Chapter VII. In which various misfortunes befel poor Jones.
Chapter VIII. Short and sweet.
Chapter IX. Containing love-letters of several sorts.
Chapter X. Consisting partly of facts, and partly of observations upon them.
Chapter XI. Containing curious, but not unprecedented matter.
Chapter XII. A discovery made by Partridge.
Chapter II. A whimsical adventure which befel the squire, with the distressed situation of Sophia.
Chapter III. What happened to Sophia during her confinement.
Chapter IV. In which Sophia is delivered from her confinement.
Chapter VI. In which the history is obliged to look back.
Chapter VII. In which Mr Western pays a visit to his sister, in company with Mr Blifil.
Chapter VIII. Schemes of Lady Bellaston for the ruin of Jones.
Chapter IX. In which Jones pays a visit to Mrs Fitzpatrick.
Chapter X. The consequence of the preceding visit.
Chapter I. Containing a portion of introductory writing.
Chapter II. The generous and grateful behaviour of Mrs Miller.
Chapter III. The arrival of Mr Western, with some matters concerning the paternal authority.
Chapter IV. An extraordinary scene between Sophia and her aunt.
Chapter V. Mrs Miller and Mr Nightingale visit Jones in the prison.
Chapter VI. In which Mrs Miller pays a visit to Sophia.
Chapter VII. A pathetic scene between Mr Allworthy and Mrs Miller.
Chapter VIII. Containing various matters.
Chapter IX. What happened to Mr Jones in the prison.
Chapter I. A farewel to the reader.
Chapter II. Containing a very tragical incident.
Chapter IV. Containing two letters in very different stiles.
Chapter V. In which the history is continued.
Chapter VI. In which the history is farther continued
Chapter VII. Continuation of the history.
Chapter VIII. Further continuation.
Chapter IX. A further continuation.
Chapter X. Wherein the history begins to draw towards a conclusion.
Chapter XI. The history draws nearer to a conclusion.
Chapter XII. Approaching still nearer to the end.
To the Honourable
GEORGE LYTTLETON, ESQ;
One of the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury.
Sir,
Notwithstanding your constant refusal, when I have asked leave to prefix your name to this dedication, I must still insist on my right to desire your protection of this work.
To you, Sir, it is owing that this history was ever begun. It was by your desire that I first thought of such a composition. So many years have since past, that you may have, perhaps, forgotten this circumstance:
