WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT IT? A NOVEL.
"But by all thy nature's weakness, Hidden faults and follies known, Be thou, in rebuking evil, Conscious of thine own." WHITTIER.PHILADELPHIA: J. B. LIPPINCOTT & CO.
1872.Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1872, by J. B. LIPPINCOTT & CO., In the Office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington.
CONTENTS.
- I.—The Arrival. 5
- II.—The Little Black Girl. 14
- III.—The Mysterious Big Boxes. 20
- IV.—What the Mysterious Boxes contained. 25
- V.—The Rough Pebbles. 31
- VI.—Lola commences her Education. 36
- VII.—Lola's Mother. 42
- VIII.—"The Trophies of Miltiades do not let me Sleep." 47
- IX.—Potations, Plotting, and Propriety. 53
- X.—How a Virtuous Matron was kept Awake. 59
- XI.—Mrs. Norval did not enjoy her Buckwheat-Cakes, and Julian wouldn't write any more Poetry. 65
- XII.—Something about the Sprig Pedigree. 71
- XIII.—What Mr. Isaac Sprig found at the "Dead-Letter Office." 77
- XIV.—The Doctor was rewarded for listening to Mr. Hackwell's Sermon. 83
- XV.—Mrs. Norval's High Principles begin their Work. 89
- XVI.—"Veni, Vidi, Vici." 95
- XVII.—Julius Cæsar Cackle, a Modern Darius. 100
- XVIII.—Lavinia to the Rescue. 105
- XIX.—Mrs. Norval's High Principles on the Rampage. 111
- XX.—Lavinia outdoes the Spartan Women. 117
- XXI.—Julian and Hackwell inspect the Horrid Spots. 123
- XXII.—"The Awful Little Bell" described by Mrs. Cackle. 129
- XXIII.—"It may be for years, and it may be forever." 134
- XXIV.—Lavinia's Experiences in Washington. 141
- XXV.—At the Capitol.—Mr. Cackle at Home. 147
- XXVI.—"Must Isaac be left to Starve?" 152
- XXVII.—No, Isaac shall not be left to Starve. 159
- XXVIII.—Mr. Hackwell and the Madam console each other. 164
- XXIX.—Lavvy's Experience as Hospital Nurse. 172
- XXX.—Captain Hackwell becomes a Hero and is Breveted. 179
- XXXI.—The Major is the Object of great Solicitude. 187
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- XXXII.—Mrs. Norval's Conscience speaks loudly. 197
- XXXIII.—Mrs. Norval's Conscience waxes Dictatorial.—She obeys. 205
- XXXIV.—Mrs. Norval's Virtuous Impulse rewarded. 212
- XXXV.—Messrs. Wagg and Head travel together. 217
- XXXVI.—The Returned Prisoners, and what they said. 225
- XXXVII.—Mrs. Norval's Mental Debut. 235
- XXXVIII.—In which the Major, like Yorick, was a Fellow of Infinite Humor. 243
- XXXIX.—Julian carries the War into Africa. 249
- XL.—The Major's Staff. 260
- XLI.—Isaac in the Southern Confederacy. 267
- XLII.—"Shake not thy gory locks at me. Thou canst not say I did it." 274
- XLIII.—Isaac in the Land of the Aztecs. 279
- XLIV.—Bound for the United States. 289
- XLV.—How Julian's Patriotic Song was cut short. 294
- XLVI.—"Oh, Romeo, where art thou?" "Je pleure, et le Roi s'amuse!" 301
- XLVII.—Julian states his Case to the President. 305
- XLVIII.—"Hooker and Skinner, Solicitors and Attorneys-at-Law." 311
- XLIX.—Lieutenants Wagg and Head enter the Grand Monde. 317
- L.—Lola hears Important News. 323
- LI.—Mademoiselle Mina's Accident. 329
- LII.—Julian at the White House. 338
- LIII.—Julian's Fortunes take a New Turn. 349
- LIV.—"So, instead of a pistol, he cocked his tail. 'Aha!' quoth he, 'what have we here?'" 359
- LV.—His Ex-Reverence shows the Cloven Foot. 367
- LVI.—"He awoke one morning and found himself famous." 377
- LVII.—Who would have thought it? 382
- LVIII.—The Major before Mrs. Norval's Chair. 388
- LIX.—Julian and Hackwell vis-a-vis. 398
- LX.—"Il n'y a que les Morts qui ne reviennent pas!" 406
- CONCLUSION. 418
