By John Arbuthnot, M.D.
INTRODUCTION BY HENRY MORLEY.
AUTHOR'S PREFACE.
THE HISTORY OF JOHN BULL.
CHAPTER I. The Occasion of the Law Suit.
CHAPTER II. How Bull and Frog grew jealous that the Lord Strutt
CHAPTER III. A Copy of Bull and Frog's Letter to Lord Strutt.
CHAPTER IV. How Bull and Frog went to law with Lord Strutt
CHAPTER V. The true characters of John Bull, Nic. Frog, and Hocus.*
CHAPTER VI. Of the various success of the Lawsuit.*
CHAPTER VII. How John Bull was so mightily pleased with his
CHAPTER VIII. How John discovered that Hocus had an Intrigue with his Wife;* and what followed thereupon.
CHAPTER IX. How some Quacks undertook to cure Mrs. Bull of her ulcer.*
CHAPTER X. Of John Bull's second Wife, and the good Advice that she gave him.*
CHAPTER XI. How John looked over his Attorney's Bill.*
CHAPTER XII. How John grew angry, and resolved to accept a
CHAPTER XIII. Mrs. Bull's vindication of the indispensable duty
CHAPTER XIV. The two great Parties of Wives, the Devotos and the Hitts.*
CHAPTER XV. An Account of the Conference between Mrs. Bull and Don Diego.*
CHAPTER XVI. How the guardians of the deceased Mrs. Bull's
CHAPTER XVII. Esquire South's Message and Letter to Mrs. Bull.*
PART II.
THE PUBLISHER'S PREFACE.
CHAPTER I. The Character of John Bull's Mother.*
CHAPTER II. The Character of John Bull's Sister Peg,* with the
CHAPTER III. Jack's Charms,* or the Method by which he gained Peg's Heart.
CHAPTER IV. How the relations reconciled John and his sister
CHAPTER V. Of some Quarrels that happened after Peg was taken into the Family.*
CHAPTER VI. The conversation between John Bull and his wife.*
CHAPTER VII. Of the hard shifts Mrs. Bull was put to preserve
CHAPTER VIII. A continuation of the conversation betwixt John Bull and his wife.
CHAPTER IX. A Copy* of Nic. Frog's Letter to John Bull.
CHAPTER X. Of some extraordinary Things* that passed at the
CHAPTER XI.* The apprehending, examination, and imprisonment of Jack for suspicion of poisoning.
CHAPTER XII. How Jack's friends came to visit him in prison, and what advice they gave him.
CHAPTER XIII. How Jack hanged himself up by the persuasion of
CHAPTER XIV. The Conference between Don Diego and John Bull.
CHAPTER XV. The sequel of the meeting at the "Salutation."*
CHAPTER XVI. How John Bull and Nic. Frog settled their
CHAPTER XVII. How John Bull found all his Family in an Uproar at Home.*
CHAPTER XVIII. How Lewis Baboon came to visit John Bull, and what passed between them. *
CHAPTER XIX. Nic. Frog's letter to John Bull: wherein he
CHAPTER XX. The discourse that passed between Nic. Frog and Esquire South, which John Bull overheard.*
CHAPTER XXI. The rest of Nic.'s fetches to keep John out of Ecclesdown Castle.*
CHAPTER XXII. Of the great joy that John expressed when he got possession of Ecclesdown.*
POSTSCRIPT.
THE HISTORY OF JOHN BULL
