TO ALEXANDER SPENCER, ESQ.

If the public would only prove as indulgent to the faults and demerits of this volume as You have ever been to those of him who wrote it, I should be as sanguine of its success as I am now happy in dedicating it to the Oldest Friend I

HAVE IN THE WORLD.

Ever yours, most affectionately,

Charles Lever.

Schloss-Riedenburg, Tyrol,

June 20, 1847.

CONTENTS

PREFACE.
THE KNIGHT OF GWYNNE.
CHAPTER I. A FIRESIDE GROUP
CHAPTER II. A TRAVELLING ACQUAINTANCE
CHAPTER III. GWYNNE ABBEY
CHAPTER IV. THE DINNER-PARTY
CHAPTER V. AN AFTER-DINNER STORY
CHAPTER VI. A MESSAGE
CHAPTER VII. A MOTHER AND DAUGHTER
CHAPTER VIII. THE “HEAD” OF A FAMILY
CHAPTER IX. "DALY'S.”
CHAPTER X. AN INTRIGUE DETECTED
CHAPTER XI. THE KNIGHT AND HIS AGENT
CHAPTER XII. A FIRST VISIT
CHAPTER XIII. A TREATY REJECTED
CHAPTER XIV. "THE MECHANISM OP CORRUPTION”
CHAPTER XV. THE KNIGHT'S NOTIONS OF FINANCE
CHAPTER XVI. A HURRIED VISIT
CHAPTER XVII. BAGENAL DALY'S JOURNEY TO DUBLIN
CHAPTER XVIII. LORD CASTLEREAGH'S DINNER-PARTY
CHAPTER XIX. A DAY OF EXCITEMENT
CHAPTER XX. THE ADJOURNED DEBATE
CHAPTER XXI. TWO OF A TRADE
CHAPTER XXII. "A WARNING” AND “A PARTING.”
CHAPTER XXIII. SOME SAD REVELATIONS
CHAPTER XXIV. A GLANCE AT “THE FULL MOON.”
CHAPTER XXV. BAGENAL DALY'S COUNSELS
CHAPTER XXVI. "THE CORVY.”
CHAPTER XXVII. THE KNIGHT'S RETURN
CHAPTER XXVIIII. THE HUNT-BREAKFAST
CHAPTER XXIX. THE HUNT
CHAPTER XXX. BAGENAL DALY'S VISITORS
CHAPTER XXXI. "A LEAVE-TAKING.”
CHAPTER XXXII. "SAD DISCLOSURES.”
CHAPTER XXXIII. TATE SULLIVAN'S FAREWELL
CHAPTER XXXIV. A GLANCE AT PUBLIC OPINION IN THE YEAR 1800
CHAPTER XXXV. BAGENAL DALY'S RETURN
CHAPTER XXXVI. THE LAW AND ITS CHANCES
CHAPTER XXXVII. A SCENE OF HOME