Front matter

With Illustrations By W. Cubitt Cooke.

BOSTON: LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY. 1904.

TO BARON EMILE ERLANGER

My dear Erlanger,—Through the many anxieties which beset me while I was writing this story, your name was continually recurring, and always with some act of kindness, or some proof of affection. Let me, then, in simple gratitude dedicate to you a volume of which, in a measure, you stand sponsor, and say to the world at large what I have so often said to my own,

How sincerely and heartily I am

Your friend,

CHARLES LEVER. Trieste, February 20th, 1869.

CONTENTS

THAT BOY OF NORCOTT'S. CHAPTER I. THE TRIAL CHAPTER II. WITH MY MOTHER CHAPTER III. WITH MY FATHER CHAPTER IV. THE VILLA MALIBRAN CHAPTER V. A FIRST DINNER-PARTY CHAPTER VI. HOW THE DAYS WENT OYER CHAPTER VII. A PRIVATE AUDIENCE CHAPTER VIII. A DARK-ROOM PICTURE CHAPTER IX. MADAME CLEREMONT CHAPTER X. PLANNING PLEASURE CHAPTER XI. A BIRTHDAY DINNER CHAPTER XII. THE BALL CHAPTER XIII. A NEXT MORNING CHAPTER XIV. A GOOD-BYE CHAPTER XV. A TERRIBLE SHOCK CHAPTER XVI. FIUME CHAPTER XVII. HANSERL OF THE YARD CHAPTER XVIII. THE SAIL ACROSS THE BAY CHAPTER XIX. AT THE FÊTE CHAPTER XX. OUR INNER LIFE CHAPTER XXI. THE OFFICE CHAPTER XXII. UNWISHED-FOR PROMOTION CHAPTER XXIII. THE MAN WHO TRAVELLED FOR OUR HOUSE CHAPTER XXIV. MY INSTRUCTIONS CHAPTER XXV. "ON THE ROAD” IN CROATIA CHAPTER XXVI. IN HUNGARY CHAPTER XXVII. SCHLOSS HUNYADI CHAPTER XXVIII. THE SALON CHAPTER XXIX. AN UNLOOKED-FOR MEETING CHAPTER XXX. HASTY TIDINGS CHAPTER XXXI. IN SORROW CHAPTER XXXII. THE END

THAT BOY OF NORCOTT'S.