John De Lancaster; vol. II

About this eBook

Author

Cumberland, Richard, 1732-1811

Title

John de Lancaster: a novel; vol. II.

Original Publication

United Kingdom: Lackington, Allen, and Co.,1809.

Credits

Sonya Schermann, Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

PR: Language and Literatures: English literature

Subject

Wales, North -- Fiction

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 69056

Release Date

September 27, 2022

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.JOHN DE LANCASTER.
2. 2.BOOK THE FIRST. — CHAPTER I. The Experiment, as resolved upon by Mr. Philip De Lancaster, is made. — CHAPTER II. Mr. De Lancaster discourses upon the Tactics of the Ancients. — CHAPTER III. Mr. De Lancaster relates some curious Properties peculiar to certain Islands. — CHAPTER IV. Our Hero has an Interview with his Mother. — CHAPTER V. Preparations for celebrating the Assembly of the Minstrels at Kray Castle. — CHAPTER VI. Occurrences at Kray Castle during the Assembly of the Minstrels. — CHAPTER VII. Harmony of Sounds does not always ensure Harmony of Souls. — CHAPTER VIII. Our Hero goes to Glen-Morgan, and pays a Visit to Mrs. Jennings at Denbigh. — CHAPTER IX. A Hasty Retreat. Meditations by the Way.
3. 3.BOOK THE SECOND. — CHAPTER I. Sir Owen ap Owen on his Death-Bed takes leave of Mr. De Lancaster. — CHAPTER II. Sir Owen ap Owen Dies. — CHAPTER III. Our Hero sets out upon a Visit to his Tutor at his Parsonage House. Occurrences by the Way. — CHAPTER IV. The Humanity of De Lancaster is not permitted to obtain its End. — CHAPTER V. Philip De Lancaster sets out upon his Travels. — CHAPTER VI. Dark Doings at the Abbey of Penruth. — CHAPTER VII. Events consequential of the Meeting at Sir Arthur Floyd’s. The last Chapter of the Second Book.
4. 4.BOOK THE THIRD. — CHAPTER I. The Mother of our Hero, being at the Point of Death, takes her last Farewell of her Father-in-law. — CHAPTER II. The Mother of our Hero dies. — CHAPTER III. The Scene changes to Glen-Morgan. — CHAPTER IV. Occurrences at Glen Morgan. — CHAPTER V. Our Heroine has an Interview with the Grandfather of our Hero. — CHAPTER VI. Mr. De Lancaster and Cecilia return to Kray Castle. An Explanation takes place between Mrs. Jennings and our Hero John; they are reconciled. — CHAPTER VII. Our Hero accompanies Amelia and Mrs. Jennings to Denbigh. Past Mistakes are set to rights in a very natural and agreeable Manner. — CHAPTER VIII. Our Hero visits the Daughter of Robin Ap Rees in her Distress. — CHAPTER IX. Proceedings at Denbigh in consequence of the Death of Ap Rees’s Daughter. Our Hero retires to Glen Morgan. The Address of the blind Minstrel of Penruth to the People concludes the Volume.

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