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x CONTENTS. XVII. Mr. Pickwick forms the acquaintance of a Poet.—The Chorus of the Four Winds.—Mr. Boozie. eee visit to a celebrated Frenchman, and its consequences. XVIII. The Visit to St. Cloud.—The ediias! Courier.—Mr. Pickwick, _ though himself a Tory, enters upon an excellent understanding with a Wig.—The Consequence of so Dangerous a Partnership. XIX. This is a short Chapter, in which certain Particulars relative to Mr. Crashem are succinctly detailed. XX. Mr. Scuttle and Mr. Walker are introduced at one and the same time.—Berenger’s celebrated National Air.—The Royal Academy of Music.—Something Marvellously Interesting is left for the next Chapter. XXI. The Public Accuser, a Tale. —Marguerite d’Ermanville.—The Rendez- vous.—The Event. XXII. Mr. Tupman encounters an old Acquaintance. — Mr. Adolphus Crashem again cuts a conspicuous Figure in these Memoirs.— Pecuniary Embarrassments, and the truly Laughable Adventure they engender.—Mr. Tupman adopts a Nove! Costume. XXITI. Mr. Pickwick and Mr. Winkle are informed of Mr. Tupman’s De- parture.—Mrs. Weston’s Soirée.—The truly edifying Conversa- tion, in which Mr. Pickwick engages with Mr. Scuttle and Mr. Septimus Chitty.—The Supper, and other equally Amusing Inc1- dents.—Mr. Weller’s Anecdote. XXIV. The hundred days of the Pickwick zra.—The Supper Party.—Mes- sieurs Peacock and Brandenbergh.—The Repast in the English Fashion.—Something is left for the next Chapter. XXV. The Gambler.—A Tale—The Lost Letter—A Gaming-house in the Palais Royal—Emilie d’Arley—The Desperate Attempt.—M. Vidocq.—The Result. XXVI. Mr. Winkle’s Mistake, and its immediate Consequences.—The Jea- lous Cousin, and the Sojourn in the Cupboard.—Embarrassed Circumstances of Madame de l Amour.—Conversation between Mr. Tupman and Mr. Winkle.—Mr. Lipman’s Song XXVII. A singular conversation that takes place in a Pastry-cook’s Shop. — Mr. Tupman’s reception at the abode of Madame de l Amour.— The Arrival of an old Acquaintance.-—Mr. Winkle interrupts an agreeable discourse.—Mr. Weller’s Anecdote. XXVIII The Chevalier—A Legend of St. Sulpice—Eugenie.—The Lan- guage of Flowers.—The inauspicious Marriage, and the myste- rious conduct of the young Priest.—Suspicions.—The Confes- sional-box. XXIX. Visit to the Louvre.—Mr. Hook Walker confers an Antiquarian Relic upon Mr. Pickwick, and requests a slight service in return. —The White Great-coat, &c.—Victor Hugo’s “ World in Miniature.” XXX. Franconi’s Circus in the Champs Elysees. —Messieurs Branden- bergh and Peacock again introduced to the Reader. — Mr. Weller’s visit to the Office of the English Consul, and the im- pressions he there received. XXXII. Mr. Pickwick’s visit to Mr. Septimus Chitty.—The drive to Su- rene, with various edifying and amusing cOnversations.—Mr. Nassau Siffkin.—Man, the Lord of the Creation. XXXII. The Election.—The convenience of Seats in an Arbour, and of an Ar- bour ina Garden.—A Song.—An accident which leads to a series of unparalleled adventures. XXXIII. Another racy Anecdote by Mr. Samuel Weller.—A visit to a learned Professor, and that learned Professor’s System of Demonstration. —Mr. Coghlan’ s Manuals for Travellers are not always efficient. ‘ CORNICLIOOKS (E©) im