Chapter I: Front Matter

The Recollections of Geoffrey Hamlyn

by

Henry Kingsley

TO
MY FATHER AND MOTHER
THIS BOOK, THE FRUIT OF SO MANY WEARY
YEARS OF SEPARATION, IS DEDICATED WITH
THE DEEPEST LOVE AND REVERENCE

CONTENTS

I INTRODUCTORY.
II THE COURTSHIP AND MARRIAGE OF JOHN THORNTON, CLERK, AND THE
BIRTH OF SOME ONE WHO TAKES RATHER A CONSPICUOUS PART IN OUR
STORY.
III THE HISTORY OF (A CERTAIN FAMILY LIVING IN) EUROPE, FROM THE
BATTLE OF TRAFALGAR TO THE PEACE OF 1818, CONTAINING FACTS
HITHERTO UNPUBLISHED.
IV SOME NEW FACES.
V IN WHICH THE READER IS MADE ACCOMPLICE TO A MISPRISION OF
FELONY.
VI GEORGE HAWKER GOES TO THE FAIR--WRESTLES, BUT GETS THROWN ON
HIS BACK, SHOOTS AT A MARK, BUT MISSES IT.
VII MAJOR BUCKLEY GIVES HIS OPINION ON TROUT-FISHING, ON
EMIGRATION, AND ON GEORGE HAWKER.
VIII THE VICAR HEARS SOMETHING TO HIS ADVANTAGE.
IX WHEN THE KYE CAME HAME.
X IN WHICH WE SEE A GOOD DEAL OF MISCHIEF BREWING.
XI IN WHICH THE VICAR PREACHES A FAREWELL SERMON.
XII IN WHICH A VERY MUSCULAR CHRISTIAN INDEED, COMES ON THE STAGE.
XIII THE DISCOVERY OF THE FORGERIES.
XIV THE MAJOR'S VISIT TO THE "NAG'S-HEAD."
XV THE BRIGHTON RACES, AND WHAT HAPPENED THEREAT.
XVI THE END OF MARY'S EXPEDITION.
XVII EXODUS.
XVIII THE FIRST PUFF OF THE SOUTH WIND.
XIX I HIRE A NEW HORSEBREAKER.
XX A WARM CHRISTMAS DAY.
XXI JIM STOCKBRIDGE BEGINS TO TAKE ANOTHER VIEW OF MATTERS.
XXII SAM BUCKLEY'S EDUCATION.
XXIII TOONARBIN.
XXIV IN WHICH MARY HAWKER LOSES ONE OF HER OLDEST SWEETHEARTS.
XXV IN WHICH THE NEW DEAN OF B---- MAKES HIS APPEARANCE, AND
ASTONISHES THE MAJOR OUT OF HIS PROPRIETY.
XXVI WHITE HEATHENS
XXVII THE GOLDEN VINEYARD.
XXVIII A GENTLEMAN FROM THE WARS.
XXIX SAM MEETS WITH A RIVAL, AND HOW HE TREATED HIM.
XXX HOW THE CHILD WAS LOST, AND HOW HE GOT FOUND AGAIN--WHAT
CECIL SAID TO SAM WHEN THEY FOUND HIM--AND HOW IN CASTING
LOTS, ALTHOUGH CECIL WON THE LOT, HE LOST THE PRIZE.
XXXI HOW TOM TROUBRIDGE KEPT WATCH FOR THE FIRST TIME.
XXXII WHICH IS THE LAST CHAPTER BUT ONE IN THE SECOND VOLUME.
XXXIII IN WHICH JAMES BRENTWOOD AND SAMUEL BUCKLEY, ESQUIRES,
COMBINE TO DISTURB THE REST OF CAPTAIN BRENTWOOD, R.A. AND
SUCCEED IN DOING SO.
XXXIV HOW THEY ALL WENT HUNTING FOR SEA ANEMONES AT CAPE
CHATHAM--AND HOW THE DOCTOR GOT A TERRIBLE FRIGHT--AND HOW
CAPTAIN BLOCKSTROP SHOWED THAT THERE WAS GOOD REASON FOR IT.
XXXV A COUNCIL OF WAR.
XXXVI AN EARTHQUAKE, A COLLIERY EXPLOSION, AND AN ADVENTURE.
XXXVII IN WHICH GEORGE HAWKER SETTLES AN OLD SCORE WITH WILLIAM LEE,
MOST HANDSOMELY, LEAVING, IN FACT, A LARGE BALANCE IN HIS
OWN FAVOUR.
XXXVIII HOW DR. MULHAUS GOT BUSHED IN THE RANGES, AND WHAT BEFEL HIM
THERE.
XXXIX THE LAST GLEAM BEFORE THE STORM.
XL THE STORM BURSTS.
XLI WIDDERIN SHOWS CLEARLY THAT HE IS WORTH ALL THE MONEY SAM
GAVE FOR HIM.
XLII THE FIGHT AMONG THE FERN-TREES.
XLIII ACROSS THE SNOW.
XLIV HOW MARY HAWKER HEARD THE NEWS.
XLV IN WHICH THERE ARE SOME ASTONISHING REVELATIONS WITH REGARD
TO DR. MULHAUS AND CAPTAIN DESBOROUGH.
XLVI IN WHICH SAM MEETS WITH A SERIOUS ACCIDENT, AND GETS CRIPPLED
FOR LIFE.
XLVII HOW MARY HAWKER SAID "YES."
XLVIII THE LATEST INTELLIGENCE.