A curious dialogue which passed between
Mr Abraham Adams and Mr
Peter Pounce, better worth reading than
all the works of Colley
Cibber and many others.
CHAPTER I.
The arrival of Lady Booby and the rest
at Booby-hall.
CHAPTER II.
A dialogue between Mr Abraham Adams
and the Lady Booby.
CHAPTER III.
What passed between the lady and lawyer
Scout.
CHAPTER IV.
A short chapter, but very full of matter;
particularly the arrival
of Mr Booby and his lady.
CHAPTER V. Containing justice business;
curious precedents of depositions, and other matters
necessary to be perused by all justices of the peace
and their clerks.
CHAPTER VI.
Of which you are desired to read no
more than you like.
CHAPTER VII. Philosophical reflections,
the like not to be found in any light French romance.
Mr Booby’s grave advice to Joseph, and Fanny’s
encounter with a beau.
CHAPTER VIII. A discourse which
happened between Mr Adams, Mrs Adams, Joseph, and
Fanny, with some behaviour of Mr Adams which will
be called by some few readers very low, absurd,
and unnatural.
CHAPTER IX
A visit which the polite Lady Booby
and her polite friend paid to
the parson.
CHAPTER X. The history of two friends,
which may afford an useful lesson to all those persons
who happen to take up their residence in married families.
CHAPTER XI.
In which the history is continued.
CHAPTER XII.
Where the good-natured reader will
see something which will give
him no great pleasure.
CHAPTER XIII The history, returning
to the Lady Booby, gives some account of the terrible
conflict in her breast between love and pride, with
what happened on the present discovery.
CHAPTER XIV. Containing several
curious night-adventures, in which Mr Adams fell into
many hair-breadth scapes, partly owing to his goodness,
and partly to his inadvertency.
CHAPTER XV. The arrival of Gaffar
and Gammar Andrews with another person not much
expected, and a perfect solution of the difficulties
raised by the pedlar.
CHAPTER XVI.
Being the last. In which this
true history is brought to a happy
conclusion.
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
MR WILSON RELATES HIS HISTORY
PARSON ADAMS
HE RAN TOWARDS HER
An interview between parson Adams and parson Trulliber.
