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English Library

VOL. XII

JACK SHEPPARD A Romance

BY W. Harrison Ainsworth

Internationale Bibliothek G M B H Berlin

1922

"Upon my word, friend," said I, "you have almost made me long to trywhat a robber I should make." "There is a great art in it, if you did,"quoth he. "Ah! but," said I, "there's a great deal in being hanged."

Life and Actions of Guzman d'Alfarache.

CONTENTS.

EPOCH THE FIRST, 1703. JONATHAN WILD.
CHAPTER I.	The Widow and her Child	1
II.	The Old Mint	13
III.	The Master of the Mint	28
IV.	The Roof and the Window	34
V.	The Denunciation	42
VI.	The Storm	51
VII.	Old London Bridge	63
EPOCH THE SECOND, 1715. THAMES DARRELL.
CHAPTER I.	The Idle Apprentice	75
II.	Thames Darrell	88
III.	The Jacobite	95
IV.	Mr. Kneebone and his Friends	99
V.	Hawk and Buzzard	103
VI.	The first Step towards the Ladder	119
VII.	Brother and Sister	131
VIII.	Miching Mallecho	135
IX.	Consequences of the Theft	147
X.	Mother and Son	154
XI.	The Mohocks	160
XII.	Saint Giles's Round-house	167
XIII.	The Magdalene	177
XIV.	The Flash Ken	191
XV.	The Robbery in Willesden Church	198
XVI.	Jonathan Wild's House in the Old Bailey	201
XVII.	The Night-Cellar	211
XVIII.	How Jack Sheppard broke out of the Cage at Willesden	218
XIX.	Good and Evil	224
EPOCH THE THIRD, 1724. THE PRISON-BREAKER.
CHAPTER I.	The Return	231
II.	The Burglary at Dollis Hill	249
III.	Jack Sheppard's Quarrel with Jonathan Wild	254
IV.	Jack Sheppard's Escape from the New Prison	258
V.	The Disguise	261
VI.	Winifred receives two Proposals	278
VII.	Jack Sheppard warns Thames Darrell	284
VIII.	Old Bedlam	291
IX.	Old Newgate	302
X.	How Jack Sheppard got out of the Condemned Hold	310
XI.	Dollis Hill revisited	324
XII.	The Well Hole	336
XIII.	The Supper at Mr. Kneebone's	346
XIV.	How Jack Sheppard was again captured	367
XV.	How Blueskin underwent the Peine Forte et Dure	377
XVI.	How Jack Sheppard's Portrait was painted	385
XVII.	The Iron Bar	397
XVIII.	The Bed Room	400
XIX.	The Chapel	401
XX.	The Leads	405
XXI.	What befell Jack Sheppard in the Turner's House	408
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