PEOPLE WHO ARE TOO WISE TO BE AMUSED,
AND WHO WOULD, ANY TIME, RATHER SEE A FACT BROUGHT OUT STARK NAKED
THAN DRESSED HANDSOMELY. SUCH OWLS ARE REQUESTED TO PASS OVER THIS
CHAPTER, AND PERCH UPON BOOK FRIDAY, PORTIONS OF WHICH WILL, BE
FOUND QUITE AS DRY AS THEY COULD POSSIBLY DESIRE.

XVIII.

_Work in Earnest_ 210

SHOWING HOW BRADDOCK'S ARMY CONTINUED ITS FLIGHT TO
PHILADELPHIA.--HOW WASHINGTON RETURNED TO MOUNT VERNON, AND WAS
SHORTLY AFTERWARDS MADE COMMANDER OF ALL THE FORCES OF VIRGINIA;
AND HOW HE WENT TO BOSTON, AND WHY; WITH OTHER ITEMS OF INTEREST.

XIX.

_Dark Days_ 222

STILL FARTHER ACCOUNT OF WASHINGTON'S TROUBLES WITH THE INDIANS
AND WITH HIS OWN MEN, AND NOTICE OF HIS MISUNDERSTANDING WITH
GOVERNOR DINWIDDIE; ALL OF WHICH, COMBINED, RENDER THIS THE
SADDEST AND THE GLOOMIEST PERIOD OF HIS LIFE.

XX.

_A New Enterprise_ 233

CONTAINING GLIMPSES OUTSIDE OF THE DIRECT LINE OF OUR STORY, WITH
A MORE MINUTE AND CIRCUMSTANTIAL ACCOUNT OF HOW WASHINGTON WOOED
AND WON A FAIR LADY THAN IS TO BE MET WITH ELSEWHERE; WITH SOME
PARTICULARS TOUCHING AN INTENDED EXPEDITION AGAINST FORT DUQUESNE.

XXI.

_More Blundering_ 244

SHOWING HOW BRADDOCK'S FOLLY WAS REPEATED BY MAJOR GRANT, AS
FOREBODED BY WASHINGTON; AND ALSO WHAT CAME OF THE EXPEDITION
AGAINST FORT DUQUESNE.

XXII.

_Washington at Home_ 255

GIVING AN ACCOUNT OF WASHINGTON'S MARRIAGE WITH MRS. CUSTIS.--HIS
RECEPTION BY THE VIRGINIA HOUSE OF BURGESSES.--HIS HABITS AS A MAN
OF BUSINESS.--HIS RURAL PURSUITS AND AMUSEMENTS.--HIS LOVE OF
SOCIAL PLEASURES.--HIS ADVENTURE WITH A POACHER; AND MANY OTHER
ITEMS; ALL OF WHICH, COMBINED, MAKE THIS CHAPTER ONE OF THE MOST
PLEASING AND ENTERTAINING OF THE WHOLE BOOK.

XXIII.

_A Family Quarrel_ 269

WHEREIN THE YOUNG READER WILL FIND WHAT WILL BE EXPLAINED MORE TO
HIS SATISFACTION IN CHAPTER XXIV.

XXIV.

_The Cause of the Quarrel_ 276

AFFORDING A MORE CLEAR, AND SATISFACTORY ACCOUNT OF THE CAUSES
THAT BROUGHT ABOUT OUR REVOLUTIONARY WAR THAN WAS GIVEN IN CHAPTER
XXIII; BUT CHAPT