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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._]

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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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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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