Lewis ArundelLEWIS ARUNDELReading editionChapter navigation70 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…LEWIS ARUNDELWith Illustrations By “Phiz”Chapter I · —IN WHICH THE TRAIN STARTS, AND THE READER IS INTRODUCED TO THREE FIRST-CLASS PASSENGERS.Chapter II · —SHOWING HOW LEWIS LOSES HIS TEMPER, AND LEAVES HIS HOME.Chapter III · —IN WHICH RICHARD FRERE MENDS THE BACK OF ST. THOMAS AQUINAS, AND THE READER IS INTRODUCED TO CHARLEY LEICESTER.Chapter IV · —LEWIS ENLISTS UNDER A “CONQUERING HERO,” AND STARTS ON A DANGEROUS EXPEDITION.Chapter V · —IS OF A DECIDEDLY WARLIKE CHARACTER.Chapter VI · —IN WHICH LEWIS ARUNDEL SKETCHES A COW, AND THE AUTHOR DRAWS A YOUNG LADY.Chapter VII · —WHEREIN THE READER IS INTRODUCED TO MISS LIVINGSTONE, AND INFORMED WHO IS THE GREATEST MAN OF THE AGE.Chapter VIII · —LEWIS RECEIVES A LECTURE AND A COLD BATH.Chapter IX · —WHEREIN RICHARD FRERE AND LEWIS TURN MAHOMETANS.Chapter X · —CONTAINS A PRACTICAL COMMENTARY ON THE PROVERB, “ALL IS NOT GOLD WHICH GLITTERS.”Chapter XI · —TOM BRACY MEETS HIS MATCH.Chapter XII · —LEWIS FORFEITS THE RESPECT OF ALL POOR-LAW GUARDIANS.Chapter XIII · —IS CHIEFLY HORTICULTURAL, SHOWING THE EFFECTS PRODUCED BY TRAINING UPON A SWEET AND DELICATE ROSE.Chapter XIV · —PRESENTS TOM BRACY IN A NEW AND INTERESTING ASPECT.Chapter XV · —CONTAINS A DISQUISITION ON MODERN POETRY, AND AFFORDS THE READER A PEEP BEHIND THE EDITORIAL CURTAIN.Chapter XVI · —MISS LIVINGSTONE SPEAKS A BIT OF HER MIND.Chapter XVII · —CONTAINS MUCH FOLLY AND A LITTLE COMMON SENSE.Chapter XVIII · —LEWIS RECEIVES A MYSTERIOUS COMMUNICATION, AND IS RUN AWAY WITH BY TWO YOUTHFUL BEAUTIES.Chapter XIX · —CHARLEY LEICESTER BEWAILS HIS CRUEL MISFORTUNE.Chapter XX · —SOME OF THE CHARACTERS FALL OUT AND OTHERS FALL IN.Chapter XXI · —FAUST GETS ON SWIMMINGLY, AND THE READER IS INTRODUCED TO A DIVING BELLE “WRINGING” WET.Chapter XXII · —THE TRAIN ARRIVES AT AN IMPORTANT STATION.Chapter XXIII · —DE GRANDEVILLE THREATENS A CONFIDENCE AND ELICITS CHARLEY LEICESTER’S IDEAS ON MATRIMONY.Chapter XXIV · —RELATES HOW CHARLEY LEICESTER WAS FIRST “SPRIGHTED BY A FOOL,” THEN BESET BY AN AMAZON.Chapter XXV · —CONTAINS A MYSTERIOUS INCIDENT, AND SHOWS HOW THE COURSE OF TRUE LOVE NEVER DOES RUN SMOOTH.Chapter XXVI · —SUNSHINE AFTER SHOWERS.Chapter XXVII · —BROTHERLY LOVE “À LA MODE.”Chapter XXVIII · —BEGINS ABRUPTLY AND ENDS UNCOMFORTABLY.Chapter XXIX · —DE GRANDEVILLE MEETS HIS MATCH.Chapter XXX · —THE GENERAL TAKES THE FIELD.Chapter XXXI · —IS CHIEFLY CULINARY, CONTAINING RECIPES FOR A “GOOD PRESERVE” AND A “PRETTY PICKLE.”Chapter XXXII · —LEWIS MAKES A DISCOVERY AND GETS INTO A “STATE OF MIND.”Chapter XXXIII · —CONTAINS SUNDRY DEFINITIONS OF WOMAN “AS SHE SHOULD BE,” AND DISCLOSES MRS. ARUNDEL’S OPINION OF RICHARD FRERE.Chapter XXXIV · —ROSE AND FRERE GO TO VISIT MR. NONPAREIL THE PUBLISHER.Chapter XXXV · —HOW RICHARD FRERE OBTAINED A SPECIMEN OF THE “PODICEPS CORNUTUS.”Chapter XXXVI · —RECOUNTS “YE PLEASAUNTE PASTYMES AND CUNNYNGE DEVYCES” OF ONE THOMAS BRACY.Chapter XXXVII · —WHEREIN IS FAITHFULLY DEPICTED THE CONSTANCY OF THE TURTLE-DOVE.Chapter XXXVIII · —DESCRIBES THE HUMOURS OF A LONDON DINNER-PARTY IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY.Chapter XXXIX · —IS IN TWO FYTTES—VIZ., FYTTE THE FIRST, A SULKY FIT—FYTTE THE SECOND, A FIT OF HYSTERICS.Chapter XL · —SHOWS, AMONGST OTHER MATTERS, HOW RICHARD FRERE PASSED A RESTLESS NIGHT.Chapter XLI · —ANNIE GRANT FALLS INTO DIFFICULTIES.Chapter XLII · —A TÊTE-À-TÊTE, AND A TRAGEDY.Chapter XLIII · —WHEREIN FAUST “SETS UP” FOR A GENTLEMAN, AND TAKES A COURSE OF SERIOUS READING.Chapter XLIV · —LEWIS PRACTICALLY TESTS THE ASSERTION THAT VIRTUE IS ITS OWN REWARD, AND OBTAINS AN UNSATISFACTORY RESULT.Chapter XLV · —ANNIE GRANT TAKES TO STUDYING GERMAN, AND MEETS WITH AN ALARMING ADVENTURE.Chapter XLVI · —IS CALCULATED TO “MURDER SLEEP” FOR ALL NERVOUS YOUNG LADIES WHO READ IT.Chapter XLVII · —CONTAINS A “MIDNIGHT STRUGGLE,” GARNISHED WITH A DUE AMOUNT OF BLOODSHED, AND OTHER NECESSARY HORRORS.Chapter XLVIII · —WHEREIN THE READER DIVERGES INTO A NEW BRANCH OF “THE RAILROAD OF LIFE” IN A THIRD-CLASS CARRIAGE.Chapter XLIX · —CONTAINS A PARADOX—LEWIS, WHEN LEAST RESIGNED, DISPLAYS THE VIRTUE OF RESIGNATION.Chapter L · —SHOWS HOW LEWIS CAME TO A “DOGGED” DETERMINATION, AND WAS MADE THE SHUTTLECOCK OF FATE.Chapter LI · —CONTAINS MUCH SORROW, AND PREPARES THE WAY FOR MORE.Chapter LII · —VINDICATES THE APHORISM THAT “’TIS AN ILL WIND WHICH BLOWS NO ONE ANY GOOD.”Chapter LIII · —DEPICTS THE MARRIED LIFE OF CHARLEY LEICESTER.Chapter LIV · —TREATS OF A METAMORPHOSIS NOT DESCRIBED BY OVID.Chapter LV · —IS DECIDEDLY ORIGINAL, AS IT DISPLAYS MATRIMONY IN A MORE FAVOURABLE LIGHT THAN COURTSHIP.Chapter LVI · —LEWIS ATTENDS AN EVENING PARTY, AND NARROWLY ESCAPES BEING “CUT” BY AN OLD ACQUAINTANCE.Chapter LVII · —WALTER SEES A GHOST.Chapter LVIII · —CONTAINS MUCH PLOTTING AND COUNTERPLOTTING.Chapter LIX · —DESCRIBES THAT INDESCRIBABLE SCENE, “THE DERBY DAY.”Chapter LX · —CONTAINS SOME “NOVEL” REMARKS UPON THE ROMANTIC CEREMONY OF MATRIMONY.Chapter LXI · —“WE MET, ’TWAS IN A CROWD!”Chapter LXII · —“POINTS A MORAL,” AND SO IT IS TO BE HOPED “ADORNS A TALE.”Chapter LXIII · —SHOWS HOW IT FARED WITH THE LAMB WHICH THE WOLF HAD WORRIED.Chapter LXIV · —THE FATE OF THE WOLF!Chapter LXV · —FAUST PAYS A MORNING VISIT.Chapter LXVI · —URSA MAJOR SHOWS HIS TEETH.Chapter LXVII · —RELATES HOW, THE ECLIPSE BEING OVER, THE SUN BEGAN TO SHINE AGAIN.Chapter LXVIII · —LEWIS OUT-GENERALS THE GENERAL, AND THE TRAIN STOPS.Beginning of this editionNext chapter →With Illustrations By “Phiz”All chapters and sections (70)Other sectionsLEWIS ARUNDELWith Illustrations By “Phiz”Chapters12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031Other sectionsChapter XXXII · —LEWIS MAKES A DISCOVERY AND GETS INTO A “STATE OF MIND.”Chapters333435363738394041424344454647484950515253545556575859606162636465666768Or, The Railroad Of LifeBy Frank E. 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