Volume I.
Reading edition
By Charles James Lever,
With Illustrations By E. J. Wheeler
Boston: Little, Brown, And Company. 1917.
To PHILIP ROSE, Esq.
My dear Rose,—You have often stopped me when endeavouring to express all the gratitude I felt towards you. You cannot do so now, nor prevent my telling aloud how much I owe-how much I esteem you. These volumes were not without interest for me as I wrote them, but they yielded me no such pleasure as I now feel in dedicating them to you; and, with this assurance, believe me,
Your affectionate Friend,
CHARLES LEVER.
Spezia, October 20. 1866.
CONTENTS
SIR BROOK FOSSBROOKE. CHAPTER I. AFTER MESS CHAPTER II. THE SWAN'S NEST CHAPTER III. A DIFFICULT PATIENT CHAPTER IV. HOME DIPLOMACIES CHAPTER V. THE PICNIC ON HOLY ISLAND CHAPTER VI. WAITING ON CHAPTER VII. THE FOUNTAIN OF HONOR CHAPTER VIII. A PUZZLING COMMISSION CHAPTER IX. A BREAKFAST AT THE VICARAGE CHAPTER X. LENDRICK RECOUNTS HIS VISIT TO TOWN CHAPTER XI. CAVE CONSULTS SIR BROOK CHAPTER XII. A GREAT MAN'S SCHOOLFELLOW CHAPTER XIII. LAST DAYS CHAPTER XIV. TOM CROSS-EXAMINES HIS SISTER CHAPTER XV. MR. HAIRE'S MISSION CHAPTER XVI. SORROWS AND PROJECTS CHAPTER XVII. A LUNCHEON AT THE PRIORY CHAPTER XVIII. THE FIRST LETTER HOME CHAPTER XIX. OFFICIAL MYSTERIES CHAPTER XX. IN COURT CHAPTER XXI. A MORNING CALL CHAPTER XXII. COMING-HOME THOUGHTS CHAPTER XXIII. A VERY HUMBLE DWELLING CHAPTER XXIV. A MORNING AT THE PRIORY CHAPTER XXV. AN UNEXPECTED MEETING CHAPTER XXVI. SIR BROOK IN CONFUSION CHAPTER XXVII. THE TWO LUCYS CHAPTER XXVIII. THE NEST WITH STRANGE “BIRDS” IN IT CHAPTER XXIX. SEWELL VISITS CAVE CHAPTER XXX. THE RACES ON THE LAWN CHAPTER XXXI. SEWELL ARRIVES IN DUBLIN CHAPTER XXXII. MORNING AT THE PRIORY CHAPTER XXXIII. EVENING AT THE PRIORY CHAPTER XXXIV. SEWELL'S TROUBLES CHAPTER XXXV. BEATTIE'S RETURN CHAPTER XXXVI. AN EXIT CHAPTER XXXVII. A STORMY MOMENT CHAPTER XXXVIII. A LADY'S LETTER CHAPTER XXXIX. SOME CONJUGAL COURTESIES CHAPTER XL. MR. BALFOUR'S OFFICE CHAPTER XLI. THE PRIORY IN ITS DESERTION CHAPTER XLII. NECESSITIES OP STATE CHAPTER XLIII. MR. BALFOUR'S MISSION CHAPTER XLIV. AFTER-DINNER THOUGHTS CHAPTER XLV. THE TIDELESS SHORES