Chapter I: The Travelling Carriage 1

II.—Tom Rain and Old Death 4
III.—Bow Street 6
IV.—Esther de Medina 9
V.—The Appeal of Love 13
VI.—Dr. Lascelles 15
VII.—The Beautiful Patient 18
VIII.—Seven Dials 20
IX.—A Death-Scene.—Lock's Fields 23
X.—A Scene at the House of Sir Christopher Blunt 28
XI.—The Two Thousand Pounds.—Torrens Cottage 30
XII.—Adelais and Rosamond 33
XIII.—The Elopement 36
XIV.—Lady Hatfield and Dr. Lascelles.—Esther de Medina 39
XV.—The Opiate 42
XVI.—The Lover and the Uncle 43
XVII.—The Mysterious Letter.—Jacob 44
XVIII.—The Lovers 48
XIX.—Mr. Frank Curtis's Pleasant Adventure 51
XX.—Happiness.—The Diamond Merchant 55
XXI.—The Oath 59
XXII.—The Alarm.—The Letter 61
XXIII.—Old Death 64
XXIV.—Castle Street, Long Acre 67
XXV.—Matilda, the Country-Girl 70
XXVI.—The Lady's-Maid 73
XXVII.—London on a Rainy Evening.—A Scene in a Post-Chaise 75
XXVIII.—Tom Rain's Lodgings in Lock's Fields 77
XXIX.—The Mysteries of Old Death's Establishment 82
XXX.—The Store-Rooms 86
XXXI.—Another Deed of Infamy brought to Light 88
XXXII.—Rainford in the Subterranean 92
XXXIII.—Mrs. Martha Slingsby 94
XXXIV.—The Pious Lady 96
XXXV.—Mr. Sheepshanks 100
XXXVI.—The Baronet and his Mistress 102
XXXVII.—Tom Rain and Jacob 104
XXXVIII.—The History of Jacob Smith 107
XXXIX.—Continuation of the History of Jacob Smith 116
XL.—Conclusion of the History of Jacob Smith 120
XLI.—Fresh Alarms 126
XLII.—The Paragraph in the Newspaper 128
XLIII.—Lord Ellingham and Tom Rainford 131
XLIV.—Mr. Frank Curtis again 134
XLV.—Mr. Dykes and his Myrmidons 139
XLVI.—Explanations 141
XLVII.—Farther Explanations 144
XLVIII.—Lord Ellingham and Tom Rain 147
XLIX.—A Painful Interview 151
L.—The Lawyer's Office 155
LI.—Lord Ellingham in the Dungeon 157
LII.—Lord Ellingham's Exertions 162
LIII.—The Execution 164
LIV.—Galvanism 166
LV.—The Laboratory.—Esther de Medina 167
LVI.—A History of the Past 172
LVII.—A Father 185
LVIII.—The Resuscitated 188
LIX.—The Jew's Family 194
LX.—Sir Christopher Blunt's Domestic Hearth 196
LXI.—Captain O'Blunderbuss 198
LXII.—Frank's Embarrassments 202
LXIII.—The Meeting in Battersea Fields 204
LXIV.—Old Death and his Friend Tidmarsh 206
LXV.—The Examination 208
LXVI.—Mrs. Slingsby and the Baronet again 215
LXVII.—The Marriage.—Rosamond 219
LXVIII.—Dr. Wagtail.—Rosamond Torrens 222
LXIX.—Misery and Vice 229
LXX.—Tim the Snammer 232
LXXI.—The History of Tim the Snammer 234
LXXII.—Mr. and Mrs. Curtis 255
LXXIII.—Captain O'Blunderbuss again 260
LXXIV.—Three Months after Marriage 264
LXXV.—The Knight and the Captain 268
LXXVI.—Tim the Snammer and Josh Pedler out on Business 271
LXXVII.—The Father and Daughter 273
LXXVIII.—Retribution 276
LXXIX.—The Earl of Ellingham and Lady Hatfield again 279
LXXX.—Mrs. Slingsby and Mrs. Torrens 283
LXXXI.—Rosamond at Home 288
LXXXII.—The Forged Cheque 292
LXXXIII.—The Reward of Crime 295
LXXXIV.—Old Death's Party 299
LXXXV.—The History of a Livery Servant 303
LXXXVI.—Conclusion of the History of a Livery-servant 312
LXXXVII.—The Blackamoor 322
LXXXVIII.—Scenes at the Blackamoor's House 326
LXXXIX.—The Surprise.—Jeffreys and Old Death 331
XC.—The New Justice of the Peace 334
XCI.—Captain O'Blunderbuss again.—Another Strange Visitor 337
XCII.—The Confession 342
XCIII.—Newgate 344
XCIV.—"The Stout House." 349
XCV.—Clarence Villiers and his Aunt 354
XCVI.—Sir Christopher Blunt a Hero 357
XCVII.—Carlton House 360
XCVIII.—An Acquittal and a Sentence 363
XCVIX.—The Condition of the Working Classes 368
C.—The Earl of Ellingham and Esther de Medina 371
CI.—The Blackamoor's Strange Adventure 375
CII.—A State of Siege 380
CIII.—The Surprise.—A Change of Scene 384
CIV.—The Visit.—The Habeas Corpus 389
CV.—The King's Bench Prison 391
CVI.—A Farther Insight into the King's Bench 396
CVII.—A Tale of Sorrow 400
CVIII.—Conclusion of the Tale of Sorrow 408
CIX.—The Prisoners 413

ILLUSTRATIONS TO VOL. I.
SECOND SERIES.

For Woodcut on page 1 see page 5
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OLD DEATH page 41
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JACOB SMITH IN THE
POWER OF SATAN page 113
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DR. LASCELLES page 161
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TIM THE SNAMMER page 233
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THE MYSTERIES OF LONDON.