A Doleful Swain. 071–41
Should Not Trust Myself to Be Your Aga—aga. 076–44
Perfect Ideality of Beauty. 091–61
The Other Horse Prancing in Terror. 095–65
Reading his Favourite Poets. 107–77
In Vain Was Pursuit, Though Some Followed Pell-mell 132–100
Mr. Pallet Devoted to the Scenery 141–108
Lord Curryfin Swinging over the Stage 144–108
Found his Lordship Scrambling up the Bank 148–119
That Sail Will Never Put You Under the Water Again 150–120
A Singularly Refractory Specimen 153–123
I Expected to Find You Killed 156–124
And from Balloons 162–130
Trying if he Could Not Out-do Mr. Tait 187–157
She Was an Atalanta on Ice As On Turf 191–161
Mr. Falconer's Mercury 197–167
He Heard a Good Deal of the Family News 200–167
Six Partners for Six Sisters 204–171
Minuet de La Cour 009–177
Moths Fluttering in the Light of Her Beauty 214–182
Sinking up to his Shoulders in a Hollow 225–196
Encouraged his Six Allies to Carry on the Siege 243–203
Constant All My Life to a Single Idea 250–208
Miss Gryll Was Resplendent As Circe 268–226
Her Every Movement Developed Some New Grace 275–235
You Are in Love, and Do Not Choose to Confess It. 279–239
Live in Hope; But Live on Beef and Ale 294–252
Your Handmaids Always Move in Pairs 298–256
Discoursing of Many Things, But Chiefly Of Morgana 304–261
She Appeared Before Him, Blushing and Trembling. 308–265
You Must Have Plenty of Ghosts in Greek and Latin 312–270
All's Well That Ends Well 326–284
His Saul Abune the Moon 330–288
DETAILED CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER I
Misnomers
CHAPTER II
The Squire and his Niece
CHAPTER III
The Duke's Folly
CHAPTER IV
The Forest—A Soliloquy on Hair
CHAPTER V.
The Seven Sisters
CHAPTER VI
The Rustic Lover
CHAPTER VII
The Vicar and his Wife—Families of Love:—
The Newspaper
CHAPTER VIII
Pantopragmatics
CHAPTER IX
Saint Catharine
CHAPTER X
CHAPTER X
The Thunderstorm
CHAPTER XI
CHAPTER XI
Electrical Science—The Death of Philemon
CHAPTER XII
CHAPTER XII
The Forest Dell—The Power of Love—The Lottery
of Marriage
CHAPTER XIII
CHAPTER XIII
Lord Curryfin—Siberian Dinners—Social Monotony
CHAPTER XIV
CHAPTER XIV
Music and Painting—Jack
