I.--WALDEMAR FALKENSTEIN AND VALERIE L'ESTRANGE. 161
II.--FALKENSTEIN BREAKS LANCES WITH "LONGS YEUX BLEUS." 174
III.--"SCARLET AND WHITE" MAKES A HIT, AND FALKENSTEIN FEELS
THE WEIGHT OF THE GOLDEN FETTERS. 188
IV.--THE GOLDEN FETTERS ARE SHAKEN OFF AND OTHERS ARE PUT ON. 202
V.--THE SILVER CHIMES RING IN A HAPPY NEW YEAR. 215

SLANDER AND SILLERY.

I.--THE LION OF THE CHAUSSEE D'ANTIN. 225
II.--NINA GORDON. 233
III.--LE LION AMOUREUX. 242
IV.--MISCHIEF. 252
V.--MORE MISCHIEF, AND AN END. 263

SIR GALAHAD'S RAID.

AN ADVENTURE ON THE SWEET WATERS. 285

"REDEEMED."

AN EPISODE WITH THE CONFEDERATE HORSE. 307

OUR WAGER; OR, HOW THE MAJOR LOST AND WON.

I.--INTRODUCES MAJOR TELFER OF THE 50TH DASHAWAY HUSSARS. 333
II.--VIOLET TRESSILLIAN. 339
III.--FROM WHICH IT WOULD APPEAR, THAT IT IS SOMETIMES WELL
TO BEGIN WITH A LITTLE AVERSION. 346
IV.--IN WHICH THE MAJOR PROVOKES A QUARREL IN BEHALF OF
THE FAIR TRESSILLIAN. 353
V.--THE DUEL, AND ITS CONSEQUENCES. 367

OUR COUNTRY QUARTERS. 379

BEATRICE BOVILLE.

I

OF EARLSCOURT'S FIANCEE.

"To compass her with sweet observances,
To dress her beautifully and keep her true."

That, according to Mr. Tennyson's lately-published opinion, is the
devoir of that deeply-to-be-pitied individual, l'homme marie. Possibly
in the times of which the Idyls treat, Launcelot and Gunevere _might_
have been the sole, exceptional mauvais sujets in the land, and woad,
being the chief ingredient in the toilet-dress, mightn't come quite so
expensive. But nowadays "sweet observances," rendered, I presume, by
gifts from Hunt and Roskell's and boxes in the grand tier, tell on a
cheque-book so severely; "keeping her true" is such an exceedingly
problematical performance, to judge by Sir C. C.'s breathless work, and
"dressing her beautifully" comes so awfully expensive, with crinoline
and cashmeres,