Preface

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OF (A CERTAIN FAMILY LIVING IN) EUROPE, FROM THE BATTLE OF TRAFALGAR TO THE PEACE OF 1818, CONTAINING FACTS HITHERTO UNPUBLISHED.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 LOT, HE LOST THE PRIZE.

XXXI

HOW TOM TROUBRIDGE KEPT WATCH FOR THE FIRST TIME.

XXXII

WHICH IS THE LAST CHAPTER BUT ONE IN THE SECOND VOLUME.

XXXIII

IN WHICH JAMES BRENTWOOD AND SAMUEL BUCKLEY, ESQUIRES, COMBINE TO DISTURB THE REST OF CAPTAIN BRENTWOOD, R.A. AND SUCCEED IN DOING SO.

XXXIV

HOW THEY ALL WENT HUNTING FOR SEA ANEMONES AT CAPE CHATHAM—AND HOW THE DOCTOR GOT A TERRIBLE FRIGHT—AND HOW CAPTAIN BLOCKSTROP SHOWED THAT THERE WAS GOOD REASON FOR IT.

XXXV

A COUNCIL OF WAR.

XXXVI

AN EARTHQUAKE, A COLLIERY EXPLOSION, AND an ADVENTURE.

XXXVII

IN WHICH GEORGE HAWKER SETTLES AN OLD SCORE WITH WILLIAM LEE, MOST HANDSOMELY, LEAVING, IN FACT, A LARGE BALANCE IN HIS OWN FAVOUR.

XXXVIII

HOW DR. MULHAUS GOT BUSHED IN THE RANGES, AND WHAT BEFEL HIM THERE.

XXXIX

THE LAST GLEAM BEFORE THE STORM.

XL

THE STORM BURSTS.

XLI

WIDDERIN SHOWS CLEARLY THAT HE IS WORTH ALL THE MONEY SAM GAVE FOR HIM.

XLII

THE FIGHT AMONG THE FERN-TREES.

XLIII

ACROSS THE SNOW.

XLIV

HOW MARY HAWKER HEARD THE NEWS.

XLV

IN WHICH THERE ARE SOME ASTONISHING REVELATIONS WITH REGARD TO DR. MULHAUS AND CAPTAIN DESBOROUGH.

XLVI

IN WHICH SAM MEETS WITH A SERIOUS ACCIDENT, AND GETS CRIPPLED FOR LIFE.

XLVII

HOW MARY HAWKER SAID"YES."

XLVIII

THE LATEST INTELLIGENCE.