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Title: Bracebridge Hall
Author: Washington Irving
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Language: English
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BRACEBRIDGE HALL
by
WASHINGTON IRVING
Illustrated by R. Caldecott.
London.
MacMillan & Co.
Printed by R. & R. CLARK, Edinburgh
1877
[Illustration: "The chivalry of the Hall prepared to take the
field."--_Frontispiece._]
[Illustration: Title-Page]
[Illustration: Heading to Preface]
PREFACE
The success of "OLD CHRISTMAS" has suggested the re-publication of its
sequel "BRACEBRIDGE HALL," illustrated by the same able pencil, but
condensed so as to bring it within reasonable size and price.
[Illustration: Tailpiece to Preface]
[Illustration: Contents]
CONTENTS
THE HALL
THE BUSY MAN
FAMILY SERVANTS
THE WIDOW
THE LOVERS
FAMILY RELIQUES
AN OLD SOLDIER
THE WIDOW'S RETINUE
READY-MONEY JACK
BACHELORS
A LITERARY ANTIQUARY
THE FARM-HOUSE
HORSEMANSHIP
LOVE SYMPTOMS
FALCONRY
HAWKING
FORTUNE-TELLING
LOVE-CHARMS
A BACHELOR'S CONFESSIONS
GIPSIES
VILLAGE WORTHIES
THE SCHOOLMASTER
THE SCHOOL
A VILLAGE POLITICIAN
THE ROOKERY
MAY-DAY
THE CULPRIT
LOVERS' TROUBLES
THE WEDDING
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[Illustration: List of Illustrations]
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
Designed by Randolph Caldecott,
and
Arranged and Engraved by J. D. Cooper
THE HAWKING PARTY.
TITLE-PAGE.
HEADING TO PREFACE
TAILPIECE TO PREFACE
HEADING TO CONTENTS
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