h at home and abroad;
and in taking a final and a reluctant leave of the public, ventures to
express a hope, that this work may prove to be an addition, however
small and humble, to the stock of healthy English literature.
LONDON, _October_ 1841.
For the beautiful verses entitled "PEACE," (at page 266, Vol. I.)
the author is indebted to a friend--(W. S.)
CONTENTS TO VOL. I.
CHAP. PAGE
I. While Mr. Tittlebat Titmouse adorns his outer man, the
reader gets a glimpse of his inner man, such as it is.--A
sincere friend; a wonderful advertisement; an important
epistle.--A snake approaches an ape; which signifies Mr.
Gammon's introduction to Titmouse 1
II. Quirk, Gammon, and Snap, and Mr. Titmouse; who astonishes
them with a taste of his quality.--Huckaback chooses to call
upon Quirk, Gammon, and Snap, to stir them up; and what it
led to 47
III. Great lawyers come on the scene; a glimpse of daylight; a
very moving letter.--Titmouse and Huckaback think it right
to go to church; and the former receives a lesson on
landlord-and-tenant law, from Mrs. Squallop 94
IV. A vision of beauty unseen by Mr. Titmouse; who is in the
midnight of despair and writes a letter which startles Mr.
Quirk.--How Gammon used to wind round Quirk; and the subtle
means he took to find out what Titmouse was about 137
V. Gammon tackling Tag-rag.--Satin Lodge, and its refined
inmates, who all pay their duty to Titmouse; and he very
nearly falls in love with Miss Tag-rag.
Cyanochaitanthropopoion 181
VI. Damascus Cream; Tetaragmenon Abracadabra; Titmouse's levee
at Closet Court; Mr. Tag-rag's entertainment to him at Satin
Lodge; and its disgusting issue 222
VII. The reader is now introduced to quite a different set of
people, in Grosvenor Street, and falls in love with Kate
Aubrey.--Christmas in the country; Yatton; Madam Aubrey; the
Reverend Dr. Tatham; and old Blind Bess 252
VIII. Two strange creatures are seen at Yatton by Mr. Aubrey and
his sister;
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