The Court of Cacus
- Subtitle
- Or, The Story of Burke and Hare
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1. Front matter2. THE COURT OF CACUS;3. PREFACE.4. First Appearance in Surgeon’s Square.5. Intercalary.6. The Young Amateurs7. The Regular Staff.8. Sympathising Sextons, Doctors, and Relatives.9. Preying on each other10. Resumption of the Great Drama.11. The Quaternion.12. The Opening of the Court—The Old Woman of Gilmerton.[5]13. The Mother and Daughter.14. The Grandmother and the Dumb Boy.15. The Stray Waifs16. The Relative.17. The Study for the Artist.18. Daft Jamie.19. The Brisk Little Old Woman.20. The Discovery.21. The Complicity of the Doctors.22. The Trial.23. The Jail.24. Vejove.25. The Exhibition.26. The Prosecution against Hare.27. The Hunt Out.28. The Final Cause.