Bentley's Miscellany, Volume IIVolume 2 — THE PROFESSOR.—A TALE.Reading editionChapter navigation110 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…BENTLEY'S MISCELLANY. VOL. II.ADDRESS.ILLUSTRATIONS.SONG OF THE MONTH. No. VII.OLIVER TWIST; OR, THE PARISH BOY'S PROGRESS.ELEGIAC STANZAS.FICTIONS OF THE MIDDLE AGES.A NEW SONG TO THE OLD TUNE OF "KATE KEARNEY."WHAT TOM BINKS DID WHEN HE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH HIMSELF.A GENTLEMAN QUITE.THE FOSTER-CHILD.THE WHITE MAN'S DEVIL-HOUSE.A LYRIC FOR LOVERS.Chapter VIIChapter VIIISHAKSPEARE PAPERS.—No. III.THE PIPER'S PROGRESS.Chapter IITHE DUEL.THE MONK OF RAVENNE.A MARINE'S COURTSHIP.FAMILY STORIES.—No. VI.—MRS. BOTHERBY'S STORY.SONG OF THE MONTH. 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[10]OLIVER TWIST; OR, THE PARISH BOY'S PROGRESS.THE POISONERS OF THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY.SERENADE TO FRANCESCA.Chapter IChapter IIMASCALBRUNI.SMOKE.SOME PASSAGES IN THE LIFE OF A DISAPPOINTED MAN.THE PROFESSOR.—A TALE.Chapter IChapter IIBIDDY TIBS, WHO CARED FOR NOBODY.THE REGATTA.—No. I.THE KEY OF GRANADA.GLORVINA, THE MAID OF MEATH.PHELIM O'TOOLE'S NINE MUSE-INGS ON HIS NATIVE COUNTY.SONG OF THE MONTH. No. X.THE POISONERS OF THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY.AN EXCELLENT OFFER.THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A GOOD JOKE.THE SECRET.SHAKSPEARE PAPERS.—No. IV.LADY BLUE'S BALL.THE MAN WITH THE CLUB FOOT. TALE (THE SECOND) OF ST. LUKE'S.FULL REPORT OF THE FIRST MEETING OF THE MUDFOG ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF EVERYTHING.A REMONSTRATORY ODE TO MR. CROSS.MEMOIR OF BEAU NASH.GRUB-STREET NEWS.SONG OF THE MONTH. No. XI.OLIVER TWIST; OR, THE PARISH BOY'S PROGRESS.THE CONFESSIONS OF AN ELDERLY GENTLEMAN; CONTAINING HIS LAST LOVE.MY FATHER'S OLD HALL.PORTRAIT GALLERY.—No. IV.THE RELICS OF ST. PIUS.Chapter IIIA FEW ENQUIRIES.NIGHTS AT SEA; Or, Sketches of Naval Life during the War.LINESA CHAPTER ON WIDOWS.PETRARCH IN LONDON.ADVENTURES IN PARIS.MARTIAL IN TOWN.ASTRONOMICAL AGITATION.THE ADVENTURES OF A TALE.WHEN AND WHY THE DEVIL INVENTED BRANDY.THE WIT IN SPITE OF HIMSELF.LEGENDS.SONG OF THE MONTH. No. XII.OLIVER TWIST; OR, THE PARISH BOY'S PROGRESS.THE LONELY GIRL.THE APPORTIONMENT OF THE WORLD.SHAKSPEARE PAPERS.—No. V.ODE TO THE QUEEN.SUICIDE.ADVENTURES IN PARIS. Chapter II.THE LAST OF THE BANDITS.THE GLORIES OF GOOD HUMOUR.SONG OF THE MODERN TIME.CAPITAL PUNISHMENTS IN LONDON EIGHTY YEARS AGO.A PETER-PINDARIC TO AND OF THE FOG.NIGHTS AT SEA; Or, Sketches of Naval Life during the War.THE CASTLE BY THE SEA.LEGISLATIVE NOMENCLATURE.NOBILITY IN DISGUISE.ANOTHER ORIGINAL OF "NOT A DRUM WAS HEARD."INDEX TO THE SECOND VOLUME.Previous chapter ←Volume 2 — SOME PASSAGES IN THE LIFE OF A DISAPPOINTED MAN.Next chapter →Volume 2 — Chapter IAll chapters and sections (110)Sections2Volume 2 · Other sectionsADDRESS.ILLUSTRATIONS.SONG OF THE MONTH. No. VII.OLIVER TWIST; OR, THE PARISH BOY'S PROGRESS.ELEGIAC STANZAS.FICTIONS OF THE MIDDLE AGES.A NEW SONG TO THE OLD TUNE OF "KATE KEARNEY."WHAT TOM BINKS DID WHEN HE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH HIMSELF.A GENTLEMAN QUITE.THE FOSTER-CHILD.THE WHITE MAN'S DEVIL-HOUSE.A LYRIC FOR LOVERS.Volume 2 · Chapters78Volume 2 · Other sectionsSHAKSPEARE PAPERS.—No. III.THE PIPER'S PROGRESS.Volume 2 · Chapters2Volume 2 · Other sectionsTHE DUEL.THE MONK OF RAVENNE.A MARINE'S COURTSHIP.FAMILY STORIES.—No. VI.—MRS. BOTHERBY'S STORY.SONG OF THE MONTH. No. VIII.OLIVER TWIST; OR, THE PARISH BOY'S PROGRESS.WHAT THOUGH WE WERE RIVALS OF YORE.LOVE IN THE CITY.LOVE IN THE CITY; OR, ALL'S WELL THAT ENDS WELL.THREE NOTCHES FROM THE DEVIL'S TAIL; OR, THE MAN IN THE SPANISH CLOAK.TRANSLATION FROM UHLAND.THE PORTRAIT GALLERY.—No. III.A CHAPTER ON LAUGHING.A MUSTER CHAUNT FOR THE MEMBERS OF THE TEMPERANCE SOCIETIES.Volume 2 · Chapters910Volume 2 · Other sectionsMY UNCLE.WHY THE WIND BLOWS ROUND ST. PAUL'S.RATHER HARD TO TAKE.NIGHTS AT SEA; Or, Sketches of Naval Life during the War.SONG OF THE OLD BELL.MIDNIGHT MISHAPS.TRANSLATION FROM UHLAND.FAMILY STORIES, No. VII.SONG OF THE MONTH. No. IX.GENIUS; OR, THE DOG'S-MEAT DOG. BEING A SECOND "TAILED SONNET," IN THE ITALIAN MANNER. [10]OLIVER TWIST; OR, THE PARISH BOY'S PROGRESS.THE POISONERS OF THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY.SERENADE TO FRANCESCA.Volume 2 · Chapters12Volume 2 · Other sectionsMASCALBRUNI.SMOKE.SOME PASSAGES IN THE LIFE OF A DISAPPOINTED MAN.THE PROFESSOR.—A TALE.Volume 2 · Chapters12Volume 2 · Other sectionsBIDDY TIBS, WHO CARED FOR NOBODY.THE REGATTA.—No. I.THE KEY OF GRANADA.GLORVINA, THE MAID OF MEATH.PHELIM O'TOOLE'S NINE MUSE-INGS ON HIS NATIVE COUNTY.SONG OF THE MONTH. No. X.THE POISONERS OF THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY.AN EXCELLENT OFFER.THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A GOOD JOKE.THE SECRET.SHAKSPEARE PAPERS.—No. IV.LADY BLUE'S BALL.THE MAN WITH THE CLUB FOOT. TALE (THE SECOND) OF ST. LUKE'S.FULL REPORT OF THE FIRST MEETING OF THE MUDFOG ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF EVERYTHING.A REMONSTRATORY ODE TO MR. CROSS.MEMOIR OF BEAU NASH.GRUB-STREET NEWS.SONG OF THE MONTH. No. XI.OLIVER TWIST; OR, THE PARISH BOY'S PROGRESS.THE CONFESSIONS OF AN ELDERLY GENTLEMAN; CONTAINING HIS LAST LOVE.MY FATHER'S OLD HALL.PORTRAIT GALLERY.—No. IV.THE RELICS OF ST. PIUS.Volume 2 · Chapters3Volume 2 · Other sectionsA FEW ENQUIRIES.NIGHTS AT SEA; Or, Sketches of Naval Life during the War.LINESA CHAPTER ON WIDOWS.PETRARCH IN LONDON.ADVENTURES IN PARIS.MARTIAL IN TOWN.ASTRONOMICAL AGITATION.THE ADVENTURES OF A TALE.WHEN AND WHY THE DEVIL INVENTED BRANDY.THE WIT IN SPITE OF HIMSELF.LEGENDS.SONG OF THE MONTH. No. XII.OLIVER TWIST; OR, THE PARISH BOY'S PROGRESS.THE LONELY GIRL.THE APPORTIONMENT OF THE WORLD.SHAKSPEARE PAPERS.—No. V.ODE TO THE QUEEN.SUICIDE.Volume 2 · Chapters2Volume 2 · Other sectionsTHE LAST OF THE BANDITS.THE GLORIES OF GOOD HUMOUR.SONG OF THE MODERN TIME.CAPITAL PUNISHMENTS IN LONDON EIGHTY YEARS AGO.A PETER-PINDARIC TO AND OF THE FOG.NIGHTS AT SEA; Or, Sketches of Naval Life during the War.THE CASTLE BY THE SEA.LEGISLATIVE NOMENCLATURE.NOBILITY IN DISGUISE.ANOTHER ORIGINAL OF "NOT A DRUM WAS HEARD."INDEX TO THE SECOND VOLUME.BY GOLIAH GAHAGAN.◇"Why, then, the world's mine oyster."◇← SOME PASSAGES IN THE LIFE OF A DISAPPOINTED MAN.CHAPTER I. →