. HOW ELLIE WAS FORCED TO HEAR A VERY SINGULAR CONVERSATION.
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CHAPTER VII. HINTS AT THE SKELETON IN CAPTAIN SCHMINKY'S HOUSE.
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CHAPTER VIII. A GENTLEMAN OF FASHION AND AN ECCENTRIC.
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CHAPTER IX. A BRACE OF WORTHIES.
 10. 
CHAPTER X. THE STRENGTH OF A CHILD.
 11. 
CHAPTER XI. HOW ELLIE PAWNED THE GIFT OF HER MOTHER.
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CHAPTER XII. FACE TO FACE WITH HUNGER.
 13. 
CHAPTER XIII AUNT PHILLIS.
 14. 
CHAPTER XIV. HOW ELLIE MET WITH HER FRIEND LUCIA.
 15. 
CHAPTER XV. THE RICH DO NOT DESPISE THE POOR; THEY ONLY KNOW NOTHING ABOUT THEM.
 16. 
CHAPTER XVI. HOW MR. SANSOUCY CHEATED THE WIND AND THE COLD.
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CHAPTER XVII. THE EDITOR OF THE “WEEKLY MAMMOTH.”
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CHAPTER XVIII. HOW THE EDITOR OF THE WEEKLY MAMMOTH CAUSED THAT JOURNAL TO WAIT FOR COPY.
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CHAPTER XIX. SKETCHES A GENTLEMAN OF THE LAW.
 20. 
CHAPTER XX. SUNSHINE COMES TO-MORROW.
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BOOK II.
 1. 
CHAPTER I. MUSINGS OF A JOURNALIST.
 2. 
CHAPTER II. THE OLD ACTORS—WHERE ARE THEY?
 3. 
CHAPTER III. HOW SANSOUCY RELATED A FAIRY TALE WITH REAL PERSONAGES, FOR HIS FRIEND'S AMUSEMENT.
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CHAPTER IV. DOCTOR FOSSYL AND THE DANCE OF DEATH.
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CHAPTER V. THE APPIAN WAY AND THE CATACOMBS.
 6. 
CHAPTER VI. PHILOSOPHY OF THE “DANCE.”
 7. 
CHAPTER VII. HOW SANSOUCY WAS DEFEATED BY MR. HEARTSEASE.
 6. 
CHAPTER VI. HEARTSEASE CRITICISES MISS GOSYP AND THE BANKS.
 9. 
CHAPTER IX. CONTAINS A CHARCOAL SKETCH OF CAPTAIN TARNISH.
 10. 
CHAPTER X. MR. SANSOUCY DESCENDS INTO LOW LIFE AND MAKES HIMSELF AGREEABLE.
 11. 
CHAPTER XI. AURELIA'S DRESS.
 12. 
CHAPTER XII. ELLIE MEETS A CYNICAL VISITOR.
 13. 
CHAPTER XIII. WIDE-AWAKE AND HIS ENEMIES.
 14. 
CHAPTER XIV. WIDE-AWAKE MEDITATES FELONY IN BEHALF OF LUCIA.
 15. 
CHAPTER XV. AUNT PHILLIS IN HER CASTLE.
 16. 
CHAPTER XVI. THE OLD DAYS AND THE NEW.
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CHAPTER XVII. ELLIE'S DRESS DOES NOT FIT HER.
 18. 
CHAPTER XVIII. DOCTOR FOSSYL AND HIS THEORIES.
 19. 
CHAPTER XIX. THE HYMN.
 20. 
CHAPTER XX. CONTAINS AN ACCOUNT OF MONSIEUR GUILLEMOT'S BANKRUPTCY.
 21. 
CHAPTER XXI. RECOLLECTIONS OF AUNT PHILLIS.
 22. 
CHAPTER XXII. HOW AN UNKNOWN FRIEND SENT LUCIA A DRESS
 23. 
CHAPTER XXIII. WHAT BETTER EPITAPH!
 24. 
CHAPTER XXIV. IN THE ARENA: WITH SKETCHES OF THE GLADIATORS.
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CHAPTER XXV. THE OPERA OF DON GIOVANNI.
 26. 
CHAPTER XXVI. HOW MR. INCLEDON CALLED ON MR. FANTISH, AND WHAT PASSED.
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CHAPTER XXVII. HOW A MAN WAS TREATED BY A WOMAN—A CHAPTER OF INTEREST TO PHILOSOPHERS.
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CHAPTER XXVIII. THE LETTER.
 29. 
CHAPTER XXIX. DELILAH.
 30. 
CHAPTER XXX. THE NIGHT PRECEDING THURSDAY MORNING: THREE SCENES OF THE COMEDY.
 31. 
CHAPTER XXXI. SCENE THE SECOND.
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CHAPTER XXXII. SCENE THIRD AND LAST.
 33. 
CHAPTER XXXIII. THE ELOPEMENT.
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CHAPTER XXXIV. HOW A WOMAN WAS TREATED BY A MAN.
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CHAPTER XXXV. HOW CAPTAIN TARNISH CAME TO AND WENT FROM MR. SANSOUCY'S OFFICE.
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CHAPTER XXXVI. WHAT TOOK PLACE AT THE SHOOTING GALLERY.
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CHAPTER XXXVII. DOCTOR FOSSYL AND HIS PATIENT.
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CHAPTER XXXVIII. THE WAYS OF PROVIDENCE.
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BOOK III.
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CHAPTER I. IN WHICH THE HISTORY RETURNS TO OTHER PERSONAGES: AND CHRONICLES A SLEIGH-RIDE.
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CHAPTER II. HOW MR. SANSOUCY NEARLY RAN OVER A WOMAN, AND WHAT FOLLOWED.
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CHAPTER III. RETURNS TO SOME OLD FRIENDS.
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CHAPTER IV. RECOUNTS THE MANIA OF MONSIEUR GUILLEMOT'S FRIEND, ANGELIQUE.
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CHAPTER V. MADAME ANGELIQUE'S CONTRIBUTION TO THE FAIR.
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CHAPTER VI. HOW THE LADY HAD AN INTERVIEW WITH LUCIA.
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CHAPTER VII. HOW WIDE-AWAKE AND LUCIA ARRANGED THEIR PLANS.
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CHAPTER VIII. TREATS OF MR. SANSOUCY AND HIS SENTIMENTS.
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CHAPTER IX. HOW HEARTSEASE COMPARES MISS AURELIA TO A PARROT.
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CHAPTER X. AURELIA EXPLAINS.
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CHAPTER XI. HEARTSEASE IS OVERHEARD.
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CHAPTER XII. AURELIA'S PRIZE AT THE FAIR.
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CHAPTER XIII. DOCTOR FOSSYL AND SANSOUCY.
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CHAPTER XIV. AN OUTLINE OF MR. SANSOUCY, DRAWN BY HIMSELF.
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CHAPTER XV. EXPLAINS WHO PASSED MR. SANSOUCY ON THE STAIRS.
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CHAPTER XVI. WHAT AURELIA SAW AND HEARD AT THE PICTURE GALLERY.
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CHAPTER XVII. FINISHES MR. HEARTSEASE.
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CHAPTER XVII. “SHE IS NOT HERE.”
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CHAPTER XIX. LUCIA GATHERS HER FLOWERS.
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CHAPTER XX. THE NOTE AND THE PACKAGE WITH THE CONSEQUENCES.
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CHAPTER XXI. THE STRUGGLE.
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CHAPTER LAST. THE VICTORY.

  
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ELLIE:
OR,
THE HUMAN COMEDY.

By John Esten Cooke.

AUTHOR OF “THE VIRGINIA COMEDIANS,” “LEATHER STOCKING AND SILK,”
“THE YOUTH OF JEFFERSON,” “PEONY,” etc.

“Thrice blest whose lives are faithful prayers,
Whose loves in higher love endure;
What souls possess themselves so pure,
Or is there happiness like theirs!”

TENNYSON


With Illustrations after Designs by Strother.
RICHMOND:

Published by A. Morris.

1855.
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Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1855,
BY A. MORRIS,
in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the
United States, for the Eastern District of Virginia.
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