The Tithe-proctor
by William Carleton
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About this eBook
- Author
- Carleton, William, 1794-1869
- Title
- The Tithe-Proctor The Works of William Carleton, Volume Two
- Credits
- Produced by David Widger
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- PR: Language and Literatures: English literature
- Subject
- Ireland -- Social life and customs -- Fiction
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 16010
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/16010
- Release Date
- June 7, 2005
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.THE TITHE-PROCTOR.
- 2.By William Carleton
- 3.CONTENTS
- 4.List of Illustrations
- 5.PREFACE.
- 6.CHAPTER I.—The Chapel Green of Esker Dearg.
- 7.CHAPTER II.—The Proctor's Principles and His Family.
- 8.CHAPTER III.—Mountain Legislation, and its Executive of Blood.
- 9.CHAPTER IV.—Mirth and Murder—A Tithe-Proctor's Office.
- 10.CHAPTER V.—A Hang-Choice Shot—The “Garrison” on Short Commons.
- 11.CHAPTER VI.—Unexpected Generosity—A False Alarm.
- 12.CHAPTER VII.—A Shoneen Magistrate Distributing Justice.
- 13.CHAPTER VIII.—An Unreformed Church — —The Value of Public Opinion—Be not Familiar with the Great
- 14.CHAPTER IX.—Sport in the Mountains.
- 15.CHAPTER X.—The Sport Continued.
- 16.CHAPTER XI.—The Sport Still Continued.
- 17.CHAPTER XII.—Out of the Frying-Pan into the Fire.
- 18.CHAPTER XIII.—Strange Faces—Dare-Devil O'Driscol Aroused
- 19.CHAPTER XIV.—State of the Country — —O'Driscol rivals Falstaff—Who Buck English was supposed to be.
- 20.CHARTER XV.—Scene in a Parsonage—An Anti-Tithe Ringleader.
- 21.CHAPTER XVI.—Massacre of Carrickshock
- 22.CHAPTER XVII.—Midnight Court of Justice — —Sentence of the Proctor and His Sons.
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