Sheppard Lee - Volume I

Sheppard Lee - Volume I

Robert Montgomery Bird, American novelist, playwright, and physician (1806 – 1854)


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Table of Contents

- About This Book

- Book I. Containing Instructions How To Spend And How To Retrieve A Fortune

- Chapter I. The Author's Preface

- Chapter Ii. The Birth And Family Of Sheppard Lee, With Some Account Of His Temper And Complexion Of Mind

- Chapter Iii. The Pleasures Of Having Nothing To Do

- Chapter Iv. How To Conduct A Farm To The Best Advantage, And Steer Clear Of The Lawyers

- Chapter V. The Author Finds Himself In Trouble

- Chapter Vi. Sheppard Lee Experiences His Share Of The Respect That Is Accorded To Honest Poverty

- Chapter Vii. The Author Becomes A Politician, And Seeks For An Office

- Chapter Viii. A Description Of The Owl-roost, With Mr. Jumble's Ideas In Relation To Captain Kid's Money

- Chapter Ix. Sheppard Lee Stumbles Upon A Happy Man, And Quarrels With Him

- Chapter X. Sheppard Lee Has An Extraordinary Dream, Which Promises To Be More Advantageous Than Any Of His Previous Ones

- Chapter Xi. In Which The Reader Is Introduced To A Personage Who May Claim His Acquaintance Hereafter

- Chapter Xii. Sheppard Lee Visits The Village, Makes A Patriotic Speech, And Leaves The Fence

- Chapter Xiii. What Befell The Author On His Way To The Owl-roost

- Chapter Xiv. Sheppard Lee Digs For The Buried Treasure, But Makes A Blow With The Mattock In The Wrong Place

- Chapter Xv. In Which Sheppard Lee Finds Himself

- Chapter Xvi. Sheppard Lee Finds Comfort When He Least Expects It. The Extraordinary Close Of The Catastrophe

- Chapter Xvii. A Natural Mistake

- Book Ii. Containing Sundry Illustrations Of The Advantages Of Good Living, With A Few Chapters On Domestic Felicity

- Chapter I. Some Passages In The Life Of John H. Higginson, Esq., The Happy Sportsman

- Chapter Ii. The Author, Being In Prison, Makes A Confidant Of A Deputy Attorney-general

- Chapter Iii. Sheppard Lee Is Visited By New Friends, Released From Prison, And Carried To His New Place Of Abode

- Chapter Iv. Containing Illustrations Of The Advantages Of Dying An Unusual Death, In Times Of High Political Excitement

- Chapter V. The True Meaning Of The Word Podagra

- Chapter Vi. Sheppard Lee's Introduction To His Wife, And His Suspicion That All Is Not Gold That Glistens

- Chapter Vii. A Comparison Between Dunning And Scolding, With Some Thoughts On Suicide

- Chapter Viii. Sheppard Lee Forms Sundry Acquaintances, Some Of Which Are Genteel

- Chapter Ix. The Author Grows Weary Of His Wife, And Mistakes The Schuylkill For The River Lethe

- Book Iii. Containing Much That Will Be Interesting To Young Gentlemen In Debt

- Chapter I. The First Chapter Of The History Of I. D. Dawkins, Esq

- Chapter Ii. A Conversation Betwixt The Author And His Bosom Friend, John Tickle, Esq

- Chapter Iii. In Which Sheppard Lee Is Prepared For The Brilliant Destiny That Awaits Him

- Chapter Iv. In Which Sheppard Lee Has An Interview With A Lady, Who Tells Him A Secret

- Chapter V. An Inventory Of A Young Gentleman's Effects, With Some Account Of Mr. Sniggles, His Landlord

- Chapter Vi. Sheppard Lee Hears News Of His Uncle, And Mr. Sniggles Is Brought To His Senses

- Chapter Vii. In Which Sheppard Lee Is Told His History

- Chapter Viii. A Conversation With A Tailor

- Chapter Ix. The Author Receives A Visit From His Uncle, Samuel Wilkins, Esq., And Is Relieved From His Tormentors

- Chapter X. Some Account Of Sheppard Lee's Country Kinsmen

- Chapter Xi. Containing A Morsel Of Metaphysics, With A Short Account Of The Author's Experience In Good Society

- Chapter Xii. Sheppard Lee Makes The Acquaintance Of His Cousin, Miss Pattie Wilkins

- Chapter Xiii. A Further Account Of Miss Pattie Wilkins

- Chapter Xiv. A Short Chapter, Containing An Account Of The Author's Cousin, Samuel Wilkins, Jr

- Chapter Xv. In Which Sheppard Lee Visits Mr. Periwinkle Smith And His Fair Daughter

- Chapter Xvi. Containing Much Instructive Matter In Relation To Good Society

- Chapter Xvii. In Which Sheppard Lee Relates The Passion He Conceived For His Fair Cousin

- Chapter Xviii. In Which Sheppard Lee Recounts An Engagement Of A Similar Nature Which He Formed With The Fair Alicia

- Chapter Xix. The Ingenious Devices With Which Sheppard Lee Prepared The Way For The Elopement

- Chapter Xx. The Guests That Sheppard Lee Invited To His Wedding

- Chapter Xxi. Containing A Scialogue, Or Curious Conversation With Nothing

- Chapter Xxii. In Which Sheppard Lee Finds That He Has Made The Fortune Of His Friends

- Chapter Xxiii. A Crisis. Sheppard Lee Is Reduced To Great Extremities, And Takes Refuge In The House Of Mourning

- Chapter Xxiv. What Happened In The Dead-chamber

- Book Iv. Containing Illustrations Of The Folly Of Bringing Up Children In The Way They Should Go

- Chapter I. The Private History Of Abram Skinner, The Shaver

- Chapter Ii. Sheppard Lee's First Hit At Money-making

- Chapter Iii. Reflections On Stock-jobbing And Other Matters