BENTLEY'S MISCELLANY. AMERICAN MERICAN EDITION. VOL. IV. NEW-YORK: PUBLISHED BY JEMIMA M. MASON, (LATE LEWER,) CORNER BROADWAY AND PINE STREET. 1839. CONTENTS OF THE FOURTH VOLUME. 23 24, 159 The Conqueror's Grandsire, by G. E. Inman, 271 The Veterans of Chelsea Hospital, by the author of "The Subaltern," 51. 450 Tales and Legends of the Isle of Wight, by A. Elder. 66. 253. 368 463.584 Lines on a Spot where it is intended to build a Church, Prospectus of an intended Course of Lectures on the Philosophy of Hum. ILLUSTRATIONS. Jack Sheppard and Blueskin in Mr. Wood's Bedroom, Page 1 Jack Sheppard, in company with Edgeworth Bess, escaping from Clerken- Jonathan Wild throwing Sir Rowland Trenchard down the Well-Hole, 221 236 Jack Sheppard tricking Shotbolt the Gaoler, 325 Mr. Matthews as Caleb Pipkin, in "The May Queen," by W. Greatbach, 352 The Portrait of Jack Sheppard, 429 The Patron King" Exquisitely beautiful!" by A. Hervieu, 492 Jack Sheppard's Escapes :- No. I. The Castle. The Red Room. Door of the Red-Room. A Door between the Red Room and the Chapel, 543 No. II. Door going into the Chapel. Door leading out of the Chapel. 546 No. III. Lower Leads. The Highest Leads, and the Leads of the Turner's House, : 550 BY THE AUTHOR OF "THE SUBALTERN" Chapter III. Proving that Jack himself can run rusty at times, and gains nothing Chapter IV. Containing some account of other perils than war which accompany a soldier's life, and showing how a man may establish a quiet claim of admis- ADVENTURES OF A MAINTOP-CROSS-TREE MAN, A NAVAL RO- No. IV. Approach to Richmond. The grave of Thomson.-Wit among the Tomb- stones. Richmond Palace. -The Battle of the Gnats. - View from Richmond Hill. Song by Mallet. Gay, the poet.-Traditions of Ham House. Eel-pie Island.- The Poetical Sawyer.-Anecdote of Kean. A LAY OF ST. DUNSTAN-THE GOLDEN LEGEND, NO. III. Chapter XII. Briefly details a slight love-skirmish between Sammy and Miss Sower- soft, which took place before Colin, while that youth was supposed to be asleep, and also illustrates the manner in which old maids sometimes endeavour to procure themselves husbands. Colin's employment at the lodge. He becomes involved in a dilemma, which threatens unheard-of consequences. Chapter XIII. Demonstrates, in the case of Miss Sowersoft and Mr. Samuel Pale- thorpe, the folly of people being too curious about the truth, in matters better left in the dark. Colin is subjected to a strict examination, in which the judge, in- stead of the culprit, is convicted. Colin's punishment. |
