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                                TOBIAS
                               SMOLLETT




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                                TOBIAS
                               SMOLLETT

                                  BY

                               OLIPHANT
                                SMEATON

                                FAMOUS
                                SCOTS
                                SERIES

                             PUBLISHED BY:
                                CHARLES
                            SCRIBNER’S SONS
                               NEW YORK




                          FAMOUS SCOTS SERIES

_The following Volumes are now ready—_


  THOMAS CARLYLE. By HECTOR C. MACPHERSON

  ALLAN RAMSAY. By OLIPHANT SMEATON

  HUGH MILLER. By W. KEITH LEASK

  JOHN KNOX. By A. TAYLOR INNES

  ROBERT BURNS. By GABRIEL SETOUN

  THE BALLADISTS. By JOHN GEDDIE

  RICHARD CAMERON. By Professor HERKLESS

  SIR JAMES Y. SIMPSON. By EVE BLANTYRE SIMPSON

  THOMAS CHALMERS. By Professor W. GARDEN BLAIKIE

  JAMES BOSWELL. By W. KEITH LEASK

  TOBIAS SMOLLETT. By OLIPHANT SMEATON




                               CONTENTS

                                                                  PAGE

  CHAPTER I

  BIRTH—PARENTAGE—EARLY YEARS                                        9

  CHAPTER II

  YEARS OF EDUCATION                                                19

  CHAPTER III

  WANDERJAHRE, OR YEARS OF WANDERING                                32

  CHAPTER IV

  THE WEARY