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Title: Index of the Project Gutenberg Works of Henry Fielding Author: Henry Fielding Editor: David Widger Release Date: November 7, 2018 [EBook #58249] Language: English Character set encoding: UTF-8 *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK INDEX OF THE PG WORKS OF HENRY FIELDING *** Produced by David Widger INDEX OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG WORKS OF HENRY FIELDING Compiled by David Widger FIELDING CONTENTS Click on the ## before each title to view a linked table of contents for each of the ebooks. Click on the title itself to open the original online file. ## A VOYAGE TO LISBON ## THIS WORLD TO THE NEXT ## MR. JONATHAN WILD ## AMELIA, Complete ## THE HISTORY OF TOM JONES ## JOSEPH ANDREWS VOL. 1 ## JOSEPH ANDREWS, VOL. 2 APOLOGY FOR LIFE OF MRS. SHAMELA ANDREWS THE OLD DEBAUCHEES. A COMEDY THE LOVERS ASSISTANT, OR, NEW ART OF LOVE TABLES OF CONTENTS OF VOLUMES THE JOURNAL OF A VOYAGE TO LISBON By Henry Fielding Contents INTRODUCTION TO SEVERAL WORKS THE JOURNAL OF A VOYAGE TO LISBON DEDICATION TO THE PUBLIC INTRODUCTION THE VOYAGE A JOURNEY FROM THIS WORLD TO THE NEXT By Henry Fielding CONTENTS A JOURNEY FROM THIS WORLD TO THE NEXT INTRODUCTION BOOK I CHAPTER I -- The author dies, meets with Mercury, and is by him conducted to the stage which sets out for the other world. CHAPTER II -- In which the author first refutes some idle opinions concerning spirits, and then the passengers relate their several deaths. CHAPTER III -- The adventures we met with in the City of Diseases. CHAPTER IV -- Discourses on the road, and a description of the palace of Death. CHAPTER V -- The travelers proceed on their journey, and meet several spirits who are coming into the flesh. CHAPTER VI -- An account of the wheel of fortune, with a method of preparing a spirit for this world. CHAPTER VII -- The proceedings of Judge Minos at the gate of Elysium. CHAPTER VIII -- The adventures which the author met on his first entrance into Elysium. CHAPTER IX -- More adventures in Elysium. CHAPTER X -- The author is surprised at meeting Julian the apostate in Elysium; but is satisfied by him by what means he procured his entrance there. Julian relates his adventures in the character of a slave. CHAPTER XI -- In which Julian relates his adventures in the character of an avaricious Jew. CHAPTER XII -- What happened to Julian in the characters of a general, an heir, a carpenter, and a beau. CHAPTER XIII -- Julian passes into a fop. CHAPTER XIV -- Adventures in the person of a monk. CHAPTER XV -- Julian passes into the character of a fiddler. CHAPTER XVI -- The history of the wise man. CHAPTER XVII -- Julian enters into the person of a king. CHAPTER XVIII -- Julian passes into a fool. CHAPTER XIX -- Julian appears in the character of a beggar. CHAPTER XX -- Julian performs the part of a statesman. CHAPTER XXI -- Julian's adventures in the post of a soldier. CHAPTER XXII -- What happened to Julian in the person of a tailor. CHAPTER XXIII -- The life of alderman Julian. CHAPTER XXIV -- Julian recounts what happened to him while he was a poet. CHAPTER XXV -- Julian performs the parts of a knight and a dancing-master. BOOK XIX -- Wherein Anna Boleyn relates the history of her life. CHAPTER VII -- Wherein Anna Boleyn relates the history of her life. Footnotes: THE HISTORY OF THE LIFE OF THE LATE MR. JONATHAN WILD THE GREAT By Henry Fielding CONTENTS INTRODUCTION THE LIFE OF THE LATE MR. JONATHAN WILD BOOK I CHAPTER ONE — SHEWING THE WHOLESOME USES DRAWN FROM RECORDING THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF THOSE WONDERFUL PRODUCTIONS OF NATURE CALLED GREAT MEN. CHAPTER TWO — GIVING AN ACCOUNT OF AS MANY OF OUR HERO'S ANCESTORS AS CAN BE GATHERED OUT OF THE RUBBISH OF ANTIQUITY, WHICH HATH BEEN CAREFULLY SIFTED FOR THAT PURPOSE. CHAPTER THREE — THE BIRTH, PARENTAGE, AND EDUCATION OF MR. JONATHAN WILD THE GREAT. CHAPTER FOUR — MR. WILD'S FIRST ENTRANCE INTO THE WORLD. HIS ACQUAINTANCE WITH COUNT LA RUSE. CHAPTER FIVE — A DIALOGUE BETWEEN YOUNG MASTER WILD AND COUNT LA RUSE, WHICH, HAVING EXTENDED TO THE REJOINDER, HAD A VERY QUIET, EASY, AND NATURAL CONCLUSION. CHAPTER SIX — FURTHER CONFERENCES BETWEEN THE COUNT AND MASTER WILD, WITH OTHER MATTERS OF THE GREAT KIND. CHAPTER SEVEN — MASTER WILD SETS OUT ON HIS TRAVELS, AND RETURNS HOME AGAIN. A VERY SHORT CHAPTER, CONTAINING INFINITELY MORE TIME AND LESS MATTER THAN ANY OTHER IN THE WHOLE STORY. CHAPTER EIGHT — AN ADVENTURE WHERE WILD, IN THE DIVISION OF THE BOOTY, EXHIBITS AN ASTONISHING INSTANCE OF GREATNESS. CHAPTER NINE — WILD PAYS A VISIT TO MISS LETITIA SNAP. A DESCRIPTION OF THAT LOVELY YOUNG CREATURE, AND THE SUCCESSLESS ISSUE OF MR. WILD'S ADDRESSES. CHAPTER TEN — A DISCOVERY OF SOME MATTERS CONCERNING THE CHASTE LAETITIA WHICH MUST WONDERFULLY SURPRISE, AND PERHAPS AFFECT, OUR READER. CHAPTER ELEVEN — CONTAINING AS NOTABLE INSTANCES OF HUMAN GREATNESS AS ARE TO BE MET WITH IN ANCIENT OR MODERN HISTORY. CONCLUDING WITH SOME WHOLESOME HINTS TO THE GAY PART OF MANKIND. CHAPTER TWELVE — OTHER PARTICULARS RELATING TO MISS TISHY, WHICH PERHAPS MAY NOT GREATLY SURPRISE AFTER THE FORMER. THE DESCRIPTION OF A VERY FINE GENTLEMAN. AND A DIALOGUE BETWEEN WILD AND THE COUNT, IN WHICH PUBLIC VIRTUE IS JUST HINTED AT, WITH, ETC. CHAPTER THIRTEEN — A CHAPTER OF WHICH WE ARE EXTREMELY VAIN, AND WHICH INDEED WE LOOK ON AS OUR CHEF-D'OEUVRE; CONTAINING A WONDERFUL STORY CONCERNING THE DEVIL, AND AS NICE A SCENE OF HONOUR AS EVER HAPPENED. CHAPTER FOURTEEN — IN WHICH THE HISTORY OF GREATNESS IS CONTINUED. BOOK II CHAPTER ONE — CHARACTERS OF SILLY PEOPLE, WITH THE PROPER USES FOR WHICH SUCH ARE DESIGNED. CHAPTER TWO — GREAT EXAMPLES OF GREATNESS IN WILD, SHEWN AS WELL BY HIS BEHAVIOUR TO BAGSHOT AS IN A SCHEME LAID, FIRST, TO IMPOSE ON HEARTFREE BY MEANS OF THE COUNT, AND THEN TO CHEAT THE COUNT OF THE BOOTY. CHAPTER THREE — CONTAINING SCENES OF SOFTNESS, LOVE, AND HONOUR ALL IN THE GREAT STILE. CHAPTER FOUR — IN WHICH WILD, AFTER MANY FRUITLESS ENDEAVOURS TO DISCOVER HIS FRIEND, MORALISES ON HIS MISFORTUNE IN A SPEECH, WHICH MAY BE OF USE (IF RIGHTLY UNDERSTOOD) TO SOME OTHER CONSIDERABLE SPEECH- MAKERS. CHAPTER FIVE — CONTAINING MANY SURPRISING ADVENTURES, WHICH OUR HERO, WITH GREAT GREATNESS, ACHIEVED. CHAPTER SIX — OF HATS. CHAPTER SEVEN — SHEWING THE CONSEQUENCE WHICH ATTENDED HEARTFREE'S ADVENTURES WITH WILD; ALL NATURAL AND COMMON ENOUGH TO LITTLE WRETCHES WHO DEAL WITH GREAT MEN; TOGETHER WITH SOME PRECEDENTS OF LETTERS, BEING THE DIFFERENT METHODS OF ANSWERING A DUN. CHAPTER EIGHT — IN WHICH OUR HERO CARRIES GREATNESS TO AN IMMODERATE HEIGHT. CHAPTER NINE — MORE GREATNESS IN WILD. A LOW SCENE BETWEEN MRS. HEARTFREE AND HER CHILDREN, AND A SCHEME OF OUR HERO WORTHY THE HIGHEST ADMIRATION, AND EVEN ASTONISHMENT. CHAPTER TEN — SEA-ADVENTURES VERY NEW AND SURPRISING. CHAPTER ELEVEN — THE GREAT AND WONDERFUL BEHAVIOUR OF OUR HERO IN THE BOAT. CHAPTER TWELVE — THE STRANGE AND YET NATURAL ESCAPE OF OUR HERO. CHAPTER THIRTEEN — THE CONCLUSION OF THE BOAT ADVENTURE, AND THE END OF THE SECOND BOOK. BOOK III CHAPTER ONE — THE LOW AND PITIFUL BEHAVIOUR OF HEARTFREE; AND THE FOOLISH CONDUCT OF HIS APPRENTICE. CHAPTER TWO — A SOLILOQUY OF HEARTFREE'S, FULL OF LOW AND BASE IDEAS, WITHOUT A SYLLABLE OF GREATNESS. CHAPTER THREE — WHEREIN OUR HERO PROCEEDS IN THE ROAD TO GREATNESS. CHAPTER FOUR — IN WHICH A YOUNG HERO, OF WONDERFUL GOOD PROMISE, MAKES HIS FIRST APPEARANCE, WITH MANY OTHER GREAT MATTERS. CHAPTER FIVE — MORE AND MORE GREATNESS, UNPARALLELED IN HISTORY OR ROMANCE. CHAPTER SIX — THE EVENT OF FIREBLOOD'S ADVENTURE; AND A THREAT OF MARRIAGE, WHICH MIGHT HAVE BEEN CONCLUDED EITHER AT SMITHFIELD OR ST. JAMES'S. CHAPTER SEVEN — MATTERS PRELIMINARY TO THE MARRIAGE BETWEEN MR. JONATHAN WILD AND THE CHASTE LAETITIA. CHAPTER EIGHT — A DIALOGUE MATRIMONIAL, WHICH PASSED BETWEEN JONATHAN WILD, ESQ., AND LAETITIA HIS WIFE, ON THE MORNING OF THE DAY FORTNIGHT ON WHICH HIS NUPTIALS WERE CELEBRATED; WHICH CONCLUDED MORE AMICABLY THAN THOSE DEBATES GENERALLY DO. CHAPTER NINE — OBSERVATIONS ON THE FOREGOING DIALOGUE, TOGETHER WITH A BASE DESIGN ON OUR HERO, WHICH MUST BE DETESTED BY EVERY LOVER OF GREATNESS. CHAPTER TEN — MR. WILD WITH UNPRECEDENTED GENEROSITY VISITS HIS FRIEND HEARTFREE, AND THE UNGRATEFUL RECEPTION HE MET WITH. CHAPTER ELEVEN — A SCHEME SO DEEPLY LAID, THAT IT SHAMES ALL THE POLITICS OF THIS OUR AGE; WITH DIGRESSION AND SUBDIGRESSION. CHAPTER TWELVE — NEW INSTANCES OF FRIENDLY'S FOLLY, ETC. CHAPTER THIRTEEN — SOMETHING CONCERNING FIREBLOOD WHICH WILL SURPRIZE; AND SOMEWHAT TOUCHING ONE OF THE MISS SNAPS, WHICH WILL GREATLY CONCERN THE READER. CHAPTER FOURTEEN — IN WHICH OUR HERO MAKES A SPEECH WELL WORTHY TO BE CELEBRATED; AND THE BEHAVIOUR OF ONE OF THE GANG, PERHAPS MORE UNNATURAL THAN ANY OTHER PART OF THIS HISTORY. BOOK IV CHAPTER ONE — SENTIMENT OF THE ORDINARY'S, WORTHY TO BE WRITTEN I N LETTERS OF GOLD; A VERY EXTRAORDINARY INSTANCE OF FOLLY IN FRIENDLY, AND A DREADFUL ACCIDENT WHICH BEFEL OUR HERO. CHAPTER TWO — A SHORT HINT CONCERNING POPULAR INGRATITUDE. MR. WILD'S ARRIVAL IN THE CASTLE, WITH OTHER OCCURRENCES TO BE FOUND IN NO OTHER HISTORY. CHAPTER THREE — CURIOUS ANECDOTES RELATING TO THE HISTORY OF NEWGATE. CHAPTER FOUR — THE DEAD-WARRANT ARRIVES FOR HEARTFREE; ON WHICH OCCASION WILD BETRAYS SOME HUMAN WEAKNESS. CHAPTER FIVE — CONTAINING VARIOUS MATTERS. CHAPTER SIX — IN WHICH THE FOREGOING HAPPY INCIDENT IS ACCOUNTED FOR. CHAPTER SEVEN — MRS. HEARTFREE RELATES HER ADVENTURES. CHAPTER EIGHT — IN WHICH MRS. HEARTFREE CONTINUES THE RELATION OF HER ADVENTURES. CHAPTER NINE — CONTAINING INCIDENTS VERY SURPRIZING. CHAPTER TEN — A HORRIBLE UPROAR IN THE GATE. CHAPTER ELEVEN — THE CONCLUSION OF MRS. HEARTFREE'S ADVENTURES. CHAPTER TWELVE — THE HISTORY RETURNS TO THE CONTEMPLATION OF GREATNESS. CHAPTER THIRTEEN — A DIALOGUE BETWEEN THE ORDINARY OF NEWGATE AND MR. JONATHAN WILD THE GREAT; IN WHICH THE SUBJECTS OF DEATH, IMMORTALITY, AND OTHER GRAVE MATTERS, ARE VERY LEARNEDLY HANDLED BY THE FORMER. CHAPTER FOURTEEN — WILD PROCEEDS TO THE HIGHEST CONSUMMATION OF HUMAN GREATNESS. CHAPTER FIFTEEN — THE CHARACTER OF OUR HERO, AND THE CONCLUSION OF THIS HISTORY. AMELIA, Complete By Henry Fielding CONTENTS INTRODUCTION. DEDICATION. AMELIA. VOL. I BOOK I. Chapter i. — Containing the exordium, &c. Chapter ii. — The history sets out. Observations on the excellency of the English constitution and curious examinations before a justice of peace. Chapter iii. — Containing the inside of a prison. Chapter iv. — Disclosing further secrets of the prison-house. Chapter v. — Containing certain adventures which befel Mr. Booth in the prison. Chapter vi. — Containing the extraordinary behaviour of Miss Matthews on her meeting with Booth, and some endeavours to prove, by reason and authority, that it is possible for a woman to appear to be what she really is not. Chapter vii. — In which Miss Matthews begins her history. Chapter viii. — The history of Miss Matthews continued. Chapter ix. — In which Miss Matthews concludes her relation. Chapter x. — Table-talk, consisting of a facetious discourse that passed in the prison. BOOK II. Chapter i. — In which Captain Booth begins to relate his history. Chapter ii. — Mr. Booth continues his story. In this chapter there are some passages that may serve as a kind of touchstone by which a young lady may examine the heart of her lover. I would advise, therefore, that every lover be obliged to read it over Chapter iii. — The narrative continued. More of the touchstone. Chapter iv. — The story of Mr. Booth continued. In this chapter the reader will perceive a glimpse of the character of a very good divine, with some matters of a very tender kind. Chapter v. — Containing strange revolutions of fortune Chapter vi. — Containing many surprising adventures. Chapter vii. — The story of Booth continued.—More surprising adventures. Chapter viii. — In which our readers will probably be divided in their opinion of Mr. Booth’s conduct. Chapter ix. — Containing a scene of a different kind from any of the preceding. BOOK III. Chapter i. — In which Mr. Booth resumes his story. Chapter ii. — Containing a scene of the tender kind. Chapter iii. — In which Mr. Booth sets forward on his journey. Chapter iv. — A sea piece. Chapter v. — The arrival of Booth at Gibraltar, with what there befel him. Chapter vi. — Containing matters which will please some readers. Chapter vii. — The captain, continuing his story, recounts some particulars which, we doubt not, to many good people, will appear unnatural. Chapter viii. — The story of Booth continued. Chapter ix. — Containing very extraordinary matters. Chapter x. — Containing a letter of a very curious kind. Chapter xi. — In which Mr. Booth relates his return to England. Chapter xii. — In which Mr. Booth concludes his story. BOOK IV. Chapter i. — Containing very mysterious matter. Chapter ii. — The latter part of which we expect will please our reader better than the former. Chapter iii. — Containing wise observations of the author, and other matters. Chapter iv. — In which Amelia appears in no unamiable light. Chapter v. — Containing an eulogium upon innocence, and other grave matters. Chapter vi. — In which may appear that violence is sometimes done to the name of love. Chapter vii. — Containing a very extraordinary and pleasant incident. Chapter viii. — Containing various matters. Chapter ix. — In which Amelia, with her friend, goes to the oratorio. VOL. II. BOOK V. Chapter i. — In which the reader will meet with an old acquaintance. Chapter ii. — In which Booth pays a visit to the noble lord. Chapter iii. — Relating principally to the affairs of serjeant Atkinson. Chapter iv. — Containing matters that require no preface. Chapter v. — Containing much heroic matter. Chapter vi. — In which the reader will find matter worthy his consideration. Chapter vii. — Containing various matters. Chapter viii. — The heroic behaviour of Colonel Bath. Chapter ix. — Being the last chapter of the fifth book. BOOK VI. Chapter i. — Panegyrics on beauty, with other grave matters. Chapter ii. — Which will not appear, we presume, unnatural to all married readers. Chapter iii. — In which the history looks a little backwards. Chapter iv. — Containing a very extraordinary incident. Chapter v. — Containing some matters not very unnatural. Chapter vi. — A scene in which some ladies will possibly think Amelia’s conduct exceptionable. Chapter vii. — A chapter in which there is much learning. Chapter viii. — Containing some unaccountable behaviour in Mrs. Ellison. Chapter ix. — Containing a very strange incident. BOOK VII. Chapter i. — A very short chapter, and consequently requiring no preface. Chapter ii. — The beginning of Mrs. Bennet’s history. Chapter iii. — Continuation of Mrs. Bennet’s story. Chapter iv. — Further continuation. Chapter v. — The story of Mrs. Bennet continued. Chapter vi. — Farther continued. Chapter vii. — The story farther continued. Chapter viii. — Further continuation. Chapter ix. — The conclusion of Mrs. Bennet’s history. Chapter x. — Being the last chapter of the seventh book. BOOK VIII. Chapter i. — Being the first chapter of the eighth book. Chapter ii. — Containing an account of Mr. Booth’s fellow-sufferers. Chapter iii. — Containing some extraordinary behaviour in Mrs. Ellison. Chapter iv. — Containing, among many matters, the exemplary behaviour of Colonel James. Chapter v. — Comments upon authors. Chapter vi. — Which inclines rather to satire than panegyric. Chapter vii. — Worthy a very serious perusal. Chapter viii. — Consisting of grave matters. Chapter ix. — A curious chapter, from which a curious reader may draw sundry observations. Chapter x. — In which are many profound secrets of philosophy. VOL. III. BOOK IX. Chapter i. — In which the history looks backwards. Chapter ii. — In which the history goes forward. Chapter iii. — A conversation between Dr Harrison and others. Chapter iv. — A dialogue between Booth and Amelia. Chapter v. — A conversation between Amelia and Dr Harrison, with the result. Chapter vi. — Containing as surprizing an accident as is perhaps recorded in history. Chapter vii. — In which the author appears to be master of that profound learning called the knowledge of the town. Chapter viii. — In which two strangers make their appearance. Chapter ix. — A scene of modern wit and humour. Chapter x. — A curious conversation between the doctor, the young clergyman, and the young clergyman’s father. BOOK X. Chapter i. — To which we will prefix no preface. Chapter ii. — What happened at the masquerade. Chapter iii. — Consequences of the masquerade, not uncommon nor surprizing. Chapter iv. — Consequences of the masquerade. Chapter v. — In which Colonel Bath appears in great glory. Chapter vi. — Read, gamester, and observe. Chapter vii. — In which Booth receives a visit from Captain Trent. Chapter viii. — Contains a letter and other matters. Chapter ix. — Containing some things worthy observation. BOOK XI. Chapter i. — Containing a very polite scene. Chapter ii. — Matters political. Chapter iii. — The history of Mr. Trent. Chapter iv. — Containing some distress. Chapter v. — Containing more wormwood and other ingredients. Chapter vi. — A scene of the tragic kind. Chapter vii. — In which Mr. Booth meets with more than one adventure. Chapter viii. — In which Amelia appears in a light more amiable than gay. Chapter ix. — A very tragic scene. BOOK XII. Chapter i. — The book begins with polite history. Chapter ii. — In which Amelia visits her husband. Chapter iii. — Containing matter pertinent to the history. Chapter iv. — In which Dr Harrison visits Colonel James. Chapter v. — What passed at the bailiff’s house. Chapter vi. — What passed between the doctor and the sick man. Chapter vii. — In which the history draws towards a conclusion. Chapter viii. — Thus this history draws nearer to a conclusion. Chapter ix. — In which the history is concluded. THE HISTORY OF TOM JONES, A FOUNDLING By Henry Fielding CONTENTS THE HISTORY OF TOM JONES, A FOUNDLING. BOOK I. — CONTAINING AS MUCH OF THE BIRTH OF THE FOUNDLING AS IS NECESSARY OR PROPER TO ACQUAINT THE READER WITH IN THE BEGINNING OF THIS HISTORY. Chapter i. — The introduction to the work, or bill of fare to the feast. Chapter ii. — A short description of squire Allworthy, and a fuller account of Miss Bridget Allworthy, his sister. Chapter iii. — An odd accident which befel Mr Allworthy at his return home. The decent behaviour of Mrs Deborah Wilkins, with some proper animadversions on bastards. Chapter iv. — The reader's neck brought into danger by a description; his escape; and the great condescension of Miss Bridget Allworthy. Chapter v. — Containing a few common matters, with a very uncommon observation upon them. Chapter vi. — Mrs Deborah is introduced into the parish with a simile. A short account of Jenny Jones, with the difficulties and discouragements which may attend young women in the pursuit of learning. Chapter vii. — Containing such grave matter, that the reader cannot laugh once through the whole chapter, unless peradventure he should laugh at the author. Chapter viii. — A dialogue between Mesdames Bridget and Deborah; containing more amusement, but less instruction, than the former. Chapter ix. — Containing matters which will surprize the reader. Chapter x. — The hospitality of Allworthy; with a short sketch of the characters of two brothers, a doctor and a captain, who were entertained by that gentleman. Chapter xi. — Containing many rules, and some examples, concerning falling in love: descriptions of beauty, and other more prudential inducements to matrimony. Chapter xii. — Containing what the reader may, perhaps, expect to find in it. Chapter xiii. — Which concludes the first book; with an instance of ingratitude, which, we hope, will appear unnatural. BOOK II. — CONTAINING SCENES OF MATRIMONIAL FELICITY IN DIFFERENT DEGREES OF LIFE; AND VARIOUS OTHER TRANSACTIONS DURING THE FIRST TWO YEARS AFTER THE MARRIAGE BETWEEN CAPTAIN BLIFIL AND MISS BRIDGET ALLWORTHY. Chapter i. — Showing what kind of a history this is; what it is like, and what it is not like. Chapter ii. — Religious cautions against showing too much favour to bastards; and a great discovery made by Mrs Deborah Wilkins. Chapter iii. — The description of a domestic government founded upon rules directly contrary to those of Aristotle. Chapter iv. — Containing one of the most bloody battles, or rather duels, that were ever recorded in domestic history. Chapter v. — Containing much matter to exercise the judgment and reflection of the reader. Chapter vi. — The trial of Partridge, the schoolmaster, for incontinency; the evidence of his wife; a short reflection on the wisdom of our law; with other grave matters, which those will like best who understand Chapter vii. — A short sketch of that felicity which prudent couples may extract from hatred: with a short apology for those people who overlook imperfections in their friends. Chapter viii. — A receipt to regain the lost affections of a wife, which hath never been known to fail in the most desperate cases. Chapter ix. — A proof of the infallibility of the foregoing receipt, in the lamentations of the widow; with other suitable decorations of death, such as physicians, &c., and an epitaph in the true stile. BOOK III. — CONTAINING THE MOST MEMORABLE TRANSACTIONS WHICH PASSED IN THE FAMILY OF MR ALLWORTHY, FROM THE TIME WHEN TOMMY JONES ARRIVED AT THE AGE OF FOURTEEN, TILL HE ATTAINED THE AGE OF NINETEEN. IN THIS BOOK Chapter i. — Containing little or nothing. Chapter ii. — The heroe of this great history appears with very bad omens. A little tale of so LOW a kind that some may think it not worth their notice. A word or two concerning a squire, and more relating to a gamekeeper and a schoolmaster. Chapter iii. — The character of Mr Square the philosopher, and of Mr Thwackum the divine; with a dispute concerning—— Chapter iv. — Containing a necessary apology for the author; and a childish incident, which perhaps requires an apology likewise. Chapter v. — The opinions of the divine and the philosopher concerning the two boys; with some reasons for their opinions, and other matters. Chapter vi. — Containing a better reason still for the before-mentioned opinions. Chapter vii. — In which the author himself makes his appearance on the stage. Chapter viii. — A childish incident, in which, however, is seen a good-natured disposition in Tom Jones. Chapter ix. — Containing an incident of a more heinous kind, with the comments of Thwackum and Square. Chapter x. — In which Master Blifil and Jones appear in different lights. BOOK IV. — CONTAINING THE TIME OF A YEAR. Chapter i. — Containing five pages of paper. Chapter ii. — A short hint of what we can do in the sublime, and a description of Miss Sophia Western. Chapter iii. — Wherein the history goes back to commemorate a trifling incident that happened some years since; but which, trifling as it was, had some future consequences. Chapter iv. — Containing such very deep and grave matters, that some readers, perhaps, may not relish it. Chapter v. — Containing matter accommodated to every taste. Chapter vi. — An apology for the insensibility of Mr Jones to all the charms of the lovely Sophia; in which possibly we may, in a considerable degree, lower his character in the estimation of those men of wit and Chapter vii. — Being the shortest chapter in this book. Chapter viii. — A battle sung by the muse in the Homerican style, and which none but the classical reader can taste. Chapter ix. — Containing matter of no very peaceable colour. Chapter x. — A story told by Mr Supple, the curate. The penetration of Squire Western. His great love for his daughter, and the return to it made by her. Chapter xi. — The narrow escape of Molly Seagrim, with some observations for which we have been forced to dive pretty deep into nature. Chapter xii. — Containing much clearer matters; but which flowed from the same fountain with those in the preceding chapter. Chapter xiii. — A dreadful accident which befel Sophia. The gallant behaviour of Jones, and the more dreadful consequence of that behaviour to the young lady; with a short digression in favour of the female sex. — Chapter xiv. — The arrival of a surgeon.—His operations, and a long dialogue between Sophia and her maid. BOOK V. — CONTAINING A PORTION OF TIME SOMEWHAT LONGER THAN HALF A YEAR. Chapter i. — Of the SERIOUS in writing, and for what purpose it is introduced. Chapter ii. — In which Mr Jones receives many friendly visits during his confinement; with some fine touches of the passion of love, scarce visible to the naked eye. Chapter iii. — Which all who have no heart will think to contain much ado about nothing. Chapter iv. — A little chapter, in which is contained a little incident. Chapter v. — A very long chapter, containing a very great incident. Chapter vi. — By comparing which with the former, the reader may possibly correct some abuse which he hath formerly been guilty of in the application of the word love. Chapter vii. — In which Mr Allworthy appears on a sick-bed. Chapter viii. — Containing matter rather natural than pleasing. Chapter ix. — Which, among other things, may serve as a comment on that saying of Aeschines, that “drunkenness shows the mind of a man, as a mirrour reflects his person.” Chapter x. — Showing the truth of many observations of Ovid, and of other more grave writers, who have proved beyond contradiction, that wine is often the forerunner of incontinency. Chapter xi. — In which a simile in Mr Pope's period of a mile introduces as bloody a battle as can possibly be fought without the assistance of steel or cold iron. Chapter xii. — In which is seen a more moving spectacle than all the blood in the bodies of Thwackum and Blifil, and of twenty other such, is capable of producing. BOOK VI. — CONTAINING ABOUT THREE WEEKS. Chapter i. — Of love. Chapter ii. — The character of Mrs Western. Her great learning and knowledge of the world, and an instance of the deep penetration which she derived from those advantages. Chapter iii. — Containing two defiances to the critics. Chapter iv. — Containing sundry curious matters. Chapter v. — In which is related what passed between Sophia and her aunt. Chapter vi. — Containing a dialogue between Sophia and Mrs Honour, which may a little relieve those tender affections which the foregoing scene may have raised in the mind of a good-natured reader. Chapter vii. — A picture of formal courtship in miniature, as it always ought to be drawn, and a scene of a tenderer kind painted at full length. Chapter viii. — The meeting between Jones and Sophia. Chapter ix. — Being of a much more tempestuous kind than the former. Chapter x. — In which Mr Western visits Mr Allworthy. Chapter xi. — A short chapter; but which contains sufficient matter to affect the good-natured reader. Chapter xii. — Containing love-letters, &c. Chapter xiii. — The behaviour of Sophia on the present occasion; which none of her sex will blame, who are capable of behaving in the same manner. And the discussion of a knotty point in the court of conscience. Chapter xiv. — A short chapter, containing a short dialogue between Squire Western and his sister. BOOK VII. — CONTAINING THREE DAYS. Chapter i. — A comparison between the world and the stage. Chapter ii. — Containing a conversation which Mr Jones had with himself. Chapter iii. — Containing several dialogues. Chapter iv. — A picture of a country gentlewoman taken from the life. Chapter v. — The generous behaviour of Sophia towards her aunt. Chapter vi. — Containing great variety of matter. Chapter vii. — A strange resolution of Sophia, and a more strange stratagem of Mrs Honour. Chapter viii. — Containing scenes of altercation, of no very uncommon kind.
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