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BURLESQUES
by William Makepeace Thackeray
CONTENTS
NOTES BY EMINENT HANDS.
George de Barnwell. By Sir E. L. B. L., Bart.
Codlingsby. By D. Shrewsberry, Esq.
Phil Fogarty. A Tale of the Fighting Onety-Oneth. By Harry Rollicker
Barbazure. By G. P. R. Jeames, Esq., etc.
Lords and Liveries. By the Authoress of "Dukes and Dejeuners,"
"Hearts and Diamonds," "Marchionesses and Milliners," etc., etc.
Crinoline. By Je-mes Pl-sh, Esq.
The Stars and Stripes. By the Author of "The Last of the Mulligans,"
"Pilot," etc.
A Plan for a Prize Novel
THE DIARY OF C. JEAMES DE LA PLUCHE, ESQ., WITH HIS
LETTERS.
A Lucky Speculator
The Diary
Jeames on Time Bargings
Jeames on the Gauge Question
Mr. Jeames Again
THE TREMENDOUS ADVENTURES OF MAJOR GAHAGAN.
I. "Truth is Strange, Stranger than Fiction"
II. Allyghur and Laswaree
III. A Peep into Spain.--Account of the Origin and Services of the
Ahmednuggar Irregulars
IV. The Indian Camp--the Sortie from the Fort
V. The Issue of my Interview with my Wife
VI. Famine in the Garrison
VII. The Escape
VIII. The Captive
IX. Surprise of Futtyghur
A LEGEND OF THE RHINE.
I. Sir Ludwig of Hombourg
II. The Godesbergers
III. The Festival
IV. The Flight
V. The Traitor's Doom
VI. The Confession
VII. The Sentence
VIII. The Childe of Godesberg
IX. The Lady of Windeck
X. The Battle of the Bowmen
XI. The Martyr of Love
XII. The Champion
XIII. The Marriage
REBECCA AND ROWENA; A ROMANCE UPON ROMANCE.
CHAPTER
I.
The Overture--Commencement of the Business
II. The Last Days of the Lion
III. St. George for England
IV. Ivanhoe Redivivus
V. Ivanhoe to the Rescue
VI. Ivanhoe the Widower
VII. The End of the Performance
THE HISTORY OF THE NEXT FRENCH REVOLUTION.
I. --
II. Henry V. and Napoleon III
III. The Advance of the Pretenders--Historical Review
IV. The Battle of Rheims
V. The Battle of Tours
VI. The English under Jenkins
VII. The Leaguer of Paris
VIII. The Battle of the Forts
IX. Louis XVII
COX'S DIARY.
The Announcement
First Rout
A Day with the Surrey Hounds
The Finishing Touch
A New Drop-Scene at the Opera
Striking a Balance
Down at Beulah
A Tournament
Over-Boarded and Under-Lodged
Notice to Quit
Law Life Assurance
Family Bustle
NOVELS BY EMINENT HANDS.
GEORGE DE BARNWELL
BY SIR E. L. B. L., BART.
VOL I.
In the Morning of Life the Truthful wooed the Beautiful, and their
offspring was Love. Like his Divine parents, He is eternal. He has his
Mother's ravishing smile; his Father's steadfast eyes. He rises every