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CONTENTS. LIST OF THE CHAPTERS. 1. A considerable Sensation on the Quay at Calais: its Cause; and other particulars ‘ntimately connected’ with certain L[llustrious Characters. II. Mr. Samuel Weller’s Opinion on Divers Matters connected with the French, and the particulars of a French Luncheon, or Dejeuner-a-la Fourchette. Ill. Mr. Wellcr’s Letter to his Wife.—The Reader is introduced to a Young Gentleman who is well acquainted with the World.—Mr. Weller’s Adventure at the Theatre. IV. A variety of Adventures through which Mr. Weller passes; and the highly satisfactory, as well as truly novel and original manner, in which he accounts for them. V. Mr. Weller is extricated from his Difficulties.—The handsome Con- duct of the Commissary of Police.—Mr. Crashem instructs Mr. Winkle in a cheap and innocent Morning’s Amusement. VI. The Travellers commence their French Tour.—The Interior of a Dili- gence.—A Table-d’hote, at which an extraordinary degree of Piety is manifested by Mr. Pickwick.—The Gendarme. VII. The Gendarme’s Tale.—His early Reminiscence.—Hector Dumont.— The Prefect of Police.—How he becomes a Gendarme. VIII. Mr. Snodgrass proves himself to be a Poet.—Particulars related in | ' Mr. Pickwick’s Journal.—Meurice’s Hotel in Paris.—Mr. Tims and Mr. Sugden. IX. An elegant Patomime, vulgarly called ‘‘a Lark,’”’ got up and enacted by Mr. Adolphus Crashem and Mr. Tims.—A party of Gentlemen obligingly supply Mr. Crashem with Lodgings gratis. X. Mr. Samuel Weller is nominated Ambassador Plenipotentiary be- tween Mr. Pickwick and M. Cailliez.—Mr. Tupman and Mr. Boozie visit the Palais Royal.—Love at First Sight.—A Breach between two Great Men. \ XI. A few comments on the Breach mentioned in the last Chapter.—The Table-d’hote at Meurice’s Hotel in Paris.—Mr. Pickwick, accompa- nied by Mr. Winkle and Mr. Boozie, visits Mr. Adolphus Crashem in his New Quarters.—Mr. Lipman and Mr. Jopling. XII. Mr. Tracy Tupman forms an Acquaintance with a Systematic Gentle man, often quoted in modern times, but never before introduced to the Reader in any Publication.—The Soirée and its consequences. XIII. An Interesting Means of Diversion is proposed by Mr. Hook Walker --Mr. Weller’s Anecdote.—The Obstinacy of French Horses.—The Gendarme is again introduced. . XIV. The Pont Neuf, a Tale-—Mysterious Occurrence.—St. Leon.—The Catastrophe. XV. An Evening at the Ambassador’s.—The Absent Man.—Discrepan- cies between the Usages of French and English Society.—Anec- dotes connected with two Illustrious Personages.—A Deadly Feud, in which Mr. Pickwick is unexpectedly involved. XVI. Mr. Weller’s Opinion of Mr. Adolphus Crashem.—A Morning’s Debauch, and the Way to Discount a Bill_—The Degradation o: a Soldier on the Place Venddme.—The Marseillaise.—A Communi- cation frora M. Dumont.—French Politeness. CORnAICLOOOKS (CO)