Sevenoaks

Sevenoaks

Josiah Gilbert Holland, American novelist and poet (1819-1881)


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Table of Contents

- About This Book

- Which Tells About Sevenoaks, And How Miss Butterworth Passed One Of Her Evenings

- Mr. Belcher Carries His Point At The Town-meeting, And The Poor Are Knocked Down To Thomas Buffum

- In Which Jim Fenton Is Introduced To The Reader And Introduces Himself To Miss Butterworth

- In Which Jim Fenton Applies For Lodgings At Tom Buffum's Boarding-house, And Finds His Old Friend

- In Which, Jim Enlarges His Accommodations And Adopts A Violent Method Of Securing Boarders

- In Which Sevenoaks Experiences A Great Commotion, And Comes To The Conclusion That Benedict Has Met With Foul Play

- In Which Jim And Mike Conlin Pass Through A Great Trial And Come Out Victorious

- In Which Mr. Belcher Visits New York, And Becomes The Proprietor Of Palgrave's Folly

- Mrs. Talbot Gives Her Little Dinner Party, And Mr. Belcher Makes An Exceedingly Pleasant Acquaintance

- Which Tells How A Lawyer Spent His Vacation In Camp

- Which Records Mr. Belcher's Connection With A Great Speculation

- In Which Jim Enlarges His Plans For A House, And Completes His Plans For A House-keeper

- Which Introduces Several Residents Of Sevenoaks To The Metropolis And A New Character To The Reader

- Which Tells Of A Great Public Meeting In Sevenoaks, The Burning In Effigy Of Mr. Belcher

- Which Tells About Mrs. Dillingham's Christmas And The New Year's Reception At The Palgrave Mansion

- Which Gives An Account Of A Voluntary And An Involuntary Visit Of Sam Yates To Number Nine

- In Which Jim Constructs Two Happy Davids, Raises His Hotel, And Dismisses Sam Yates

- In Which Mrs. Dillingham Makes Some Important Discoveries, But Fails To Reveal Them To The Reader

- In Which Mr. Belcher Becomes President Of The Crooked Valley Railroad

- In Which The Little Woman Announces Her Engagement To Jim Fenton And Receives The Congratulations Of Her Friends

- In Which Jim Gets The Furniture Into His House, And Mike Conlin Gets Another Installment Of Advice Into Jim

- In Which Jim Gets Married, The New Hotel Receives Its Mistress, And Benedict Confers A Power Of Attorney

- In Which Mr. Belcher Expresses His Determination To Become A Founder

- Wherein The General Leaps The Bounds Of Law, Finds Himself In A New World

- In Which The General Goes Through A Great Many Trials And Meets At Last The One He Has So Long Anticipated

- In Which The Case Of "benedict Vs. Belcher" Finds Itself In Court, An Interesting Question Of Identity Is Settled

- In Which Phipps Is Not To Be Found, And The General Is Called Upon To Do His Own Lying

- In Which A Heavenly Witness Appears Who Cannot Be Cross-examined

- Wherein Mr. Belcher, Having Exhibited His Dirty Record, Shows A Clean Pair Of Heels

- Which Gives The History Of An Anniversary, Presents A Tableau, And Drops The Curtain