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Tables of Contents for Sketches by Boz Illustrative of Every-Day Life and Every-Day People
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Introduction
v
Thea Holme
Preface
xii
List of Illustrations
xv
Illustrated
xvii
OUR PARISH
The Beadle. The Parish Engine. The School-master
1
6
The Curate. The Old Lady. The Half-pay Captain
7
6
The Four Sisters
13
5
The Election for Beadle
18
7
The Broker's Man
25
9
The Ladies' Societies
34
6
Our Next-door Neighbour
40
7
SCENES
The Streets---Morning
47
6
The Streets---Night
53
6
Shops and their Tenants
59
5
Scotland Yard
64
5
Seven Dials
69
5
Meditations in Monmouth Street
74
7
Hackney-coach Stands
81
5
Doctors' Commons
86
6
London Recreations
92
5
The River
97
7
Astley's
104
7
Greenwich Fair
111
8
Private Theatres
119
7
Vauxhall Gardens by Day
126
6
Early Coaches
132
6
Omnibuses
138
4
The Last Cab-driver, and the First Omnibus Cad
142
10
A Parliamentary Sketch
152
11
Public Dinners
163
6
The First of May
169
8
Brokers' and Marine-store Shops
177
5
Gin-shops
182
6
The Pawnbroker's Shop
188
8
Criminal Courts
196
5
A Visit to Newgate
201
14
CHARACTERS
Thoughts about People
215
5
A Christmas Dinner
220
5
The New Year
225
5
Miss Evans and the Eagle
230
5
The Parlour Orator
235
5
The Hospital Patient
240
4
The Misplaced Attachment of Mr. John Dounce
244
6
The Mistaken Milliner. A Tale of Ambition
250
6
The Dancing Academy
256
6
Shabby-Genteel People
262
4
Making a Night of it
266
6
The Prisoners' Van
272
3
TALES
The Boarding-house
275
37
Mr. Minns and his Cousin
312
11
Sentiment
323
12
The Tuggses at Ramsgate
335
20
Horatio Sparkins
355
16
The Black Veil
371
11
The Steam Excursion
382
22
The Great Winglebury Duel
404
17
Mrs. Joseph Porter
421
10
A Passage in the Life of Mr. Watkins Tottle
431
36
The Bloomsbury Christening
467
17
The Drunkard's Death
484
11
Sketches of Young Gentlemen
495
54
Sketches of Young Couples
549
56
The Mudfog and Other Sketches
605