TEN

THOUSAND A-YEAR

BY

SAMUEL WARREN

D.C.L., F.R.S.

A NEW EDITION, CAREFULLY REVISED, WITH NOTES

AND ILLUSTRATIONS

IN TWO VOLUMES

VOL. II.

WILLIAM BLACKWOOD AND SONS

EDINBURGH AND LONDON

MDCCCLIV

CONTENTS.

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BOOK THE FIFTH.

I. Messrs Yahoo and Fitz-Snooks versus Titmouse; and Gammon

versus them all,

II. Tippetiwink; and Titmouse become a great lion,

III. The Marquis Gants-Jaunes de Millefleurs; and the Reverend Mor-

IV. Mr Titmouse presented at Court; after a slight accident to the Earl

of Dreddlington,

V. A drop of the golden shower falls on Mr Tag-rag, who receives pro-

motion,

VI. Mr Titmouse receives the Earl of Dreddlington and Lady Cecilia, the

Marquis Gants-Jaunes de Millefleurs, Mr Venom Tuft, and Mr

Gammon, at Yatton,

VII. Mr Gammon and the Earl of Dreddlington.-Sapping and Mining,

VIII. Lady Cecilia and her three lovers; with her father's masterly diplo-

macy in favour of one of them,

I. Mr Aubrey in the deep waters, where he meets with a companion,

II. News from Dr Tatham; and a communication from Messrs Quirk,

Gammon, and Snap,

III. Mr Gammon in Vivian Street, after the manner of a snake in a dove-

cote,

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IV. Mr Quirk's contemplated action for breach of promise of marriage;

and how Mr Titmouse courted the Lady Cecilia,

V. Mr Titmouse stands for the borough of Yatton, but unexpectedly en-

counters a formidable opponent,

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BOOK THE SEVENTH.

I. The great game at chess, between Mr Gammon and Mr Crafty; which

typifies an English election, and how it is lost, and won,

III. The fight waxes hot; and, after surprising fluctuation, a glorious vic-

tory is gained,

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IV. Serious incidents for the consideration of the victors; who have also

to fight another battle on new ground,

V. Mr Titmouse acquires sudden distinction in the House of Commons,

VI. Mr Titmouse becomes a fellow of the Credulous Society, under the

auspices of Dr Diabolus Gander; performs scientific experiments

in the streets at night, and saves the Ministry,

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VII. Lady Cecilia is married to Mr Titmouse; and the Earl enters, under

Mr Gammon's auspices, on an adventurous career. An affecting

letter of Lady Cecilia Titmouse,

VIII. A deadly struggle between a snake and an ape,

BOOK THE EIGHTH.

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I. Mr Gammon offers his hand and heart to Miss Aubrey. An exciting

love-scene-in which Kate behaves with great propriety,

II. Mr Gammon's skilful manœuvres to crush Mr Aubrey; and they seem

seconded by fate,

III. Mr Aubrey disregards Gammon's advice, and becomes the guest of

Mr Grab,

IV. Mr Gammon's profound strategics,

V. Kate communicates a secret told her by Mr Gammon; who secures

her brother a night with Mr Vice,

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VI. Kate's diamond necklace; Mr Runnington's munificence; Lady

Stratton's £15,000 policy, which Gammon angles for,

BOOK THE NINTH.

I. Fortune plays pranks with Titmouse; the descent of the Vulture; and

other matters of moment to Gammon,

II. The Artificial-Rain Company evaporates; and a remarkable scene

between Mr Gammon and the Earl of Dreddlington,

III. The Earl of Dreddlington's bed-side; and Gammon's interview with

the Duke of Tantallan,

IV. Lord De la Zouch comes on the scene again; an Attorney-General's

suggestion; and Gammon frightened by his own proctor,

V. Lord De la Zouch with the Aubreys, and Mr Gammon with the Earl

of Dreddlington, whose intellect melts away before him,

VI. Mr Gammon getting into deep waters, and dragging his great friends

after him,

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VII. What moles in the Ecclesiastical Court can do under ground; and

Gammon in a quandary,

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BOOK THE TENTH.

I. Glances of daylight into a glen of fraud, and reptiles seen wriggling

about in alarm,

II. What is Gammon to do?-Mr Titmouse makes an equitable proposal

to Kate Aubrey,

III. The scorpion in the fiery circle. Mr Gammon's skilful exit,

IV. The Earl of Dreddlington's bankruptcy and death; and Lord Dre-

lincourt appears on the scene,

V. Mudflint, Woodlouse, and Bloodsuck in a bad way; and Sir Harka-

way's awkward position,

VII. Mr Tag-rag's final adventures; a sudden glimpse of Gammon again ;

and the last of Mr Quirk,

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VIII. True nobility; Yatton itself again; and Kate Aubrey's disappearance, 355

NOTES AND ILLUSTRATIONS,

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