Cooke, John Esten, 1830-1886 [1854], The Virginia comedians, or, Old days in the Old Dominion. Edited from the mss. of C. Effingham, Esq. [pseud] [Volume 2] (D. Appleton and Co, New York) [word count] [eaf520v2T].

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The Virginia Comedians; or, Old Days in the Old Dominion. Edited from the Mss. of C. Effingham, Esq. [pseud] [Volume 2]

Front Matter Front matter Covers, Edges and Spine Preliminaries Title Page CONTENTS OF VOL. II. Main text BOOK II. CHAPTER I. HOW CAPTAIN WATERS THREATENED LANKY WITH THE BASTINADO IF HE SIGHED. CHAPTER II. AN ADVENTURE. CHAPTER III. HOW CAPTAIN RALPH INFORMED MISS HENRIETTA LEE THAT WAR WAS THE NATURAL RELATION OF THE SEXES. CHAPTER IV. AN ENCOUNTER ON THE HIGHWAY. CHAPTER V. TWO ENEMIES. CHAPTER VI. OLD FRIENDS. CHAPTER VII. HOW CAPTAIN RALPH LAID HIS COMMANDS ON MR. LUGG. CHAPTER VIII. ICHABOD: A HEBREW WORD SIGNIFYING THE GLORY HAS DEPARTED! CHAPTER IX. INTRODUCES A GENTLEMAN ONCE VERY POPULAR IN VIRGINIA. CHAPTER X. HOW MR. JACK HAMILTON, FOXHUNTER, AND BACHELOR, ASPIRED TO THE HONORS OF A WIG, A SUIT OF BLACK, AND A GOLD-HEADED CANE. CHAPTER XI. THE OTHER PHYSICIAN. CHAPTER XII. A LANDSCAPE WITH FIGURES. CHAPTER XIII. IN WHICH THE COMEDY PROCEEDS. CHAPTER XIV. AT THE TRAP, AND ELSEWHERE. CHAPTER XV. AT THE HALL. CHAPTER XVI. SKETCHES THE COURT TO WHICH THE HON. MR. CROW WAS ACCREDITED AS AMBASSADOR. CHAPTER XVII. CROW MAKES A SPEECH ON THE STAMP ACT AND SUFFERS THE FATE OF POPULARITY SEEKERS. CHAPTER XVIII. HOW THE AMBASSADOR WAS UNHORSED AND THEN HORSED. CHAPTER XIX. IN WHICH A CHARIOT AND FOUR HORSES COMES TO THE RESCUE. CHAPTER XX. THE AUTHOR OF THE MS. EXPLAINS SUNDRY THINGS PERTINENT TO THIS HISTORY. CHAPTER XXI. HOW THE WHOLE COLONY OF VIRGINIA WENT TO THE JAMESTOWN RACES, AND WHAT ENSUED. CHAPTER XXII. SHADOWS OF THE PAST: SOMEWHAT GROTESQUE CHAPTER XXIII. IL SEGRETO PER ESSER FELICE. CHAPTER XXIV. HOW THE SEIGNEUR MORT-REYNARD PREACHED AND PRACTISED. CHAPTER XXV. GENERALSHIP OF DON MOUSTACHIO. CHAPTER XXVI. HOW HENRIETTA RETURNED THE DIAMOND NECKLACE. CHAPTER XXVII. THE TWO TREES. CHAPTER XXVIII. IN WHICH THE HISTORY DESCENDS TO THE LOVES OF CORYDONS AND PHILLISES IN ARCADY. CHAPTER XXIX. VISITORS. CHAPTER XXX. UTOPIAN DREAMS. CHAPTER XXXI. HOW THE PARSON CURSED THE CAPTAIN BOTH IN LATIN AND FRENCH. CHAPTER XXXII. HOW THE CAPTAIN PROVED THAT LANKY WAS A GREAT NOBLEMAN IN DISGUISE. CHAPTER XXXIII. GRAND MUSTER OF THE CORNSTALK REGIMENT. CHAPTER XXXIV HOW MR. CROW WAS TRIED FOR UNOFFICER-LIKE CONDUCT, WITH OTHER INCIDENTS OF A FOREST PICNIC. CHAPTER XXXV THE SEIGNEUR MORT-REYNARD TAKES HIS REVENGE UPON DON MOUSTACHIO. CHAPTER XXXVI. THE SEIGNEUR MORT-REYNARD CATCHES A TARTAR. CHAPTER XXXVII. A COUNTRY CHURCH IN 1765. CHAPTER XXXVIII. THE CHILD AND THE PORTRAIT. CHAPTER XXXIX. HOW CAPTAIN WATERS WAS CHALLENGED TO MORTAL COMBAT. CHAPTER XL ON THE GROUND. CHAPTER XLI. WHICH THE READER SHOULD BY NO MEANS OMIT READING. CHAPTER XLII. HOW CAPTAIN RALPH AND HENRIETTA TOOK A DRIVE TOGETHER, AND WHAT FOLLOWED. CHAPTER XLIII. IN WHICH MR. EFFINGHAM STARTS WITH ASTONISHMENT. CHAPTER XLIV. DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF DR. MORT-REYNARD. CHAPTER XLV. ON A MAY EVENING. CHAPTER XLVI. THE HURRICANE COMMENCES. CHAPTER XLVII. IN WHICH THE AUTHOR OF THE MS. OMITS DESCRIBING FOUR WEDDINGS. Back matter D. APPLETON & CO. , 346 & 348 BROADWAY, NEW-YORK, Have just published THE Flush Times of Mississippi and Alabama, By JOSEPH G. BALDWIN. SIXTH EDITION. (SEVEN THOUSAND COPIES SOLD WORKS BY MISS SEWELL, PUBLISHED BY D. APPLETON & COMPANY. POPULAR BOOKS FOR DOMESTIC READING PUBLISHED BY D. APPLETON & CO.