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CONTENTS

PAGE

I

Mr Jabberjee apologises for the unambitious scope of his work; sundry confidences, criticisms, and complaints.
1

II

Some account of Mr Jabberjee's experiences at the Westminster Play.
9

III

Mr Jabberjee gives his views concerning the Laureateship.
18

IV

Containing Mr Jabberjee's Impressions at The Old Masters.
24

V

In which Mr Jabberjee expresses his Opinions on Bicycling as a Pastime.
33

VI

Dealing with his Adventures at Olympia.
42

VII

How Mr Jabberjee risked a Sprat to capture something very like a Whale.
50

VIII

How Mr Jabberjee delivered an Oration at a Ladies' Debating Club.
60

IX

How he saw the practice of the University Crews, and what he thought of it.
69

X

Mr Jabberjee is taken to see a Glove-Fight.
75

XI

Mr Jabberjee finds himself in a position of extreme delicacy.
80

XII

Mr Jabberjee is taken by surprise.
88

XIII

Drawbacks and advantages of being engaged. Some Meditations in a Music-hall, together with notes of certain things that Mr Jabberjee failed to understand.
96

XIV

Mr Jabberjee's fellow-student. What's in a Title? An invitation to a Wedding. Mr J. as a wedding guest, with what he thought of the ceremony, and how he distinguished himself on the occasion.
105

XV

Mr Jabberjee is asked out to dinner. Unreasonable behaviour of his betrothed. His doubts concerning the social advantages of a Boarding Establishment, with some scathing remarks upon ambitious pretenders. He goes out to dinner, and meets a person of some importance.
114

XVI

Mr Jabberjee makes a pilgrimage to the Shrine of Shakespeare.
125

XVII

Containing some intimate confidences from Mr Jabberjee, with the explanation of such apparent indiscretion.
135

XVIII

Mr Jabberjee is a little over-ingenious in his excuses.
138

XIX

Mr Jabberjee tries a fresh tack. His visit to the India Office and sympathetic reception.
146

XX

Mr Jabberjee distinguishes himself in the Bar Examination, but is less successful in other respects. He writes another extremely ingenious epistle, from which he anticipates the happiest results.
155

XXI

Mr Jabberjee halloos before he is quite out of the Wood.
164

XXII

Mr Jabberjee places himself in the hands of a solicitor—with certain reservations.
173

XXIII

Mr Jabberjee delivers his Statement of Defence, and makes his preparations for the North. He allows his patriotic sentiments to get the better of him in a momentary outburst of disloyalty—to which no serious importance need be attached.
182

XXIV

Mr Jabberjee relates his experiences upon the Moors.
190

XXV

Mr Jabberjee concludes the thrilling account of his experiences on a Scotch Moor, greatly to his own glorification.
199

XXVI

Mr Jabberjee expresses some audaciously sceptical opinions. How he secured his first Salmon, with the manner in which he presented it to his divinity.
207

XXVII

Mr Jabberjee is unavoidably compelled to return to town, thereby affording his Solicitor the inestimable benefit of his personal assistance. An apparent attempt to pack the Jury.
216

XXVIII

Mankletow v. Jabberjee. Notes taken by Mr Jabberjee in Court during the proceedings.
225

XXIX

Further proceedings in the Case of Mankletow v. Jabberjee. Mr Jabberjee's Opening for the Defence.
235

XXX

Mankletow v. Jabberjee (part heard). Mr Jabberjee finds cross-examination much less formidable than he had anticipated.
245

XXXI

Mankletow v. Jabberjee (continued). The Defendant brings his Speech to a somewhat unexpected conclusion, and Mr Witherington, Q.C., addresses the Jury in reply.
255

XXXII

Containing the conclusion of the whole matter, and (which many Readers will receive in a spirit of chastened resignation) Mr Jabberjee's final farewell.
265

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

PAGE
"Unaccustomed to dark-complexioned gentlemen." Frontispiece
Baboo Hurry Bungsho Jabberjee, B.A. viii
"Let out! Let out!!" 5
"A golden-headed umbrella, fresh as a rose." 15
"Miss Jessimina Mankletow." 25
"I instantaneously endured the total upset!" 37
"With a large, stout constable." 47
"Was accosted by a polite, agreeable stranger." 51
"A weedy, tall male gentleman." 61
"A beaming simper of indescribable suavity." 81
"I became once more the silent tomb." 91
"In garbage of unparagoned shabbiness." 99
"The spectators saluted me with shouts of joy as the returned Shahzadar." 107
"Some haughty masculine might insult her under my very nose." 115
"It was here," I said, reverently, "that the swan of Avon was hatched!" 129
"Ascended his bicycle with a waggish winkle in his eye." 141
"Pitch it strong, my respectable Sir!" 151
"Huzza! Tol-de-rol-loll!" 157
"A royal command from the Queen-Empress." 169
"Would be greatly improved by the simple addition of some knee-caps." 179
"I am addressed by an underbred street-urchin as a 'Blooming Blacky!'" 187
"Of incredible bashfulness and bucolical appearance." 191
"I presented my trophy and treasure-trove to the fairylike Miss Wee-Wee." 203
"Whether he had wha-haed wi' hon'ble Wallace?" 209
Baboo Chuckerbutty Ram. 219
"Fresh as a daisy, and fine as a carrot fresh scraped." 227
Mr Justice Honeygall. 237
Witherington, Q.C. 247
"Jabberjee's face gradually lengthens." 261

The text and illustrations of this book are reproduced by kind permission of the Proprietors of Punch.

Baboo Hurry Bungsho Jabberjee, B.A.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

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