NUTS AND NUTCRACKERS

CONTENTSAN OPENING NUT.A NUT FOR MEN OF GENIUSA NUT FOR CORONERS.A NUT FOR “TOURISTS.”A NUT FOR LEGAL FUNCTIONARIES.A NUT FOR “ENDURING AFFECTION.”A NUT FOR THE POLICE AND SIR PETER.A NUT FOR THE BUDGET.A NUT FOR REPEAL.A NUT FOR NATIONAL PRIDE.A NUT FOR DIPLOMATISTS.A NUT FOR FOREIGN TRAVEL.A NUT FOR DOMESTIC HAPPINESS.A NUT FOR LADIES BOUNTIFUL.A NUT FOR THE PRIESTS.A NUT FOR LEARNED SOCIETIES.A NUT FOR THE LAWYERS.A NUT FOR THE IRISH.RICH AND POOR-POUR ET CONTRE.A NUT FOR ST. PATRICK'S NIGHT.A NUT FOR “GENTLEMAN JOCKS.”A NUT FOR YOUNGER SONS.A NUT FOR THE PENAL CODE.A NUT FOR THE OLD.A NUT FOR THE ART UNION.A NUT FOR THE KINGSTOWN RAILWAY.A NUT FOR THE DOCTORS.A NUT FOR THE ARCHITECTS.A NUT FOR A NEW COLONY.A “SWEET” NUT FOR THE YANKEES.A NUT FOR THE SEASON—JULLIEN'S QUADRILLES.A NUT FOR “ALL IRELAND.”A NUT FOR “A NEW COMPANY.”A NUT FOR “POLITICAL ECONOMISTS.”A NUT FOR “GRAND DUKES.”A NUT FOR THE EAST INDIA DIRECTORS.A FILBERT FOR SIR ROBERT PEEL.“THE INCOME TAX.”A NUT FOR THE “BELGES.”A NUT FOR WORKHOUSE CHAPLAINS.A NUT FOR THE “HOUSE.”A NUT FOR “LAW REFORM.”NUT FOR “CLIMBING BOYS”A NUT FOR “THE SUBDIVISION OF LABOUR.”A NUT FOR A “NEW VERDICT.”A NUT FOR THE REAL “LIBERATOR.”A NUT FOR “HER MAJESTY'S SERVANTS.”A NUT FOR THE LANDLORD AND TENANT COMMISSION.A NUT FOR THE HUMANE SOCIETY.

CONTENTS

AN OPENING NUT.

A NUT FOR MEN OF GENIUS

A NUT FOR CORONERS.

A NUT FOR “TOURISTS.”

A NUT FOR LEGAL FUNCTIONARIES.

A NUT FOR “ENDURING AFFECTION.”

A NUT FOR THE POLICE AND SIR PETER.

A NUT FOR THE BUDGET.

A NUT FOR REPEAL.

A NUT FOR NATIONAL PRIDE.

A NUT FOR DIPLOMATISTS.

A NUT FOR FOREIGN TRAVEL.

A NUT FOR DOMESTIC HAPPINESS.

A NUT FOR LADIES BOUNTIFUL.

A NUT FOR THE PRIESTS.

A NUT FOR LEARNED SOCIETIES.

A NUT FOR THE LAWYERS.

A NUT FOR THE IRISH.

RICH AND POOR-POUR ET CONTRE.

A NUT FOR ST. PATRICK'S NIGHT.

A NUT FOR “GENTLEMAN JOCKS.”

A NUT FOR YOUNGER SONS.

A NUT FOR THE PENAL CODE.

A NUT FOR THE OLD.

A NUT FOR THE ART UNION.

A NUT FOR THE KINGSTOWN RAILWAY.

A NUT FOR THE DOCTORS.

A NUT FOR THE ARCHITECTS.

A NUT FOR A NEW COLONY.

A “SWEET” NUT FOR THE YANKEES.

A NUT FOR THE SEASON—JULLIEN'S QUADRILLES.

A NUT FOR “ALL IRELAND.”

A NUT FOR “A NEW COMPANY.”

A NUT FOR “POLITICAL ECONOMISTS.”

A NUT FOR “GRAND DUKES.”

A NUT FOR THE EAST INDIA DIRECTORS.

A FILBERT FOR SIR ROBERT PEEL.

“THE INCOME TAX.”

A NUT FOR THE “BELGES.”

A NUT FOR WORKHOUSE CHAPLAINS.

A NUT FOR THE “HOUSE.”

A NUT FOR “LAW REFORM.”

NUT FOR “CLIMBING BOYS”

A NUT FOR “THE SUBDIVISION OF LABOUR.”

A NUT FOR A “NEW VERDICT.”

A NUT FOR THE REAL “LIBERATOR.”

A NUT FOR “HER MAJESTY'S SERVANTS.”

A NUT FOR THE LANDLORD AND TENANT COMMISSION.

A NUT FOR THE HUMANE SOCIETY.

CONTENTSCHAPTER I.THE COTTAGE BESIDE “THE CAUSEWAY”CHAPTER II.A COUNTRY-HOUSE IN IRELANDCHAPTER III.A VERY “FINE GENTLEMAN”CHAPTER IV.SOME NEW ARRIVALSCHAPTER V.IN LONDONCHAPTER VI.DOLLY STEWARTCHAPTER VII.LYLE ABBEY AND ITS GUESTSCHAPTER VIII.SOME EXPLANATIONSCHAPTER IX.MAITLAND'S FRIENDCHAPTER X.A BLUNDERCHAPTER XI.EXPLANATIONSCHAPTER XII.MAITLAND'S VISITCHAPTER XIII.TONY IN TOWNCHAPTER XIV.DINNER AT RICHMONDCHAPTER XV.A STRANGE MEETING AND PARTINGCHAPTER XVI.AT THE ABBEYCHAPTER XVII.AT THE COTTAGECHAPTER XVIII.ON THE ROADCHAPTER XIX.TONY'S TROUBLESCHAPTER XX.THE MINISTER'S VISITCHAPTER XXI.A COMFORTABLE COUNTRY-HOUSECHAPTER XXII.THE DINNER AT TILNEYCHAPTER XXIII.THE FIRST NIGHT AT TILNEYCHAPTER XXIV.A STARLIT NIGHT IN A GARDENCHAPTER XXV.JEALOUS TRIALSCHAPTER XXVI.BESIDE THE HEARTHCHAPTER XXVII.AN UNWELCOME LETTERCHAPTER XXVIII.AT THE MANSECHAPTER XXIX.DEPARTURESCHAPTER XXX.CONSPIRATORSCHAPTER XXXI.TWO FRIENDSCHAPTER XXXII.ON THE ROCKSCHAPTER XXXIII.A MORNING CALL AT TILNEYCHAPTER XXXIV.TONY ASKS COUNSELCHAPTER XXXV.SIR ARTHUR ON LIFE AND THE WORLD IN GENERALCHAPTER XXXVI.A CORNER IN DOWNING STREETCHAPTER XXXVII.MR. BUTLER FOR DUTY ON———CHAPTER XXXVIII.TONY WAITING FOR ORDERSCHAPTER XXXIX.THE MAJOR'S MISSIONCHAPTER XL.THE MAJOR'S TRIALSCHAPTER XLI.EAVESDROPPINGCHAPTER XLII.MARK LYLE'S LETTERCHAPTER XLIII.THE MAJOR AT BADENCHAPTER XLIV.THE MESSENGER'S FIRST JOURNEYCHAPTER XLV.A SHOCK FOR TONYCHAPTER XLVI."THE BAG NO. 18”CHAPTER XLVII.ADRIFTCHAPTER XLVIII."IN RAGS”CHAPTER XLIX.MET AND PARTEDCHAPTER L.THE SOLDIER OF MISFORTUNECHAPTER LI.A PIECE OF GOOD TIDINGSCHAPTER LII.ON THE CHIAJA AT NIGHTCHAPTER LIII.UNPLEASANT RECKONINGSCHAPTER LIV.SKEFF DAMER TESTEDCHAPTER LV.AMONGST THE GARIBALDIANSCHAPTER LVI.THE HOSPITAL AT CAVACHAPTER LVII.AT TONY'S BEDSIDECHAPTER LVIII.THE SIXTH OF SEPTEMBERCHAPTER LIX.AN AWKWARD MOMENTCHAPTER LX.A DECK WALKCHAPTER LXI.TONY AT HOME AGAINCHAPTER LXII.SKEFF DAMER'S LAST “PRIVATE AND CONFIDENTIAL”CHAPTER LXIII.AT THE COTTAGE BESIDE THE CAUSEWAYCHAPTER LXIV.THE END

CONTENTS

CHAPTER I.THE COTTAGE BESIDE “THE CAUSEWAY”CHAPTER II.A COUNTRY-HOUSE IN IRELANDCHAPTER III.A VERY “FINE GENTLEMAN”CHAPTER IV.SOME NEW ARRIVALSCHAPTER V.IN LONDONCHAPTER VI.DOLLY STEWARTCHAPTER VII.LYLE ABBEY AND ITS GUESTSCHAPTER VIII.SOME EXPLANATIONSCHAPTER IX.MAITLAND'S FRIENDCHAPTER X.A BLUNDERCHAPTER XI.EXPLANATIONSCHAPTER XII.MAITLAND'S VISITCHAPTER XIII.TONY IN TOWNCHAPTER XIV.DINNER AT RICHMONDCHAPTER XV.A STRANGE MEETING AND PARTINGCHAPTER XVI.AT THE ABBEYCHAPTER XVII.AT THE COTTAGECHAPTER XVIII.ON THE ROADCHAPTER XIX.TONY'S TROUBLESCHAPTER XX.THE MINISTER'S VISITCHAPTER XXI.A COMFORTABLE COUNTRY-HOUSECHAPTER XXII.THE DINNER AT TILNEYCHAPTER XXIII.THE FIRST NIGHT AT TILNEYCHAPTER XXIV.A STARLIT NIGHT IN A GARDENCHAPTER XXV.JEALOUS TRIALSCHAPTER XXVI.BESIDE THE HEARTHCHAPTER XXVII.AN UNWELCOME LETTERCHAPTER XXVIII.AT THE MANSECHAPTER XXIX.DEPARTURESCHAPTER XXX.CONSPIRATORSCHAPTER XXXI.TWO FRIENDSCHAPTER XXXII.ON THE ROCKSCHAPTER XXXIII.A MORNING CALL AT TILNEYCHAPTER XXXIV.TONY ASKS COUNSELCHAPTER XXXV.SIR ARTHUR ON LIFE AND THE WORLD IN GENERALCHAPTER XXXVI.A CORNER IN DOWNING STREETCHAPTER XXXVII.MR. BUTLER FOR DUTY ON———CHAPTER XXXVIII.TONY WAITING FOR ORDERSCHAPTER XXXIX.THE MAJOR'S MISSIONCHAPTER XL.THE MAJOR'S TRIALSCHAPTER XLI.EAVESDROPPINGCHAPTER XLII.MARK LYLE'S LETTERCHAPTER XLIII.THE MAJOR AT BADENCHAPTER XLIV.THE MESSENGER'S FIRST JOURNEYCHAPTER XLV.A SHOCK FOR TONYCHAPTER XLVI."THE BAG NO. 18”CHAPTER XLVII.ADRIFTCHAPTER XLVIII."IN RAGS”CHAPTER XLIX.MET AND PARTEDCHAPTER L.THE SOLDIER OF MISFORTUNECHAPTER LI.A PIECE OF GOOD TIDINGSCHAPTER LII.ON THE CHIAJA AT NIGHTCHAPTER LIII.UNPLEASANT RECKONINGSCHAPTER LIV.SKEFF DAMER TESTEDCHAPTER LV.AMONGST THE GARIBALDIANSCHAPTER LVI.THE HOSPITAL AT CAVACHAPTER LVII.AT TONY'S BEDSIDECHAPTER LVIII.THE SIXTH OF SEPTEMBERCHAPTER LIX.AN AWKWARD MOMENTCHAPTER LX.A DECK WALKCHAPTER LXI.TONY AT HOME AGAINCHAPTER LXII.SKEFF DAMER'S LAST “PRIVATE AND CONFIDENTIAL”CHAPTER LXIII.AT THE COTTAGE BESIDE THE CAUSEWAYCHAPTER LXIV.THE END

CONTENTSPREFACE.THE FORTUNES OF GLENCORECHAPTER I.A LONELY LANDSCAPECHAPTER II.GLENCORE CASTLECHAPTER III.BILLY TRAYNOR—POET, PEDLAR, AND PHYSICIANCHAPTER IV.A VISITORCHAPTER V.COLONEL HARCOUUT'S LETTERCHAPTER VI.QUEER COMPANIONSHIPCHAPTER VII.A GREAT DIPLOMATISTCHAPTER VIII.THE GREAT MAN'S ARRIVALCHAPTER IX.A MEDICAL VISITCHAPTER X.A DISCLOSURECHAPTER XI.SOME LIGHTS AND SHADOWS OF DIPLOMATIC LIFECHAPTER XII.A NIGHT AT SEACHAPTER XIII.A “VOW” ACCOMPLISHEDCHAPTER XIV.BILLY TRAYNOR AND THE COLONELCHAPTER XV.A SICK BEDCHAPTER XVI.THE “PROJECT”CHAPTER XVII.A TÊTE-À-TÊTECHAPTER XVIII.BILLY TRAYNOR AS ORATORCHAPTER XIX.THE CASCINE AT FLORENCECHAPTER XX.THE VILLA FOSSOMBRONICHAPTER XXI.SOME TRAITS OF LIFECHAPTER XXII.AN UPTONIAN DESPATCHCHAPTER XXIII.THE TUTOR AND HIS PUPILCHAPTER XXIV.HOW A “RECEPTION” COMES TO ITS CLOSECHAPTER XXV.A DUKE AND HIS MINISTERCHAPTER XXVI.ITALIAN TROUBLESCHAPTER XXVII.CARRARACHAPTER XXVIII.A NIGHT SCENECHAPTER XXIX.A COUNCIL OF STATECHAPTER XXX.THE LIFE THEY LED AT MASSACHAPTER XXXI.AT MASSACHAPTER XXXII.THE PAVILION IN THE GARDENCHAPTER XXXIII.NIGHT THOUGHTSCHAPTER XXXIV.A MINISTER'S LETTERCHAPTER XXXV.HARCOURT'S LODGINGSCHAPTER XXXVI.A FEVERED MINDCHAPTER XXXVII.THE VILLA AT SORRENTOCHAPTER XXXVIII.A DIPLOMATIST'S DINNERCHAPTER XXXIX.A VERY BROKEN NARRATIVECHAPTER XL.UPTONISMCHAPTER XLI.AN EVENING IN FLORENCECHAPTER XLIII.MADAME DE SABBLOUKOFF IN THE MORNINGCHAPTER XLIII.DOINGS IN DOWNING STREETCHAPTER XLIV.THE SUBTLETIES OF STATECRAFTCHAPTER XLV.SOME SAD REVERIESCHAPTER XLVI.THE FLOOD IN THE MAGRACHAPTER XLVII.A FRAGMENT OF A LETTERCHAPTER XLVIII.HOW A SOVEREIGN TREATS WITH HIS MINISTERCHAPTER XLIX.SOCIAL DIPLOMACIESCHAPTER L.ANTE-DINNER REFLECTIONSCHAPTER LI.CONFLICTING THOUGHTSCHAPTER LII.MAJOR SCARESBY'S VISITCHAPTER LIII.A MASK IN CARNIVAL TIMECHAPTER LIV.THE END

CONTENTS

PREFACE.THE FORTUNES OF GLENCORECHAPTER I.A LONELY LANDSCAPECHAPTER II.GLENCORE CASTLECHAPTER III.BILLY TRAYNOR—POET, PEDLAR, AND PHYSICIANCHAPTER IV.A VISITORCHAPTER V.COLONEL HARCOUUT'S LETTERCHAPTER VI.QUEER COMPANIONSHIPCHAPTER VII.A GREAT DIPLOMATISTCHAPTER VIII.THE GREAT MAN'S ARRIVALCHAPTER IX.A MEDICAL VISITCHAPTER X.A DISCLOSURECHAPTER XI.SOME LIGHTS AND SHADOWS OF DIPLOMATIC LIFECHAPTER XII.A NIGHT AT SEACHAPTER XIII.A “VOW” ACCOMPLISHEDCHAPTER XIV.BILLY TRAYNOR AND THE COLONELCHAPTER XV.A SICK BEDCHAPTER XVI.THE “PROJECT”CHAPTER XVII.A TÊTE-À-TÊTECHAPTER XVIII.BILLY TRAYNOR AS ORATORCHAPTER XIX.THE CASCINE AT FLORENCECHAPTER XX.THE VILLA FOSSOMBRONICHAPTER XXI.SOME TRAITS OF LIFECHAPTER XXII.AN UPTONIAN DESPATCHCHAPTER XXIII.THE TUTOR AND HIS PUPILCHAPTER XXIV.HOW A “RECEPTION” COMES TO ITS CLOSECHAPTER XXV.A DUKE AND HIS MINISTERCHAPTER XXVI.ITALIAN TROUBLESCHAPTER XXVII.CARRARACHAPTER XXVIII.A NIGHT SCENECHAPTER XXIX.A COUNCIL OF STATECHAPTER XXX.THE LIFE THEY LED AT MASSACHAPTER XXXI.AT MASSACHAPTER XXXII.THE PAVILION IN THE GARDENCHAPTER XXXIII.NIGHT THOUGHTSCHAPTER XXXIV.A MINISTER'S LETTERCHAPTER XXXV.HARCOURT'S LODGINGSCHAPTER XXXVI.A FEVERED MINDCHAPTER XXXVII.THE VILLA AT SORRENTOCHAPTER XXXVIII.A DIPLOMATIST'S DINNERCHAPTER XXXIX.A VERY BROKEN NARRATIVECHAPTER XL.UPTONISMCHAPTER XLI.AN EVENING IN FLORENCECHAPTER XLIII.MADAME DE SABBLOUKOFF IN THE MORNINGCHAPTER XLIII.DOINGS IN DOWNING STREETCHAPTER XLIV.THE SUBTLETIES OF STATECRAFTCHAPTER XLV.SOME SAD REVERIESCHAPTER XLVI.THE FLOOD IN THE MAGRACHAPTER XLVII.A FRAGMENT OF A LETTERCHAPTER XLVIII.HOW A SOVEREIGN TREATS WITH HIS MINISTERCHAPTER XLIX.SOCIAL DIPLOMACIESCHAPTER L.ANTE-DINNER REFLECTIONSCHAPTER LI.CONFLICTING THOUGHTSCHAPTER LII.MAJOR SCARESBY'S VISITCHAPTER LIII.A MASK IN CARNIVAL TIMECHAPTER LIV.THE END

MY FIRST MISSION UNDER F. O.

CONFESSION THE SECOND.

CHAPTER I. “IN DOUBT”

CHAPTER II. THE REV. DAN DUDGEON.

CHAPTER III. THE RUNAWAY.

CONFESSION THE LAST.

PREFACE.CHARLES LEVER: HIS LIFE IN HIS LETTERS.


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