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Title: Round the Block

Author: John Bell Bouton

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ROUND THE BLOCK

An American Novel

WITH ILLUSTRATIONS

by

JOHN BELL BOUTON

1864

[Illustration: MRS. SLAPMAN AT HOME--(Book First, Chap. IX.)]

CONTENTS.

BOOK FIRST.

NEW YEAR'S DAY.

I. THE BLOCK.
II. THREE BACHELORS.
III. PEEPS.
IV. QUIGG.
V. PLEASURE AS BUSINESS.
VI. SOMETHING HIDDEN.
VII. THE BOY BOG.
VIII. MALTBOY'S TWENTIETH AFFAIR.
IX. MRS. SLAPMAN AT HOME.
X. INFIRMITIES OF GENIUS.

BOOK SECOND.

POLISHING.

I. THE ENIGMA.
II. A DELICATE PROPOSITION.
III. AN AUXILIARY OF MODERN CIVILIZATION.
IV. MISS PILLBODY.
V. A FRIEND IN NEED.
VI. BRANCHING OUT.
VII. THE LITTLE PUPIL.

BOOK THIRD.

TRAIL OF THE SERPENT.

I. "ONE--TWO--THREE--FOUR."
II. THE FALLING BOARD.
III. SNEAKING JUSTIFIED.
IV. UP IN THE AIR.
V. TONGUES OF FIRE.

BOOK FOURTH.

CHILDREN OF THE WORLD.

I. MENDERT VAN QUINTEM AND SON.
II. BUYING GOOD BEHAVIOR.
III. THE YOUNG MONSTER.
IV. WESLEY TIFFINS.
V. THE PANORAMA OF AFRICA.

BOOK FIFTH.

MANOEUVRES.

I. STOLEN--MORE THAN A PURSE.
II. CONSOLATIONS OF HIGH ART.
III. LOVING AFAR OFF.
IV. LEGERDEMAIN.

BOOK SIXTH.

MYSTERIES OF THE NIGHT.

I. THE UNKNOWN HAND.
II. IN VAIN--IN VAIN.
III. THE CLASHING ORBS.
IV. A VISION OP HORRORS.
V. WHAT THE MORNING BROUGHT.

BOOK SEVENTH.

JOURNEYINGS AGAINST FATE.

I. PEA-SHOOTING AS A SCIENCE.
II. BY STEAM.
III. PIGWORTH, J.P.
IV. STOOP.