PART I.

TO DOCTOR

CHAPTER ONE. Some sage Observations that naturally introduce our important History

CHAPTER TWO. A superficial View of our Hero’s Infancy

CHAPTER THREE. He is initiated in a Military Life, and has the good Fortune to acquire a generous Patron

CHAPTER FOUR. His Mother’s Prowess and Death; together with some Instances of his own Sagacity

CHAPTER FIVE. A brief Detail of his Education

CHAPTER SIX. He meditates Schemes of Importance

CHAPTER SEVEN. Engages in Partnership with a female Associate, in order to put his Talents in Action

CHAPTER EIGHT. Their first Attempt; with a Digression which some Readers may think impertinent

CHAPTER NINE. The Confederates change their Battery, and achieve a remarkable Adventure

CHAPTER TEN. They proceed to levy Contributions with great Success, until our Hero sets out with the young Count for Vienna, where he enters into League with another Adventurer

CHAPTER ELEVEN. Fathom makes various Efforts in the World of Gallantry

CHAPTER TWELVE. He effects a Lodgment in the House of a rich Jeweller

CHAPTER THIRTEEN. He is exposed to a most perilous Incident in the Course of his Intrigue with the Daughter

CHAPTER FOURTEEN. He is reduced to a dreadful Dilemma, in consequence of an Assignation with the Wife

CHAPTER FIFTEEN. But at length succeeds in his Attempt upon both

CHAPTER SIXTEEN. His Success begets a blind Security, by which he is once again well-nigh entrapped in his Dulcinea’s Apartment

CHAPTER SEVENTEEN. The Step-dame’s Suspicions being awakened, she lays a Snare for our Adventurer, from which he is delivered by the Interposition of his Good Genius

CHAPTER EIGHTEEN. Our Hero departs from Vienna, and quits the Domain of Venus for the rough Field of Mars

CHAPTER NINETEEN. He puts himself under the Guidance of his Associate, and stumbles upon the French Camp, where he finishes his Military Career

CHAPTER TWENTY. He prepares a Stratagem, but finds himself countermined—Proceeds on his Journey, and is overtaken by a terrible Tempest

CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE. He falls upon Scylla, seeking to avoid Charybdis.

CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO. He arrives at Paris, and is pleased with his Reception

CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE. Acquits himself with Address in a Nocturnal Riot

CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR. He overlooks the Advances of his Friends, and smarts severely for his Neglect

CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE. He bears his Fate like a Philosopher; and contracts acquaintance with a very remarkable Personage

CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX. The History of the Noble Castilian

CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN. A flagrant Instance of Fathom’s Virtue, in the Manner of his Retreat to England

CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT. Some Account of his Fellow-Travellers

CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE. Another providential Deliverance from the Effects of the Smuggler’s ingenious Conjecture

CHAPTER THIRTY. The singular Manner of Fathom’s Attack and Triumph over the Virtue of the fair Elenor

CHAPTER THIRTY-ONE. He by accident encounters his old Friend, with whom he holds a Conference, and renews a Treaty

CHAPTER THIRTY-TWO. He appears in the great World with universal Applause and Admiration

CHAPTER THIRTY-THREE. He attracts the Envy and Ill Offices of the minor Knights of his own Order, over whom he obtains a complete Victory

CHAPTER THIRTY-FOUR. He attracts the Envy and Ill Offices of the minor Knights of his own Order, over whom he obtains a complete Victory

CHAPTER THIRTY-FIVE. He repairs to Bristol Spring, where he reigns paramount during the whole Season

CHAPTER THIRTY-SIX. He repairs to Bristol Spring, where he reigns paramount during the whole Season

CHAPTER THIRTY-SEVEN. He repairs to Bristol Spring, where he reigns paramount during the whole Season

CHAPTER THIRTY-EIGHT. The Biter is Bit