My Miscellanies, (Volume 2 of 2)

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Author

Collins, Wilkie, 1824-1889

Title

My Miscellanies, Vol. 2 (of 2)

Credits

Produced by Melissa McDaniel 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

English literature -- 19th century

Category

Text

eBook-No.

44350

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/44350

Release Date

December 5, 2013

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.MY MISCELLANIES.
2. 2.CONTENTS OF VOL. II.
3. 3.CASES WORTH LOOKING AT.—I. MEMOIRS OF AN ADOPTED SON. [A] — I.—Circumstances which preceded his Birth. — II.— His Boyhood and Early Life. — III.— His Career in Paris. — IV.— His Exit from the Scene .
4. 4.SKETCHES OF CHARACTER.—IV. THE BACHELOR BEDROOM.
5. 5.NOOKS AND CORNERS OF HISTORY. III. A REMARKABLE REVOLUTION.
6. 6.DOUGLAS JERROLD. [B]
7. 7.SKETCHES OF CHARACTER.—V. PRAY EMPLOY MAJOR NAMBY! [A Privileged Communication From A Lady in Distress.]
8. 8.CASES WORTH LOOKING AT.—II. THE POISONED MEAL. [From The Records of the French Courts.] — Chapter I. The Pockets. — Chapter II. The Arsenic. — Chapter III. The Evidence. — Chapter IV. The Sentence. — Chapter V. Hushed-up.
9. 9.SKETCHES OF CHARACTER.-VI. MY SPINSTERS. [Introduced by an Innocent Old Man.]
10. 10.DRAMATIC GRUB STREET. [D] EXPLORED IN TWO LETTERS. — Letter the First. From Mr. Reader to Mr. Author. — Letter the Second. From Mr. Author to Mr. Reader.
11. 11.TO THINK, OR BE THOUGHT FOR?
12. 12.SOCIAL GRIEVANCES.—IV. SAVE ME FROM MY FRIENDS.
13. 13.CASES WORTH LOOKING AT.—III. THE CAULDRON OF OIL. — I. The Persons of the Drama. — II. The Events of the Day. — III. The Younger Brother. — IV. The End.
14. 14.BOLD WORDS BY A BACHELOR.
15. 15.SOCIAL GRIEVANCES.—V. MRS. BULLWINKLE.
16. 16.FOOTNOTES

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