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CONTENTS
DEDICATORY EPISTLE.
PREFACE TO THE LAST OF THE BARONS
BOOK I. THE ADVENTURES OF MASTER MARMADUKE NEVILE
CHAPTER I. THE PASTIME-GROUND OF OLD COCKAIGNE
CHAPTER II. THE BROKEN GITTERN
CHAPTER III. THE TRADER AND THE GENTLE; OR, THE CHANGING GENERATION
CHAPTER IV. ILL FARES THE COUNTRY MOUSE IN THE TRAPS OF TOWN
CHAPTER V. WEAL TO THE IDLER, WOE TO THE WORKMAN
CHAPTER VI. MASTER MARMADUKE NEVILE FEARS FOR THE SPIRITUAL WEAL OF HIS HOST AND HOSTESS
CHAPTER VII. THERE IS A ROD FOR THE BACK OF EVERY FOOL WHO WOULD BE WISER THAN HIS GENERATION
CHAPTER VIII. MASTER MARMADUKE NEVILE MAKES LOVE, AND IS FRIGHTENED
CHAPTER IX. MASTER MARMADUKE NEVILE LEAVES THE WIZARDโS HOUSE FOR THE GREAT WORLD
BOOK II. THE KINGโS COURT
CHAPTER I. EARL WARWICK THE KING-MAKER
CHAPTER II. KING EDWARD THE FOURTH
CHAPTER III. THE ANTECHAMBER
BOOK III. IN WHICH THE HISTORY PASSES FROM THE KINGโS COURT TO THE STUDENTโS CELL, AND RELATES THE PERILS THAT BEFELL A PHILOSOPHER FOR MEDDLING WITH THE AFFAIRS OF THE WORLD
CHAPTER I. THE SOLITARY SAGE AND THE SOLITARY MAID
CHAPTER II. MASTER ADAM WARNER GROWS A MISER, AND BEHAVES SHAMEFULLY
CHAPTER III. A STRANGE VISITOR.โALL AGES OF THE WORLD BREED WORLD-BETTERS
CHAPTER IV. LORD HASTINGS
CHAPTER V. MASTER ADAM WARNER AND KING HENRY THE SIXTH
CHAPTER VI. HOW, ON LEAVING KING LOG, FOOLISH WISDOM RUNS A-MUCK ON KING STORK
CHAPTER VII. MY LADY DUCHESSโS OPINION OF THE UTILITY OF MASTER WARNERโS INVENTION, AND HER ESTEEM FOR ITSโEXPLOSION
CHAPTER VIII. THE OLD WOMAN TALKS OF SORROWS, THE YOUNG WOMAN DREAMS OF LOVE; THE COURTIER FLIES FROM PRESENT POWER TO REMEMBRANCES OF PAST HOPES, AND THE WORLD-BETTERED OPENS UTOPIA, WITH A VIEW OF
CHAPTER IX. HOW THE DESTRUCTIVE ORGAN OF PRINCE RICHARD PROMISES GOODLY DEVELOPMENT
BOOK IV. INTRIGUES OF THE COURT OF EDWARD IV
CHAPTER I. MARGARET OF ANJOU
CHAPTER II. IN WHICH ARE LAID OPEN TO THE READER THE CHARACTER OF EDWARD THE FOURTH AND THAT OF HIS COURT, WITH THE MACHINATIONS OF THE WOODVILLES AGAINST THE EARL OF WARWICK
CHAPTER III. WHEREIN MASTER NICHOLAS ALWYN VISITS THE COURT, AND THERE LEARNS MATTER OF WHICH THE ACUTE READER WILL JUDGE FOR HIMSELF
CHAPTER IV. EXHIBITING THE BENEFITS WHICH ROYAL PATRONAGE CONFERS ON GENIUS,โALSO THE EARLY LOVES OF THE LORD HASTINGS; WITH OTHER MATTERS EDIFYING AND DELECTABLE
CHAPTER V. THE WOODVILLE INTRIGUE PROSPERS.โMONTAGU CONFERS WITH HASTINGS, VISITS THE ARCHBISHOP OF YORK, AND IS MET ON THE ROAD BY A STRANGE PERSONAGE
CHAPTER VI. THE ARRIVAL OF THE COUNT DE LA ROCHE, AND THE VARIOUS EXCITEMENT PRODUCED ON MANY PERSONAGES BY THAT EVENT
CHAPTER VII. THE RENOWNED COMBAT BETWEEN SIR ANTHONY WOODVILLE AND THE BASTARD OF BURGUNDY
CHAPTER VIII. HOW THE BASTARD OF BURGUNDY PROSPERED MORE IN HIS POLICY THAN WITH THE POLE-AXE.-AND HOW KING EDWARD HOLDS HIS SUMMER CHASE IN THE FAIR GROVES OF SHENE
CHAPTER IX. THE GREAT ACTOR RETURNS TO FILL THE STAGE
CHAPTER X. HOW THE GREAT LORDS COME TO THE KING-MAKER, AND WITH WHAT PROFFERS
BOOK V.
CHAPTER I. RURAL ENGLAND IN THE MIDDLE AGESโNOBLE VISITORS SEEK THE CASTLE OF MIDDLEHAM
CHAPTER II. COUNCILS AND MUSINGS
CHAPTER III. THE SISTERS
CHAPTER IV. THE DESTRIER
BOOK VI.
CHAPTER I. NEW DISSENSIONS
CHAPTER II. THE WOULD-BE IMPROVERS OF JOVEโS FOOTBALL, EARTH.โTHE SAD FATHER AND THE SAD CHILD.โTHE FAIR RIVALS
CHAPTER III. WHEREIN THE DEMAGOGUE SEEKS THE COURTIER
CHAPTER IV. SIBYLL
CHAPTER V. KATHERINE
CHAPTER VI. JOY FOR ADAM, AND HOPE FOR SIBYLLโAND POPULAR FRIAR BUNGEY!
CHAPTER VII. A LOVE SCENE
BOOK VII. THE POPULAR REBELLION
CHAPTER I. THE WHITE LION OF MARCH SHAKES HIS MANE
CHAPTER II. THE CAMP AT OLNEY
CHAPTER III. THE CAMP OF THE REBELS
CHAPTER IV. THE NORMAN EARL AND THE SAXON DEMAGOGUE CONFER
CHAPTER V. WHAT FAITH EDWARD IV. PURPOSETH TO KEEP WITH EARL AND PEOPLE
CHAPTER VI. WHAT BEFALLS KING EDWARD ON HIS ESCAPE FROM OLNEY
CHAPTER VII. HOW KING EDWARD ARRIVES AT THE CASTLE OF MIDDLEHAM
CHAPTER VIII. THE ANCIENTS RIGHTLY GAVE TO THE GODDESS OF ELOQUENCE A CROWN
CHAPTER IX. WEDDED CONFIDENCE AND LOVEโTHE EARL AND THE PRELATEโTHE PRELATE AND THE KINGโSCHEMESโWILESโAND THE BIRTH OF A DARK THOUGHT DESTINED TO ECLIPSE A SUN
BOOK VIII. IN WHICH THE LAST LINK BETWEEN KING-MAKER AND KING SNAPS ASUNDER
CHAPTER I. THE LADY ANNE VISITS THE COURT
CHAPTER II. THE SLEEPING INNOCENCEโTHE WAKEFUL CRIME
CHAPTER III. NEW DANGERS TO THE HOUSE OF YORKโAND THE KINGโS HEART ALLIES ITSELF WITH REBELLION AGAINST THE KINGโS THRONE
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