ght, 95

CHAPTER IV.

The Boys' Garden--The Crocodile--The Farmer's Wife--How to
make Cider--The Bailiffs take possession of the Farmer's
Furniture--Tommy pays the Farmer's Debt--Conclusion of the
Story of the Grateful Turk--The three Bears--Tommy and the
Monkey--Habits of the Monkey--Tommy's Robin Redbreast--Is
killed by a Cat--The Cat punished--The Laplanders--Story of
a Cure of the Gout, 185

CHAPTER V.

Lost in the Snow--Jack Smithers' Home--Talk about the
Stars--Harry's pursuit of The Will-o'-the-Wisp--Story of
the Avalanche--Town and Country compared--The Power of the
Lever--The Balance--The Wheel and Axle--Arithmetic--Buying
a Horse--History of Agesilaus--History of Leonidas, 197

CHAPTER VI.

The Constellations--Distance from the Earth--The Magnet
and its Powers--The Compass--The Greenlanders and their
Customs--The Telescope--The Magic Lantern--Story of the
African Prince and the Telescope--Mr Barlow's Poor
Parishioners--His Annual Dinner--Tommy attempts Sledge
Driving--His mishap in the Pond--His Anger, 255

CHAPTER VII.

Tommy and Harry visit Home--The Fashionable Guests--Miss
Simmons takes notice of Harry--Harry's Troubles--Master
Compton and Mash--Estrangement of Tommy--Visit to the
Theatre--Misbehaviour there--Card Playing--The Ball--Harry
Dancing a Minuet--Story of Sir Philip Sidney--Master Mash
insults Harry--The Fight in the Drawing-room--The
Bull-baiting--Tommy strikes Harry--Master Mash's Combat
with Harry--Tommy's Narrow Escape from the Bull--The
Grateful Black, 298

CHAPTER VIII.

Arrival of Mr Barlow--Story of Polemo--Tommy's
repentance--Story of Sophron and Tigranes--Tommy
as an Arabian Horseman--His Mishap--Tommy's
intrepidity--The Poor Highlander's story--Tommy's
Sorrow for his conduct to Harry--Conclusion of the
Story of Sophron and Tigranes--Tommy's resolution
to study nothing but "reason and philosophy"--Visits
Harry and begs his forgiveness--The Grateful Black's
Story--Tommy takes up his abode at Farmer
Sandford's--The Grateful Black's account of
himself--Mr Merton's visit to the Farm--The
unexpected present--Conclusion, 355

THE HISTORY

OF

SANDFORD AND MERTON.