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CHAPTER I.

PAGE.

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The Shirt of Nessus—the Vest of Mirza—the Roman Catholic

Church-Greek Church of Russia

Naples and the Lady of Loretta—Butler, the Middlesex

Magistrate, and Charles Dickens-Jonathan Wild and Jerry

Abershaw-Johnson-Oliver Goldsmith-Sheridan Knowles

and Sergeant Talfourd-Mitre Court and the Law Life

Assurance

11

The Happy Man—The Foundling Hospital— Lamb’s-fields—

Spa-fields—The Earl of Northampton—The Bridegroom Elect

and Stephen Pearson

12

The Colloquy-Moses and the Profits—The Sheriffs’ Court-

Deacon and Williams—Psychological curiosities

14

Alfred Bunn and Balfe-In this old chair my father sat—The

Marquis of Waterford, &c. &c.

15

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“ Go thou and do likewise."

CHAPTER II.

Aldgate Pump—Alexander Pope-Douglas Jerrold-Mivart’s

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CHAPTER IV.

PAGE. Dean Swift and the Irish Priest-Sackville-street and Merrionsquare

27 The Bishop of the Diocese ---Daniel O'Connell's Hat, and Lord Brougham

28 The Gloucestershire Yeomanry Cavalry-Grantley Berkeley

General Evans and the Portuguese Legion-Sir Thomas Blackwood-Nelson-Edmund Kean-Garrick-Kemble, Gustavus V. Brooke, and Mahomet-Pearson and The Merchant of Venice

28 Historical Sonnets for the year 1847

30-37

L'ENVOY.

Cantabrigia--Oxonium-King's College, London

38 The Ladies and Books .

40-41 Medical Students

41 The Law and Inns of Court-The Royal Navy and the ArmyPresentations at Court.

42-47

CONTENTS

CHAPTER I.

PAGE. The shirt of Nessus-the Vest of Mirza-the Roman Catholic Church-Greek Church of Russia

7 Naples and the Lady of Loretta --Butler, the Middlesex

Magistrate, and Charles Dickens-Jonathan Wild and Jerry Abershaw-Johnson-Oliver Goldsmith-Sheridan Knowles and Sergeant Talfourd-Mitre Court and the Law Life

Assurance
The Happy Man-The Foundling Hospital-Lamb's-fields

Spa-fields—The Earl of Northampton—The Bridegroom Elect and Stephen Pearson

9 The Colloquy-Moses and the Profits—The Sheriffs' CourtDeacon and Williams-Psychological curiosities

10, 11 Alfred Bunn and Balfe-In this old chair my father sat—The Marquis of Waterford, &c. &c.

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