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BALLANTYNE'S
NOVELIST'S LIBRARY.
VOL. II.
THE
NOVELS
OF
TOBIAS SMOLLETT, M. D.
VIZ.
RODERICK RANDOM,
PEREGRINE PICKLE,
AND
HUMPHRY CLINKER.
TO
WHICH IS PREFIXED,
A
MEMOIR OF THE LIFE OF THE AUTHOR.
LONDON:
PUBLISHED BY HURST, ROBINSON, AND CO.. 90, CHEAPSIDE.
PRINTED BY JAMES BALLANTYNE AND COMPANY, At the Border Press :
FOR JOHN BALLANTYNE, EDINBURGH.
1821.
CONTENTS.
RODERICK RANDOM.
PREFATORY MEMOIR,
PAGE.
CHAP. I. Of my birth and parentage,
11. I grow up; am hated by my relations; sent
to school; neglected by my grandfather; mal-
treated by my master; seasoned to adversity. I
form cabals against the pedant; am debarred
access to my grandfather; hunted by his heir;
I demolish the teeth of his tutor,
III. My mother's brother arrives; relieves me;
a description of him; he goes along with me to
the house of my grandfather; is encountered by
his dogs; defeats them after a bloody engage-
ment; is admitted to the old gentleman; a
dialogue between them,
IV. My grandfather makes his will; our second
visit; he dies; his will is read in presence of all
his living descendants; the disappointment of
my female cousins; my uncle's behaviour, . .
V. The schoolmaster uses me barbarously; I form
a project of revenge, in which I am assisted by
my uncle; I leave the village; am settled at an
university by his generosity,.
VI. I make great progress in my studies; am ca-
ressed by every body; my female cousins take
notice of me; I reject their invitation; they are
incensed, and conspire against me; I am left
destitute by a misfortune that befals my uncle;
Gawky's treachery; my revenge,
VII. I am entertained by Mr Crab; a description
of him; I acquire the art of surgery; consult
Crab's disposition; become necessary to him;
an accident happens; he advises me to launch
out into the world; assists me with money; I
set out for London, .
VIII. I arrive at Newcastle; meet with my old
school-fellow Strap; we determine to walk to-
gether to London; set out on our journey; put
up at a solitary ale-house; are disturbed by a
strange adventure in the night,.
IX. We proceed on our journey; are overtaken
by an highwayman, who fires at Strap; is pre-
vented from shooting me by a company of horse-
men, who ride in pursuit of him; Strap is put to
bed at an inn; adventures at that inn,
X. The highwayman is taken; we are detained
as evidence against him; proceed to the next
village; he escapes; we arrive at another inn,
where we go to bed; in the night we are awaked
by a dreadful adventure; next night we lodge
at the house of a schoolmaster; our treatment
there,
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XI. We descry the waggon; get into it; arrive at
an inn; our fellow-travellers described; a mis-
take is committed by Strap, which produces
strange things,
XII. Captain Weazel challenges Strap, who de-
clines the combat; an affair between the captain
and me; the usurer is fain to give Miss Jenny
five guineas for a release; we are in danger of
losing a meal; the behaviour of Weazel, Jenny,
and Joey, on that occasion; an account of Captain
Weazel and his lady; the captain's courage tried;
Isaac's mirth at the captain's expence,
XIII. Strap and I are terrified by an apparition;
Strap's conjecture; the mystery explained by
Joey; we arrive at London; our dress and ap-
pearance described; we are insulted in the street;
an adventure in an ale-house; we are imposed
upon by a waggish footman; set to rights by a
tobacconist; take lodgings; dive for a dinner;
an accident at our ordinary,
XIV. We visit Strap's friend; a description of
him; his advice; we go to Mr Cringer's house;
are denied admittance; an accident befalls Strap;
his behaviour thereupon; an extraordinary ad-
venture occurs, in the course of which I lose all
my money,.
XV. Strap moralizes; presents his purse to me;
we inform our landlord of my misfortune; he
unravels the mystery; I present myself to
Cringer; he recommends and turns me over to
Mr Staytape; I become acquainted with a fel-
low dependant, who explains the characters of
Cringer and Staytape; and informs me of the
method to be pursued at the Navy-office and
Surgeons-hall; Strap is employed,
XVI. My new acquaintance breaks an appoint-
ment; I proceed by myself to the Navy-office :
address myself to a person there, who assists me
with his advice; write to the Board; they grant
me a letter to the surgeons at the Hall; am in-
formed of the beau's name and character; find
him; he makes me his confidant in an amour;
desires me to pawn my linen for his occasions;
I recover what I lent him; some curious obser-
vations of Strap on that occasion; his vanity,. 36
XVII. I go to Surgeons-hall, where I meet with
Mr Jackson; am examined; a fierce dispute
arises between two of the examiners; Jackson
disguises himself to attract respect; is detected;
in hazard of being sent to Bridewell; he treats
us at a tavern; carries us to a night-house; a
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