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With Illustrations By W. Cubitt Cooke, And E. J. Wheeler.

Boston: Little, Brown, And Company. 1904.

TO ALEXANDER WILLIAM KINGLAKE, Esq. M.P., ETC., ETC.

My Dear Kinglake,—If you should ever turn over these pages, I have no greater wish than that they might afford you a tithe of the pleasure I have derived from your own writings. But I will not ask you to read me, but to believe that I am, in all sincerity your devoted admirer, for both your genius and your courage, and your attached friend,

CHARLES LEVER. Trieste, August 31, 1868.

CONTENTS

THE BRAMLEIGHS OF BISHOP'S FOLLY. CHAPTER I. THE BISHOP'S FOLLY CHAPTER II. LADY AUGUSTA'S LETTER CHAPTER III. "THE EVENING AFTER A HARD RUN.” CHAPTER IV. ON THE CROQUET LAWN CHAPTER V. CONFIDENTIAL TALK CHAPTER VI. UP IN THE MOUNTAINS CHAPTER VII. AT LUNCHEON CHAPTER VIII. THE ARRIVAL OF A GREAT MAN CHAPTER IX. OVER THE FIRE CHAPTER X. THE DROPPINGS OF A GREAT DIPLOMATIST CHAPTER XI. A WINTER DAY'S WALK CHAPTER XII. AN EVENING BELOW AND ABOVE STAIRS CHAPTER XIII. AT THE COTTAGE CHAPTER XIV. OFFICIAL CONFIDENCES CHAPTER XV. WITH HIS LAWYER CHAPTER XVI.. SOME MISUNDERSTANDINGS CHAPTER XVII. AT CASTELLO CHAPTER XVIII. A DULL DINNER CHAPTER XIX. A DEPARTURE CHAPTER XX. A MORNING OF PERPLEXITIES CHAPTER XXI. GEORGE AND JULIA CHAPTER XXII. IN THE LIBRARY AT CASTELLO CHAPTER XXIII. THE CURATE CROSS-EXAMINED CHAPTER XXIV. DOUBTS AND FEARS CHAPTER XXV. MARION'S AMBITIONS CHAPTER XXVI. MR. CUTBILL ARRIVES AT CASTELLO CHAPTER XXVII. THE VILLA ALTIERI CHAPTER XXVIII. CASTELLO CHAPTER XXIX. THE HÔTEL BRISTOL CHAPTER XXX. ON THE ROAD CHAPTER XXXI. ON THE ROAD TO ITALY CHAPTER XXXII. THE CHURCH PATRONS AT ALBANO CHAPTER XXXIII. A SMALL LODGING AT LOUVAIN CHAPTER XXXIV. AT LOUVAIN CHAPTER XXXV. MR. CUTBILL'S VISIT CHAPTER XXXVI. AN EVENING WITH CUTBILL CHAPTER XXXVII. THE APPOINTMENT CHAPTER XXXVIII. WITH LORD CULDUFF CHAPTER XXXIX. AT ALBANO CHAPTER XL. "A RECEPTION” AT ROME CHAPTER XLI. SOME “SALON DIPLOMACIES” CHAPTER XLII. A LONG TÊTE-À-TÊTE CHAPTER XLIII. A SPECIAL MISSION CHAPTER XLIV. THE CHURCH PATRONS CHAPTER XLV. A PLEASANT DINNER CHAPTER XLVI. A STROLL AND A GOSSIP CHAPTER XLVII. A PROPOSAL IN FORM CHAPTER XLVII. "A TELEGRAM” CHAPTER XLIX. A LONG TÊTE-À-TÊTE CHAPTER L. CATTARO CHAPTER LI. SOME NEWS FROM WITHOUT CHAPTER LII. ISCHIA CHAPTER LIII. A RAINY NIGHT AT SEA CHAPTER LIV. THE LETTER BAG CHAPTER LV. THE PRISONER AT CATTARO CHAPTER LVI. AT LADY AUGUSTA'S CHAPTER LVII. AT THE INN AT CATTARO CHAPTER LVIII. THE VILLA LIFE CHAPTER LIX. A VERY BRIEF DREAM CHAPTER LX. A RETURN HOME CHAPTER LXI. LADY CULDUFF'S LETTER CHAPTER LXII. DEALING WITH CUTBILL CHAPTER LXIII. THE CLIENT AND HIS LAWYER CHAPTER LXIV. A FIRST GLEAM OF LIGHT CHAPTER LXV. THE LIGHT STRONGER CHAPTER LXVI. SEDLEY'S NOTES CHAPTER LXVII. A WAYFARER CHAPTER LXVIII. A MEETING AND A PARTING CHAPTER LXIX. THE LAST OF ALL

THE BRAMLEIGHS OF BISHOP'S FOLLY.