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CONTENTS OF VOL. II.
BOOK II.
PAGE
Chap.
I. How Captain Waters threatened Lanky with the Bastinado if he
sighed, 5II. An Adventure, 12
III. How Captain Ralph informed Miss Henrietta Lee that War was
the natural relation of the Sexes, 16IV. An Encounter on the Highway, 23
V. Two Enemies, 30
VI. Old Friends, 36
VII. How Captain Ralph laid his commands on Mr. Lugg, 45
VIII. Ichabod: a Hebrew word, signifying the Glory has departed, 50
IX. Introduces a Gentleman once very popular in Virginia, 56
X. How Mr. Jack Hamilton, foxhunter and bachelor, aspired to the
honors of a wig, a suit of black, and a gold-headed cane, 59XI. The other Physician, 75
XII. A Landscape with Figures, 82
XIII. In which the Comedy proceeds, 86
XIV. At the Trap, and elsewhere, 100
XV. At the Hall, 106
XVI. Sketches the Court to which the Hon. Mr. Crow was accredited
as Ambassador, 110XVII. Crow makes a Speech on the Stamp Act and suffers the fate of
popularity seekers, 114XVIII. How the Ambassador was unhorsed and then horsed, 119
XIX. In which a Chariot and four horses come to the rescue, 123
4XX. The author of the MS. explains sundry things pertinent to this
history, 128XXI. How the whole Colony of Virginia went to the Jamestown Races,
and what ensued, 132XXII. Shadows of the Past: somewhat grotesque, 143
XXIII. Il segreto per esser felice, 148
XXIV. How the Seigneur Mort-Reynard preached and practised, 154
XXV. Generalship of Don Moustachio, 162
XXVI. How Henrietta returned the Diamond Necklace, 165
XXVII. The two Trees, 173
XXVIII. In which the history descends to the loves of Corydons and Phillises
in Arcady, 178XXIX. Visitors, 184
XXX. Utopian Dreams, 187
XXXI. How the Parson cursed the Captain both in Latin and French, 193
XXXII. How the Captain proved that Lanky was a great Nobleman in disguise,
197XXXIII. Grand Muster of the Cornstalk Regiment, 205
XXXIV. How Mr. Crow was tried for unofficer-like conduct, with other incidents
of a forest picnic, 210XXXV. The Seigneur Mort-Reynard takes his revenge on Don Moustachio, 216
XXXVI. The Seigneur Mort-Reynard catches a Tartar, 222
XXXVII. A Country Church in 1765, 228
XXXVIII. The Child and the Portrait, 232
XXXIX. How Captain Waters was challenged to mortal combat, 237
XL. On the ground, 243
XLI. Which the reader should by no means omit reading, 247
XLII. How Captain Ralph and Henrietta took a drive together, and
what followed, 251XLIII. In which Mr. Effingham starts with astonishment, 260
XLIV. Diagnosis and treatment of Dr. Mort-Reynard, 265
XLV. On a May evening, 270
XLVI. The Hurricane commences, 272
Epilogue, 281
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