INTRODUCTION

CHAPTER

I In which certain Personages of this delightful History are
introduced to the Reader’s Acquaintance

II In which the Hero of these Adventures makes his First
Appearance on the Stage of Action

III Which the Reader, on perusal, may wish were Chapter the last

IV In which it appears that the Knight, when heartily set in for
sleeping, was not easily disturbed

V In which this Recapitulation draws to a close

VI In which the Reader will perceive that in some Cases Madness
is catching

VII In which the Knight resumes his Importance

VIII Which is within a hair’s-breadth of proving highly
interesting will interest the Curiosity of the Reader

IX Which may serve to show, that true Patriotism is of no Party

X Which showeth that he who plays at Bowls, will sometimes meet
with Rubbers

XI Description of a modern Magistrate

XII Which shows there are more Ways to kill a Dog than Hanging

XIII In which our Knight is tantalised with a transient Glimpse
of Felicity

XIV Which shows that a Man cannot always sip, when the Cup is
at his Lip

XV Exhibiting an Interview, which, it is to be hoped, will
interest the Curiosity of the Reader

XVI Which, it is to be hoped, the Reader will find an agreeable
Medley of Mirth and Madness, Sense and Absurdity

XVII Containing Adventures of Chivalry equally new and surprising

XVIII In which the Rays of Chivalry shine with renovated Lustre

XIX Containing the Achievements of the Knights of the Griffin and
Crescent

XX In which our Hero descends into the Mansions of the Damned

XXI Containing further Anecdotes relating to the Children of
Wretchedness

XXII In which Captain Crowe is sublimed into the Regions of
Astrology

XXIII In which the Clouds that cover the Catastrophe begin to
disperse

XXIV The Knot that puzzles human Wisdom, the Hand of Fortune
sometimes will untie familiar as her Garter

XXV Which, it is to be hoped, will be, on more accounts than one,
agreeable to the Reader