Front matter

With Illustrations By Phiz.

Boston: Little, Brown, And Company. 1902.

TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE JAMES WHITESIDE, M.P., ETC., ETC., ETC.

My Dear Whiteside,—Amongst all the friends I can count over in my own country, and from whom space and the accidents of life have separated, and may separate me to the last, there is not “One of Them” for whom I entertain a sincerer regard, united with a higher hope, than yourself; and it is in my pride to say so openly, that I ask you to accept of this dedication from

Your attached friend,

CHARLES LEVER.

Spezia, December 90, 1860.

CONTENTS

A WORD OF APOLOGY FOR MY TITLE. ONE OF THEM, Volume I. CHAPTER I. A PIAZZA AFTER SUNSET CHAPTER II. THE VILLA CAPRINI CHAPTER III. TRAVELLING ACQUAINTANCE CHAPTER IV. VISITORS CHAPTER V. ACCIDENTS AND THEIR CONSEQUENCES CHAPTER VI. THE MEMBER FOR INCHABOGUE CHAPTER VII. MRS. PENTHONY MORRIS CHAPTER VIII. PORT-NA-WHAPPLE CHAPTER IX. A DINNER AT THE RECTORY CHAPTER X. THE LABORATORY CHAPTER XI. A REMITTANCE CHAPTER XII. A FELLOW-TRAVELLER ON THE COACH CHAPTER XIII. HOW THEY LIVED AT THE VILLA CHAPTER XIV. THE BILLIARD-ROOM CHAPTER XV. MRS. PENTHONY MORRIS AT HER WRITING-TABLE CHAPTER XVI. A SICK-ROOM CHAPTER XVII. A MASTER AND MAN CHAPTER XVIII. MRS. MORRIS AS COUNSELLOR CHAPTER XIX. JOE'S DIPLOMACY CHAPTER XX. A DREARY FORENOON CHAPTER XXI. MR. O'SHEA UPON POLITICS, AND THINGS IN GENERAL CHAPTER XXII. THE PUBLIC SERVANT ABROAD CHAPTER XXIII. BROKEN TIES CHAPTER XXIV. A DAY IN EARLY SPRING CHAPTER XXV. BEHIND THE SCENES CHAPTER XXVI. A DARK REMEMBRANCE CHAPTER XXVII. THE FRAGMENT OF A LETTER CHAPTER XXVIII. THE O'SHEA AT HIS LODGINGS CHAPTER XXIX. OLD LETTERS CHAPTER XXX. TWIST, TROVER, AND CO CHAPTER XXXI. IN THE TOILS CHAPTER XXXII. A DRIVE ROUND THE CASCINE AT FLORENCE CHAPTER XXXIII. SIR WILLIAM IN THE GOUT CHAPTER XXXIV. A WARM DISCUSSION CHAPTER XXXV. LOO AND HER FATHER CHAPTER XXXVI. A GRAVE SCENE IN LIGHT COMPANY CHAPTER XXXVI. MR. STOCMAR'S VISIT CHAPTER XXXVIII. VERY OUTSPOKEN ON THE WORLD AT LARGE CHAPTER XXXIX. FROM CLARA CHAPTER XL. QUACKINBOSSIANA CHAPTER XLI. QUACKINBOSS AT HOME CHAPTER XLII. A NEW LOCATION CHAPTER XLIII. BUNKUMVILLE CHAPTER XLIV. THE LECTURER CHAPTER XLV. OF BYGONES CHAPTER XLVI. THE DOCTOR'S NARRATIVE CHAPTER XLVII. A HAPPY ACCIDENT CHAPTER XLVIII. AT ROME CHAPTER XLIX. THE PALAZZO BALBI CHAPTER L. THREE MET AGAIN ONE OF THEM, Volume II. CHAPTER I. THE LONE VILLA ON THE ÇAMPAGNA CHAPTER II. A DINNER OF TWO CHAPTER III. SOME LAST WORDS CHAPTER IV. FOUND OUT CHAPTER V. THE MANAGER'S ROOM AT THE “REGENT'S” CHAPTER VI. MR. O'SHEA AT BADEN CHAPTER VII. THE COTTAGE NEAR BREGENZ CHAPTER VIII. CONSULTATION CHAPTER IX. WORDS OF GOOD CHEER CHAPTER X. THE LETTER FROM ALFRED LAYTON CHAPTER XI. AN EAGER GUEST CHAPTER XII. CONCLUSION