Willis, Nathaniel Parker, 1806-1867 [1850], People I have met, or, Pictures of society and people of mark, drawn under a thin veil of fiction (Baker & Scribner, New York) [word count] [eaf421].

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People I Have Met; or, Pictures of Society and People of Mark, Drawn under a Thin Veil of Fiction

Front Matter Front matter Covers, Edges and Spine Preliminaries Title Page Acknowledgment PREFACE. Preliminaries CONTENTS. Main text A REVELATION OF A PREVIOUS LIFE. THE PHANTOM-HEAD UPON THE TABLE. CHAPTER I. SHOWING THE HUMILIATION OF THE BARRIERS OF HIGH-LIFE. CHAPTER II. SHOWING A GENTLEMAN'S NEED OF A HORSE. CHAPTER III. SHOWING WHAT MAKES A HORSE-STEALER A GENTLEMAN. CHAPTER IV. GETTING TO WINDWARD. CHAPTER I. CHAPTER II. TWO BUCKETS IN A WELL. LIGHT VERVAIN. BROWN'S DAY WITH THE MIMPSON'S. MR. AND MRS. FOLLETT; OR, THE DANGERS OF MEDDLING WITH MARRIED PEOPLE. LADY RAVELGOLD. CHAPTER I. CHAPTER II. CHAPTER III. CHAPTER IV. CHAPTER V. CHAPTER VI. KATE CREDIFORD. FLIRTATION AND FOX-CHASING. BEWARE OF DOGS AND WALTZING. THE REVENGE OF THE SIGNOR BASIL. LOVE AND DIPLOMACY. THE MAD HOUSE OF PALERMO. AN UP-TOWN CRISIS; OR, MRS. LUTHER LEATHERS'S FIRST “FRIDAY MORNING. ” THE ICY VEIL; OR, THE KEYS TO THREE HEARTS THOUGHT COLD. BORN TO LOVE PIGS AND CHICKENS. THOSE UNGRATEFUL BLIDGIMSES. BELLES OF NEW YORK. Back matter