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BURLESQUES 
by William Makepeace Thackeray 
 
CONTENTS 
NOTES BY EMINENT HANDS. 
George de Barnwell. By Sir E. L. B. L., Bart. 
Codlingsby. By D. Shrewsberry, Esq. 
Phil Fogarty. A Tale of the Fighting Onety-Oneth. By Harry Rollicker 
Barbazure. By G. P. R. Jeames, Esq., etc. 
Lords and Liveries. By the Authoress of "Dukes and Dejeuners," 
"Hearts and Diamonds," "Marchionesses and Milliners," etc., etc. 
Crinoline. By Je-mes Pl-sh, Esq. 
The Stars and Stripes. By the Author of "The Last of the Mulligans,"
"Pilot," etc. 
A Plan for a Prize Novel 
 
THE DIARY OF C. JEAMES DE LA PLUCHE, ESQ., WITH HIS 
LETTERS. 
A Lucky Speculator 
The Diary 
Jeames on Time Bargings 
Jeames on the Gauge Question 
Mr. Jeames Again 
 
THE TREMENDOUS ADVENTURES OF MAJOR GAHAGAN. 
I. "Truth is Strange, Stranger than Fiction" 
II. Allyghur and Laswaree 
III. A Peep into Spain.--Account of the Origin and Services of the 
Ahmednuggar Irregulars 
IV. The Indian Camp--the Sortie from the Fort 
V. The Issue of my Interview with my Wife 
VI. Famine in the Garrison 
VII. The Escape 
VIII. The Captive
IX. Surprise of Futtyghur 
 
A LEGEND OF THE RHINE. 
I. Sir Ludwig of Hombourg 
II. The Godesbergers 
III. The Festival 
IV. The Flight 
V. The Traitor's Doom 
VI. The Confession 
VII. The Sentence 
VIII. The Childe of Godesberg 
IX. The Lady of Windeck 
X. The Battle of the Bowmen 
XI. The Martyr of Love 
XII. The Champion 
XIII. The Marriage 
 
REBECCA AND ROWENA; A ROMANCE UPON ROMANCE. 
CHAPTER 
I.
The Overture--Commencement of the Business 
II. The Last Days of the Lion 
III. St. George for England 
IV. Ivanhoe Redivivus 
V. Ivanhoe to the Rescue 
VI. Ivanhoe the Widower 
VII. The End of the Performance 
 
THE HISTORY OF THE NEXT FRENCH REVOLUTION. 
I. -- 
II. Henry V. and Napoleon III 
III. The Advance of the Pretenders--Historical Review 
IV. The Battle of Rheims 
V. The Battle of Tours 
VI. The English under Jenkins 
VII. The Leaguer of Paris 
VIII. The Battle of the Forts 
IX. Louis XVII 
 
COX'S DIARY. 
The Announcement
First Rout 
A Day with the Surrey Hounds 
The Finishing Touch 
A New Drop-Scene at the Opera 
Striking a Balance 
Down at Beulah 
A Tournament 
Over-Boarded and Under-Lodged 
Notice to Quit 
Law Life Assurance 
Family Bustle 
 
NOVELS BY EMINENT HANDS. 
GEORGE DE BARNWELL 
BY SIR E. L. B. L., BART. 
VOL I. 
In the Morning of Life the Truthful wooed the Beautiful, and their 
offspring was Love. Like his Divine parents, He is eternal. He has his 
Mother's ravishing smile; his Father's steadfast eyes. He rises every