CHAP. PAGE.

I. The Happiness of Stephen the Smith 1

II. The Wager of the Marquis de MÉrosailles 51

III. The Madness of Lord Harry Culverhouse 79

IV. The Courtesy of Christian the Highwayman 100

V. The Sin of the Bishop of Modenstein 131

VI. The Device of Giraldo the Painter 175

VII. The Indifference of the Miller of Hofbau 201

VIII. The Love of the Prince of Glottenberg 226

IX. The Victory of the Grand Duke of Mittenheim 258