Sheppard Lee, Volume 1
BOOK I. CONTAINING INSTRUCTIONS HOW TO SPEND AND HOW
TO RETRIEVE A FORTUNE.
- BOOK I. CONTAINING INSTRUCTIONS HOW TO SPEND AND HOW
TO RETRIEVE A FORTUNE.
- CHAPTER I. The Author's Preface,—which the
reader, if in a great hurry, or if it be his practice to read against
time, can skip.
- CHAPTER II. The birth and family of Sheppard Lee,
with some account of his temper and complexion of mind.
- CHAPTER III. The pleasures of having nothing to
do.—Some thoughts on Matrimony.
- CHAPTER IV. How to conduct a farm to the best
advantage, and steer clear of the lawyers.
- CHAPTER V. The Author finds himself in
trouble.—Some account of his Servant, honest James Jumble.
- CHAPTER VI. Sheppard Lee experiences his share of
the respect that is accorded to "honest poverty."—His ingenious and
highly original devices to amend his fortune.
- CHAPTER VII. The Author becomes a Politician, and
seeks for an office.—The result of that project.
- CHAPTER VIII. A description of the Owl-roost, with
Mr. Jumble's ideas in relation to Captain Kid's money.
- CHAPTER IX. Sheppard Lee stumbles upon a happy
man, and quarrels with him.
- CHAPTER X. Sheppard Lee has an extraordinary
dream, which promises to be more advantageous than any of his previous
ones.
- CHAPTER XI. In which the reader is introduced to
a personage who may claim his acquaintance hereafter.
- CHAPTER XII. Sheppard Lee visits the village,
makes a patriotic speech, and leaves the fence.
- CHAPTER XIII. What befell the author on his way
to the Owl-roost.
- CHAPTER XIV. Sheppard Lee digs for the buried
treasure, but makes a blow with the mattock in the wrong place.
- CHAPTER XV. In which Sheppard Lee finds himself
in a quandary which the reader will allow to be the most wonderful and
lamentable ever known to a human being.
- CHAPTER XVI. Sheppard Lee finds comfort when he
least expects it. The extraordinary close of the catastrophe.
- CHAPTER XVII. A natural mistake, which, although
it procures the Author a rough reception at his own house, has yet the
good effect to teach him the propriety of adapting his manners to his
condition.
- BOOK II. CONTAINING SUNDRY ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE
ADVANTAGES OF GOOD LIVING, WITH A FEW CHAPTERS ON DOMESTIC FELICITY.
- CHAPTER I. Some passages in the life of John H.
Higginson, Esq., the happy sportsman; with a surprising affliction that
befell the Author.
- CHAPTER II. The Author, being in prison, makes a
confidant of a deputy Attorney-General.—The inconvenience of telling a
truth which happens to be somewhat incredible.
- CHAPTER III. Sheppard Lee is visited by new
friends, released from prison, and carried to his new place of abode.
- CHAPTER IV. Containing illustrations of the
advantages of dying an unusual death, in times of high political
excitement.
- CHAPTER V. The true meaning of the word Podagra.
- CHAPTER VI. Sheppard Lee's introduction to his
wife, and his suspicion that all is not gold that glistens.
- CHAPTER VII. A comparison between dunning and
scolding, with some thoughts on suicide.
- CHAPTER VIII. Sheppard Lee forms sundry
acquaintances, some of which are genteel.
- CHAPTER IX. The Author grows weary of his wife,
and mistakes the Schuylkill for the river Lethe.—The tragical
adventure that befell a young gentleman in that romantic tide, with its
effects upon the destinies of Sheppard Lee.
- BOOK III. CONTAINING MUCH THAT WILL BE INTERESTING
TO YOUNG GENTLEMEN IN DEBT, AND TO FATHERS OF FAMILIES WHO DESIRE TO
HAVE THEIR CHILDREN RISE IN SOCIETY.
- CHAPTER I. The inconveniences of being
drowned.—The first chapter of the history of I. D. Dawkins, Esq.
- CHAPTER II. A conversation betwixt the Author and
his bosom friend, John Tickle, Esq.
- CHAPTER III. In which Sheppard Lee is prepared for
the brilliant destiny that awaits him.
- CHAPTER IV. In which Sheppard Lee has an interview
with a lady, who tells him a secret.
- CHAPTER V. An inventory of a young gentleman's
effects, with some account of Mr. Sniggles, his landlord.
- CHAPTER VI. Sheppard Lee hears news of his uncle,
and Mr. Sniggles is brought to his senses.
- CHAPTER VII. In which Sheppard Lee is told his
history.
- CHAPTER VIII. A conversation with a tailor.
Sheppard Lee finds himself in a situation truly appalling.
- CHAPTER IX. The Author receives a visit from his
uncle, Samuel Wilkins, Esq., and is relieved from his tormentors.
- CHAPTER X. Some account of Sheppard Lee's country
kinsmen.
- CHAPTER XI. Containing a morsel of metaphysics,
with a short account of the Author's experience in good society.
- CHAPTER XII. Sheppard Lee makes the acquaintance
of his cousin, Miss Pattie Wilkins.
- CHAPTER XIII. A further account of Miss Pattie
Wilkins.
- CHAPTER XIV. A short chapter, containing an
account of the Author's cousin, Samuel Wilkins, Jr.
- CHAPTER XV. In which Sheppard Lee visits Mr.
Periwinkle Smith and his fair daughter, and is intrusted with a secret
which both astonishes and afflicts him.
- CHAPTER XVI. Containing much instructive matter
in relation to good society, whereby the ambitious reader can determine
what are his prospects of entering it.
- CHAPTER XVII. In which Sheppard Lee relates the
passion he conceived for his fair cousin, and his engagement to elope
with her.
- CHAPTER XVIII. In which Sheppard Lee recounts an
engagement of a similar nature which he formed with the fair Alicia.
- CHAPTER XIX. The ingenious devices with which
Sheppard Lee prepared the way for the elopement.
- CHAPTER XX. The guests that Sheppard Lee invited
to his wedding.
- CHAPTER XXI. Containing a scialogue, or curious
conversation with nothing; with a discovery extremely astonishing to
several persons.
- CHAPTER XXII. In which Sheppard Lee finds that he
has made the fortune of his friends, without having greatly advantaged
his own.
- CHAPTER XXIII. A crisis. Sheppard Lee is reduced
to great extremities, and takes refuge in the house of mourning.
- CHAPTER XXIV. What happened in the
dead-chamber.—The dirge of a wealthy parent.
- BOOK IV. CONTAINING ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE FOLLY OF
BRINGING UP CHILDREN IN THE WAY THEY SHOULD GO, AND THE WISDOM OF
MAKING A FORTUNE.
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