Skip to content

Chapter I: Front Matter

Text size

PHILIP ROLLO;

OR,

THE SCOTTISH MUSKETEERS.

BY

JAMES GRANT,

AUTHOR OF "ROMANCE OF WAR," "JANE SETON," &c. &c.

"'Tis a tale of campaigning, of love, and invading,
Of marches, of routes, bivouacs, enfilading;
Of batteries and breaches, howitzers and mortars,
Of posts and intrenchments; of in and out quarters;
Of advancing in line, by columns, divisions,
And fighting whole days without rum or provisions."

IN TWO VOLUMES,

VOL. I.

LONDON:
GEORGE ROUTLEDGE & CO., FARRINGDON STREET.
1854.

M'CORQUODALE AND CO., PRINTERS, LONDON.--WORKS, NEWTON.

CONTENTS OF VOL. I.

Book the First.

CHAPTER

I.--Of my Family, and the Misfortune of not having a Large Mouth
II.--How I became a Soldier of Fortune
III.--Sir Donald and his Regiment
IV.--We Sail for the Elbe
V.--Glückstadt
VI.--After escaping a fall into the Elbe, I am in danger of
falling in Love
VII.--The Repast
VIII.--Our Cantonment
IX.--The Mysterious Door--a Discourse on Nymphs

Book the Second.

X.--Full effect of a Spanish Petticoat
XI.--My First Guard
XII.--Who Prudentia's Spouse proved to be
XIII.--Two Kisses for ten Doubloons
XIV.--I prevail on Prudentia to accept of a Ring
XV.--My Goddess deceives me. I quarrel with the Haüsmeister,
and run him through the body

Book the Third.

XVI.--The Scottish Standard
XVII--The Sconce of Boitzenburg
XVIII.--How our old Scottish blades pommeled the Imperialists
XIX.--The Crown of Fire
XX.--Rupert-with-the-Red-plume
XXI.--The Fair Hair and the Dark Hair

Book the Fourth.

XXII.--Dandy Dreghorn
XXIII.--Ernestine and Gabrielle
XXIV.--Probability of escaping, and leaving my Heart behind me
XXV.--A serious Mistake, and a learned Discussion on Women
XXVI.--The Scout, and the Effect of a Sneeze
XXVII.--The March towards Lauenburg
XXVIII.--Count Tilly's Opinion of the Presbyterians
XXIX.--_Cairn na Cuimhne!_
XXX.--The Jesuit
XXXI.--Of the Good Deeds our Musketeers were undoing

Book the Sixth.

XXXII.--The Merodeurs
XXXIII.--The Hunter's Cot
XXXIV.--I obtain a Company of Musketeers
XXXV.--Proteus again!
XXXVI.--A Forest on Fire
XXXVII.--The Prisoners of the Pistoliers

Book the Seventh.

XXXVIII.--The Pass of Oldenburg
XXXIX.--The Night of Horrors at Heilinghafen
XL.--We sail for the Isles of Denmark
XLI.--On Board the good ship _Anna Catharina_
XLII.--The Rittersaal
XLIII.--March for the Castle of Nyekiöbing

Comments

Log in to leave a comment.

Philip Rollo; or, the Scottish Musketeers, Vol. 1 (of 2)Chapter I: Front Matter

0%1 min left in chapter