Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour

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Author

Surtees, Robert Smith, 1805-1864

Credits

Produced by Michael Ciesielski, Josephine Paolucci and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net

Language

English

LoC Class

PR: Language and Literatures: English literature

Subject

Fox hunting -- Fiction

Category

Text

eBook-No.

16957

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/16957

Release Date

October 28, 2005

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour.
2. 2.R.S. Surtees — TO — THE RIGHT HONOURABLE LORD ELCHO, — IN GRATITUDE — FOR MANY SEASONS OF EXCELLENT SPORT WITH HIS HOUNDS, — ON THE BORDER. — THIS VOLUME IS INSCRIBED, — BY HIS — OBLIGED AND FAITHFUL SERVANT, — THE AUTHOR.
3. 3.CONTENTS
4. 4.PREFACE
5. 5.CHAPTER I — OUR HERO
6. 6.CHAPTER II — MR. BENJAMIN BUCKRAM
7. 7.CHAPTER III — PETER LEATHER
8. 8.CHAPTER IV — LAVERICK WELLS
9. 9.CHAPTER V — MR. WAFFLES
10. 10.CHAPTER VI — LAVERICK WELLS
11. 11.CHAPTER VII — OUR HERO ARRIVES AT LAVERICK WELLS
12. 12.CHAPTER VIII — OLD TOM TOWLER
13. 13.CHAPTER IX — THE MEET—THE FIND, AND THE FINISH
14. 14.CHAPTER X — THE FEELER
15. 15.CHAPTER XI — THE DEAL, AND THE DISASTER
16. 16.CHAPTER XII — AN OLD FRIEND
17. 17.CHAPTER XIII — A NEW SCHEME
18. 18.CHAPTER XIV — JAWLEYFORD COURT
19. 19.CHAPTER XV — THE JAWLEYFORD ESTABLISHMENT
20. 20.CHAPTER XVI — THE DINNER
21. 21.CHAPTER XVII — THE TEA
22. 22.CHAPTER XVIII — THE EVENING'S REFLECTIONS
23. 23.CHAPTER XIX — THE WET DAY
24. 24.CHAPTER XX — THE F.H.H.
25. 25.CHAPTER XXI — A COUNTRY DINNER-PARTY
26. 26.CHAPTER XXII — THE F.H.H. AGAIN
27. 27.CHAPTER XXIII — THE GREAT RUN
28. 28.CHAPTER XXIV — LORD SCAMPERDALE AT HOME
29. 29.CHAPTER XXV — MR. SPRAGGON'S EMBASSY TO JAWLEYFORD COURT
30. 30.CHAPTER XXVI — MR. AND MRS. SPRINGWHEAT
31. 31.CHAPTER XXVII — THE FINEST RUN THAT EVER WAS SEEN
32. 32.CHAPTER XXVIII — THE FAITHFUL GROOM
33. 33.CHAPTER XXIX — THE CROSS-ROADS AT DALLINGTON BURN
34. 34.CHAPTER XXX — BOLTING THE BADGER
35. 35.CHAPTER XXXI — MR. PUFFINGTON; OR THE YOUNG MAN ABOUT TOWN
36. 36.CHAPTER XXXII — THE MAN OF P-R-O-R-PERTY
37. 37.CHAPTER XXXIII — A SWELL HUNTSMAN
38. 38.CHAPTER XXXIV — THE BEAUFORT JUSTICE
39. 39.CHAPTER XXXV — LORD SCAMPERDALE AT JAWLEYFORD COURT
40. 40.CHAPTER XXXVI — MR. BRAGG'S KENNEL MANAGEMENT
41. 41.CHAPTER XXXVII — MR. PUFFINGTON'S DOMESTIC ARRANGEMENTS
42. 42.CHAPTER XXXVIII — A DAY WITH PUFFINGTON'S HOUNDS
43. 43.CHAPTER XXXIX — Writing A Run
44. 44.CHAPTER XL — A LITERARY BLOOMER
45. 45.CHAPTER XLI — A DINNER AND A DEAL
46. 46.CHAPTER XLII — THE MORNING'S REFLECTIONS
47. 47.CHAPTER XLIII — ANOTHER SICK HOST
48. 48.CHAPTER XLIV — WANTED—A RICH GOD-PAPA!
49. 49.CHAPTER XLV — THE DISCOMFITED DIPLOMATIST
50. 50.CHAPTER XLVI — PUDDINGPOTE BOWER, THE SEAT OF JOGGLEBURY CROWDEY, ESQ.
51. 51.CHAPTER XLVII — A FAMILY BREAKFAST ON A HUNTING MORNING
52. 52.CHAPTER XLVIII — HUNTING THE HOUNDS
53. 53.CHAPTER XLIX — COUNTRY QUARTERS
54. 54.CHAPTER L — SIR HARRY SCATTERCASH'S HOUNDS
55. 55.CHAPTER LI — FARMER PEASTRAW'S DÎNÉ-MATINÉE
56. 56.CHAPTER LII — A MOONLIGHT RIDE
57. 57.CHAPTER LIII — PUDDINGPOTE BOWER
58. 58.CHAPTER LIV — FAMILY JARS
59. 59.CHAPTER LV — THE TRIGGER
60. 60.CHAPTER LVI — NONSUCH HOUSE AGAIN
61. 61.CHAPTER LVII — THE DEBATE
62. 62.CHAPTER LVIII — FACEY ROMFORD
63. 63.CHAPTER LIX — THE ADJOURNED DEBATE
64. 64.CHAPTER LX — FACEY ROMFORD AT HOME
65. 65.CHAPTER LXI — NONSUCH HOUSE AGAIN
66. 66.CHAPTER LXII — A FAMILY BREAKFAST
67. 67.CHAPTER LXIII — THE RISING GENERATION
68. 68.CHAPTER LXIV — THE KENNEL AND THE STUD
69. 69.CHAPTER LXV — THE HUNT
70. 70.CHAPTER LXVI — MR. SPONGE AT HOME
71. 71.CHAPTER LXVII — HOW THEY GOT UP THE 'GRAND ARISTOCRATIC STEEPLE-CHASE'
72. 72.CHAPTER LXVIII — HOW THE 'GRAND ARISTOCRATIC' CAME OFF
73. 73.CHAPTER LXIX — HOW OTHER THINGS CAME OFF
74. 74.CHAPTER LXX — HOW LORD SCAMPERDALE AND CO. CAME OFF — FOOTNOTES:

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