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                                  THE
                          MYSTERIES OF LONDON.


                                   BY

                         GEORGE W. M. REYNOLDS,

        AUTHOR OF "FAUST," "PICKWICK ABROAD," "ROBERT MACAIRE,"
                   "WAGNER: THE WEHR-WOLF," &C., &C.

                      WITH NUMEROUS ILLUSTRATIONS

                               VOL. III.

                         VOL. I. SECOND SERIES.

                                LONDON:

                G. VICKERS, 3, CATHERINE STREET, STRAND.

                              MDCCCXLVII.




                                LONDON:
  PRINTED BY J. FAUTLEY, "BONNER HOUSE" PRINTING OFFICE, SEACOAL LANE.




                        THE MYSTERIES OF LONDON.




                          CONTENTS OF VOL. I.


 CHAPTER I.—The Travelling Carriage                                   1
         II.—Tom Rain and Old Death                                   4
         III.—Bow Street                                              6
         IV.—Esther de Medina                                         9
         V.—The Appeal of Love                                       13
         VI.—Dr. Lascelles                                           15
         VII.—The Beautiful Patient                                  18
         VIII.—Seven Dials                                           20
         IX.—A Death-Scene.—Lock's Fields                            23
         X.—A Scene at the House of Sir Christopher Blunt            28
         XI.—The Two Thousand Pounds.—Torrens Cottage                30
         XII.—Adelais and Rosamond                                   33
         XIII.—The Elopement                                         36
         XIV.—Lady Hatfield and Dr. Lascelles.—Esther de Medina      39
         XV.—The Opiate                                              42
         XVI.—The Lover and the Uncle                                43
         XVII.—The Mysterious Letter.—Jacob                          44
         XVIII.—The Lovers                                           48
         XIX.—Mr. Frank Curtis's Pleasant Adventure                  51
         XX.—Happiness.—The Diamond Merchant                         55
         XXI.—The Oath                                               59
         XXII.—The Alarm.—The Letter                                 61
         XXIII.—Old Death                                            64
         XXIV.—Castle Street, Long Acre                              67
         XXV.—Matilda, the Country-Girl                              70
         XXVI.—The Lady's-Maid                                       73
         XXVII.—London on a Rainy Evening.—A Scene in a Post-Chaise  75
         XXVIII.—Tom Rain's Lodgings in Lock's Fields                77
         XXIX.—The Mysteries of Old Death's Establishment            82
         XXX.—The Store-Rooms                                        86
         XXXI.—Another Deed of Infamy brought to Light               88
         XXXII.—Rainford in the Subterranean                         92
         XXXIII.—Mrs. Martha Slingsby                                94
         XXXIV.—The Pious Lady                                       96
         XXXV.—Mr. Sheepshanks                                      100
         XXXVI.—The Baronet and his Mistress                        102
         XXXVII.—Tom Rain and Jacob                                 104
         XXXVIII.—The History of Jacob Smith                        107
         XXXIX.—Continuation of the History of Jacob Smith          116
         XL.—Conclusion of the History of Jacob Smith               120
         XLI.—Fresh Alarms                                          126
         XLII.—The Paragraph in the Newspaper                       128
         XLIII.—Lord Ellingham and Tom Rainford                     131
         XLIV.—Mr. Frank Curtis again                               134
         XLV.—Mr. <DW18>s and his Myrmidons                           139
         XLVI.—Explanations                                         141
         XLVII.—Farther Explanations                                144
         XLVIII.—Lord Ellingham and Tom Rain                        147
         XLIX.—A Painful Interview                                  151
         L.—The Lawyer's Office                                     155
         LI.—Lord Ellingham in the Dungeon                          157
         LII.—Lord Ellingham's Exertions                            162
         LIII.—The Execution                                        164
         LIV.—Galvanism                                             166
         LV.—The Laboratory.—Esther de Medina                       167
         LVI.—A History of the Past                                 172
         LVII.—A Father                                             185
         LVIII.—The Resuscitated                                    188
         LIX.—The Jew's