tation.

My object was to say, that he had the passions to feel, and the
manliness and generosity to overcome them. You will not hear--it is best
to know it--what moves in the real world, what passes in society, in the
clubs, colleges, mess-rooms,--what is the life and talk of your sons.
A little more frankness than is customary has been attempted in this
story; with no bad desire on the writer's part, it is hoped, and with no
ill consequence to any reader. If truth is not always pleasant, at
any rate truth is best, from whatever chair--from those whence graver
writers or thinkers argue, as from that at which the story-teller sits
as he concludes his labour, and bids his kind reader farewell.

Kensington, Nov. 26th, 1850.

CONTENTS

CHAPTER
I Shows how First Love may interrupt Breakfast
II A Pedigree and other Family Matters
III In which Pendennis appears as a very young Man indeed
IV Mrs. Haller
V Mrs. Haller at Home
VI Contains both Love and War
VII In which the Major makes his Appearance
VIII In which Pen is kept waiting at the Door, while the Reader
is informed who little Laura was
IX In which the Major opens the Campaign
X Facing the Enemy
XI Negotiation
XII In which a Shooting Match is proposed
XIII A Crisis
XIV In which Miss Fotheringay makes a new Engagement
XV The Happy Village
XVI More Storms in the Puddle
XVII Which concludes the First Part of this History
XVIII Alma Mater
XIX Pendennis of Boniface
XX Rake's Progress
XXI Flight after Defeat
XXII Prodigal's Return
XXIII New Faces
XXIV A Little Innocent
XXV Contains both Love and Jealousy
XXVI A House full of Visitors
XXVII Contains some Ball-practising
XXVIII Which is both Quarrelsome and Sentimental
XXIX Babylon
XXX The Knights of the Temple
XXXI Old and New Acquaintances
XXXII In which the Printer's Devil comes to the Door
XXXIII Which is passed in the Neighbourhood of Ludgate Hill
XXXIV In which the History still hovers about Fleet Street
XXXV Dinner in the Row
XXXVI The Pall Mall Gazette
XXXVII Where Pen appears in Town and Country
XXXVIII In which the Sylph reappears
XXXIX In which Colonel Altamont appears and disappears
XL Relates to Mr. Harry Foker's Affairs