editions, issued in
other places--some of them of rather an indifferent character, as
regards mechanical execution--and the increasing demand still
manifested for them, has induced the present publishers to collect
the entire works of Mr. Tupper, and to stereotype them in a
style worthy of their excellence. Each work has been thoroughly
revised, and the errors which disfigure some other editions have
been carefully corrected--an advantage readily appreciable by
those who discriminate in their selections for the library or the
centre-table.

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THE

CROCK OF GOLD;

A RURAL NOVEL.

BY

MARTIN FARQUHAR TUPPER, ESQ., M.A.,

AUTHOR OF

"PROVERBIAL PHILOSOPHY."

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CONTENTS.

CHAP. PAGE.

1. The Labourer; and his Dawning Discontent 11

2. The Family; the Home; and more Repinings 14

3. The Contract 17

4. The Lost Theft 21

5. The Inquest 23

6. The Bailiff; and a Bitter Trial 27

7. Wrongs and Ruin 32

8. The Covetous Dream 35

9. The Poacher 38

10. Ben Burke's Strange Adventure 41

11. Sleep 45

12. Love 48

13. The Discovery 52

14. Jonathan's Store 56

15. Another Discovery, and the Earnest of Good Things 58

16. How the Home was blessed thereby 62

17. Care 65

18. Investment 68

19. Calumny 72

20. The Bailiff's Visit 74

21. The Capture 77

22. The Aunt and her Nephe