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The Recollections of Geoffrey Hamlyn


by

Henry Kingsley




  TO
  MY FATHER AND MOTHER
  THIS BOOK, THE FRUIT OF SO MANY WEARY
  YEARS OF SEPARATION, IS DEDICATED WITH
  THE DEEPEST LOVE AND REVERENCE



CONTENTS

       I  INTRODUCTORY.
      II  THE COURTSHIP AND MARRIAGE OF JOHN THORNTON, CLERK, AND THE
          BIRTH OF SOME ONE WHO TAKES RATHER A CONSPICUOUS PART IN OUR
          STORY.
     III  THE HISTORY OF (A CERTAIN FAMILY LIVING IN) EUROPE, FROM THE
          BATTLE OF TRAFALGAR TO THE PEACE OF 1818, CONTAINING FACTS
          HITHERTO UNPUBLISHED.
      IV  SOME NEW FACES.
       V  IN WHICH THE READER IS MADE ACCOMPLICE TO A MISPRISION OF
          FELONY.
      VI  GEORGE HAWKER GOES TO THE FAIR--WRESTLES, BUT GETS THROWN ON
          HIS BACK, SHOOTS AT A MARK, BUT MISSES IT.
     VII  MAJOR BUCKLEY GIVES HIS OPINION ON TROUT-FISHING, ON
          EMIGRATION, AND ON GEORGE HAWKER.
    VIII  THE VICAR HEARS SOMETHING TO HIS ADVANTAGE.
      IX  WHEN THE KYE CAME HAME.
       X  IN WHICH WE SEE A GOOD DEAL OF MISCHIEF BREWING.
      XI  IN WHICH THE VICAR PREACHES A FAREWELL SERMON.
     XII  IN WHICH A VERY MUSCULAR CHRISTIAN INDEED, COMES ON THE STAGE.
    XIII  THE DISCOVERY OF THE FORGERIES.
     XIV  THE MAJOR'S VISIT TO THE "NAG'S-HEAD."
      XV  THE BRIGHTON RACES, AND WHAT HAPPENED THEREAT.
     XVI  THE END OF MARY'S EXPEDITION.
    XVII  EXODUS.
   XVIII  THE FIRST PUFF OF THE SOUTH WIND.
     XIX  I HIRE A NEW HORSEBREAKER.
      XX  A WARM CHRISTMAS DAY.
     XXI  JIM STOCKBRIDGE BEGINS TO TAKE ANOTHER VIEW OF MATTERS.
    XXII  SAM BUCKLEY'S EDUCATION.
   XXIII  TOONARBIN.
    XXIV  IN WHICH MARY HAWKER LOSES ONE OF HER OLDEST SWEETHEARTS.
     XXV  IN WHICH THE NEW DEAN OF B---- MAKES HIS APPEARANCE, AND
          ASTONISHES THE MAJOR OUT OF HIS PROPRIETY.
    XXVI  WHITE HEATHENS
   XXVII  THE GOLDEN VINEYARD.
  XXVIII  A GENTLEMAN FROM THE WARS.
    XXIX  SAM MEETS WITH A RIVAL, AND HOW HE TREATED HIM.
     XXX  HOW THE CHILD WAS LOST, AND HOW HE GOT FOUND AGAIN--WHAT
          CECIL SAID TO SAM WHEN THEY FOUND HIM--AND HOW IN CASTING
          LOTS, ALTHOUGH CECIL WON THE