The Adventures of Ferdinand Count Fathom — Volume 02 · Ch. 1
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With the Author's Preface, and an Introduction by G. H. Maynadier, Ph.D. Department of English, Harvard University.
CONTENTS
CHAPTER
XXXIX Our Adventurer is made acquainted with a new Scene of Life
XL He contemplates Majesty and its Satellites in Eclipse
XLI One Quarrel is compromised, and another decided by unusual Arms
XLII An unexpected Rencontre, and a happy Revolution in the Affairs of our Adventurer
XLIII Fathom justifies the Proverb,"What's bred in the Bone will never come out of the Flesh"
XLIV Anecdotes of Poverty, and Experiments for the Benefit of those whom it may concern
XLV Renaldo's Distress deepens, and Fathom's Plot thickens
XLVI Our Adventurer becomes absolute in his Power over the Passions of his Friend, and effects one half of his Aim
XLVII The Art of Borrowing further explained, and an Account of a Strange Phenomenon
XLVIII Count Fathom unmasks his Battery; is repulsed; and varies his Operations without effect
XLIX Monimia's Honour is protected by the Interposition of Heaven
L Fathom shifts the Scene, and appears in a new Character
LI Triumphs over a Medical Rival
LII Repairs to the Metropolis, and enrols himself among the Sons of Paean
LIII Acquires Employment in consequence of a lucky Miscarriage
LIV His Eclipse, and gradual Declination
LV After divers unsuccessful Efforts, he has recourse to the Matrimonial Noose
LVI In which his Fortune is effectually strangled
LVII Fathom being safely housed, the Reader is entertained with a Retrospect
LVIII Renaldo abridges the Proceedings at Law, and approves himself the Son of his Father
LIX He is the Messenger of Happiness to his Sister, who removes the film which had long obstructed his Penetration, with regard to Count Fathom
LX He recompenses the Attachment of his Friend; and receives a Letter that reduces him to the Verge of Death and Distraction
LXI Renaldo meets with a living Monument of Justice, and encounters a Personage of some Note in these Memoirs
LXII His Return to England, and Midnight Pilgrimage to Monimia's Tomb
LXIII He renews the Rites of Sorrow, and is entranced
LXIV The My stery unfolded--Another Recognition, which, it is to be hoped, the Reader could not foresee
LXV A retrospective Link, necessary for the Concatenation of these Memoirs
LXVI The His tory draws near a Period
LXVII The Longest and the Last
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