ls very Vilely of the Stable 128

V. In which Dickie is Introduced to a Little Dancer
with Blush-roses in Her Hat 140

VI. Dealing with a Physician of the Body and a
Physician of the Soul 149

VII. An Attempt to Make the Best of It 159

VIII. Telling, Incidentally, of a Broken-down Postboy
and a Country Fair 169

BOOK III

LA BELLE DAME SANS MERCI

I. In which Our Hero's World Grows Sensibly Wider 181

II. Telling How Dickie's Soul was Somewhat Sick, and
How He Met Fair Women on the Confines of a Wood 186

III. In which Richard Confirms One Judgment and
Reverses Another 195

IV. Julius March Bears Testimony 203

V. Telling How Queen Mary's Crystal Ball Came to Fall
on the Gallery Floor 215

VI. In which Dickie Tries to Ride Away from His Own
Shadow, with Such Success as Might Have Been
Anticipated 231

VII. Wherein the Reader is Courteously Invited to
Improve His Acquaintance with Certain Persons
of Quality 240

VIII. Richard Puts His Hand to a Plough from which There
is no Turning Back 252

IX. Which Touches Incidentally on Matters of Finance 264

X. Mr. Ludovic Quayle Among the Prophets 280

XI. Containing Samples Both of Earthly and Heavenly Love 289

BOOK IV

A SLIP BETWIXT CUP AND LIP

I. Lady Louisa Barking Traces the Finger of Providence 302

II. Telling How Vanity Fair Made Acquaintance with
Richard Calmady 314

III. In which Katherine Tries to Nail Up the Weather-glass
to Set Fair 324

IV. A Lesson Upon the Eleventh Commandment--"Parents
Obey Your Children" 337

V. Iphigenia 350

VI. In which Honoria St. Quentin Takes the Field 362

VII. Recording the Astonishing Valour Displayed by a
Certain Small Mouse in a Corner 375

VIII. A Manifestati