Chapter I: Front Matter

_How Joseph Andrews writ a letter to his sister Pamela_

CHAPTER VII.
_Sayings of wise men. A dialogue between the lady and her maid; and
a panegyric, or rather satire, on the passion of love, in the sublime
style_

CHAPTER VIII.
_In which, after some very fine writing, the history goes on, and
relates the interview between the lady and Joseph; where the latter
hath set an example which we despair of seeing followed by his sex in
this vicious age_

CHAPTER IX.
_What passed between the lady and Mrs Slipslop; in which we prophesy
there are some strokes which every one will not truly comprehend at
the first reading_

CHAPTER X.
_Joseph writes another letter; his transactions with Mr Peter Pounce,
&c., with his departure from Lady Booby_

CHAPTER XI.
_Of several new matters not expected_

CHAPTER XII.
_Containing many surprizing adventures which Joseph Andrews met with
on the road, scarce credible to those who have never travelled in a
stage-coach_

CHAPTER XIII.
_What happened to Joseph during his sickness at the inn, with the
curious discourse between him and Mr Barnabas, the parson of the
parish_

CHAPTER XIV.
_Being very full of adventures which succeeded each other at the inn_

CHAPTER XV.
_Showing how Mrs Tow-wouse was a little mollified; and how officious
Mr Barnabas and the surgeon were to prosecute the thief: with a
dissertation accounting for their zeal, and that of many other
persons not mentioned in this history_

CHAPTER XVI.
_The escape of the thief. Mr Adams's disappointment. The arrival of
two very extraordinary personages, and the introduction of parson
Adams to parson Barnabas_

CHAPTER XVII.
_A pleasant discourse between the two parsons and the bookseller,
which was broke off by an unlucky accident happening in the inn,
which produced a dialogue between Mrs Tow-wouse and her maid of no
gentle kind._

CHAPTER XVIII.
_The history of Betty the chambermaid, and an account of what
occasioned the violent scene in the preceding chapter_

BOOK II.

CHAPTER I.
_Of Divisions in Authors_

CHAPTER II.
_A surprizing instance of Mr Adams's short memory, with the
unfortunate consequences which it brought on Joseph_

CHAPTER III.
_The opinion of two lawyers concerning the same gentleman, with Mr
Adams's inquiry into the religion of his host_

CHAPTER IV.
_The history of Leonora, or the unfortunate jilt_

CHAPTER V.
_A dreadful quarrel which happened at the inn where the company
dined, with its bloody consequences to Mr Adams_

CHAPTER VI.
_Conclusion of the unfortunate jilt_

CHAPTER VII.
_A very short chapter, in which parson Adams went a great way_

CHAPTER VIII.
_A notable dissertation by Mr Abraham Adams; wherein that gentleman
appears in a political light_

CHAPTER IX.
_In which the gentleman discants on bravery and heroic virtue, till
an unlucky accident puts an end to the discourse_

CHAPTER X.
_Giving an account of the strange catastrophe of the preceding
adventure, which drew poor Adams into fresh calamities; and who the
woman was who owed the preservation of her chastity to his victorious
arm_

CHAPTER XI.
_What happened to them while before the justice. A chapter very full
of learning_

CHAPTER XII.
_A very delightful adventure, as well to the persons concerned as to
the good-natured reader_