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Title: Lord Kilgobbin

Author: Charles Lever

Release Date: February, 2007 [EBook #8941]
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[Illustration: She suffered her hand to remain]

LORD KILGOBBIN

by

Charles Lever

TO THE MEMORY OF ONE
WHOSE COMPANIONSHIP MADE THE HAPPINESS OF A LONG LIFE,
AND WHOSE LOSS HAS LEFT ME HELPLESS,
I DEDICATE THIS WORK,
WRITTEN IN BREAKING HEALTH AND BROKEN SPIRITS.
THE TASK, THAT ONCE WAS MY JOY AND MY PRIDE,
I HAVE LIVED TO FIND ASSOCIATED WITH MY SORROW:
IT IS NOT, THEN, WITHOUT A CAUSE I SAY,
I HOPE THIS EFFORT MAY BE MY LAST.

CHARLES LEVER.

TRIESTE, _January 20, 1872_.

BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

'Lord Kilgobbin' appeared originally as a serial, (illustrated by Luke
Fildes) in 'The Cornhill Magazine,' commencing in the issue for October
1870, and ending in the issue for March 1872. It was first published in
book form in three volumes in 1872, with the following title-page:

LORD KILGOBBIN | A TALE OF IRELAND IN OUR OWN TIME | BY | CHARLES LEVER,
LL.D. | AUTHOR OF | 'THE BRAMLEIGHS OF BISHOP'S FOLLY,' 'THAT BOY OF
NORCOTT'S,' | ETC., ETC. | IN THREE VOLUMES | [VOL. I.] | LONDON | SMITH,
ELDER, AND CO., 15 WATERLOO PLACE | 1872. | [THE RIGHT OF TRANSLATION IS
RESERVED.]

CONTENTS

CHAP. I. KILGOBBIN CASTLE
II. THE PRINCE KOSTALERGI
III. THE CHUMS
IV. AT 'TRINITY'
V. HOME LIFE AT THE CASTLE
VI. THE 'BLUE COAT'
VII. THE COUSINS
VIII. SHOWING HOW FRIENDS MAY DIFFER
IX. A DRIVE THROUGH A BOG
X. THE SEARCH FOR ARMS
XI. WHAT THE PAPERS SAID OF IT
XII. THE JOURNEY TO THE COUNTRY
XIII. A SICK-ROOM
XIV. AT DINNER
XV. IN THE GARDEN AT DUSK
XVI. THE TWO 'KEARNEYS'
XVII. DICK'S REVERIE
XVIII. MATHEW KEARNEY'S 'STUDY'
XIX. AN UNWELCOME VISIT
XX. A DOMESTIC DISCUSSION
XXI. A SMALL DINNER-PARTY
XXII. A CONFIDENTIAL TALK