The Newcomes. Memoirs of a Most Respectable Family. Edited by Arthur Pendennis, Esq. The Newcomes. Memoirs of a Most Respectable Family. Table of Contents The Newcomes. Memoirs of a Most Respectable Family......................................................................................1 Edited by Arthur Pendennis, Esq...................................................................................................................2 VOL. I.........................................................................................................................................................................5 CHAPTER I. THE OVERTURE—AFTER WHICH THE CURTAIN RISES UPON A DRINKING CHORUS......................................................................................................................................................6 CHAPTER II. COLONEL NEWCOME'S WILD OATS............................................................................12 CHAPTER III. COLONEL NEWCOME'S LETTER−BOX.......................................................................19 I....................................................................................................................................................................20 II...................................................................................................................................................................21 III..................................................................................................................................................................22 IV.................................................................................................................................................................23 V...................................................................................................................................................................25 VI.................................................................................................................................................................26 CHAPTER IV. IN WHICH THE AUTHOR AND THE HERO RESUME THEIR ACQUAINTANCE.....................................................................................................................................27 CHAPTER V. CLIVE'S UNCLES..............................................................................................................32 CHAPTER VI. NEWCOME BROTHERS..................................................................................................40 CHAPTER VII. IN WHICH MR. CLIVE'S SCHOOL−DAYS ARE OVER.............................................46 CHAPTER VIII. MRS. NEWCOME AT HOME (A SMALL EARLY PARTY)......................................50 CHAPTER IX. MISS HONEYMAN'S........................................................................................................58 CHAPTER X. ETHEL, AND HER RELATIONS......................................................................................65 CHAPTER XI. AT MRS. RIDLEY'S..........................................................................................................71 CHAPTER XII. IN WHICH EVERYBODY IS ASKED TO DINNER.....................................................78 CHAPTER XIII. IN WHICH THOMAS NEWCOME SINGS HIS LAST SONG....................................82 CHAPTER XIV. PARK LANE...................................................................................................................86 CHAPTER XV. THE OLD LADIES..........................................................................................................92 CHAPTER XVI. IN WHICH MR. SHERRICK LETS HIS HOUSE IN FITZROY SQUARE.................97 CHAPTER XVII. A SCHOOL OF ART...................................................................................................100 CHAPTER XVIII. NEW COMPANIONS................................................................................................105 CHAPTER XIX. THE COLONEL AT HOME.........................................................................................108 CHAPTER XX. CONTAINS MORE PARTICULARS OF THE COLONEL AND HIS BRETHREN..............................................................................................................................................112 CHAPTER XXI. IS SENTIMENTAL BUT SHORT................................................................................117 CHAPTER XXII. DESCRIBES A VISIT TO PARIS; WITH ACCIDENTS AND INCIDENTS IN LONDON..................................................................................................................................................122 ARTHUR PENDENNIS, ESQ., TO CLIVE NEWCOME, ESQ..............................................................127 CHAPTER XXIII. IN WHICH WE HEAR A SOPRANO AND A CONTRALTO................................129 CHAPTER XXIV. IN WHICH THE NEWCOME BROTHERS ONCE MORE MEET TOGETHER IN UNITY.................................................................................................................................................136 CHAPTER XXV. IS PASSED IN A PUBLIC−HOUSE..........................................................................143 CHAPTER XXVI. IN WHICH COLONEL NEWCOME'S HORSES ARE SOLD.................................149 CHAPTER XXVII. YOUTH AND SUNSHINE.......................................................................................154 CHAPTER XXVIII. IN WHICH CLIVE BEGINS TO SEE THE WORLD............................................159 CHAPTER XXIX. IN WHICH BARNES COMES A WOOING.............................................................169 CHAPTER XXX. A RETREAT................................................................................................................174 CHAPTER XXXI. MADAME LA DUCHESSE......................................................................................182 CHAPTER XXXII. BARNES'S COURTSHIP.........................................................................................188 CHAPTER XXXIII. LADY KEW AT THE CONGRESS........................................................................192 i The Newcomes. Memoirs of a Most Respectable Family. Table of Contents The Newcomes. Memoirs of a Most Respectable Family. CHAPTER XXXIV. THE END OF THE CONGRESS OF BADEN.......................................................197 CHAPTER XXXV. ACROSS THE ALPS................................................................................................206 CHAPTER XXXVI. IN WHICH M. DE FLORAC IS PROMOTED.......................................................210 CHAPTER XXXVII. RETURNS TO LORD KEW..................................................................................216 CHAPTER XXXVIII. IN WHICH LADY KEW LEAVES HIS LORDSHIP QUITE CONVALESCENT...................................................................................................................................220 VOL. II....................................................................................................................................................................226 CHAPTER I. AMONGST THE PAINTERS............................................................................................227 CHAPTER II. RETURNS FROM ROME TO PALL MALL...................................................................234 CHAPTER III. AN OLD STORY.............................................................................................................239 CHAPTER IV. INJURED INNOCENCE.................................................................................................246 FROM CLIVE NEWCOME, ESQ., TO LIEUT.−COL. NEWCOME, C.B.............................................247 CHAPTER V. RETURNS TO SOME OLD FRIENDS............................................................................254 CHAPTER VI. IN WHICH MR. CHARLES HONEYMAN APPEARS IN AN AMIABLE LIGHT.....260 CHAPTER VII. A STAG OF TEN............................................................................................................267 CHAPTER VIII. THE HôATEL DE FLORAC.........................................................................................271 CHAPTER IX. CONTAINS TWO OR THREE ACTS OF A LITTLE COMEDY.................................277 Conversation II.—Scene 1.........................................................................................................................280 SCENE II...................................................................................................................................................282 Conversation III.........................................................................................................................................284 CHAPTER X. IN WHICH BENEDICK IS A MARRIED MAN.............................................................289 CHAPTER XI. CONTAINS AT LEAST SIX MORE COURSES AND TWO DESSERTS...................294 CHAPTER XII. CLIVE IN NEW QUARTERS........................................................................................299 CHAPTER XIII. AN OLD FRIEND.........................................................................................................303 CHAPTER XIV. FAMILY SECRETS......................................................................................................308 CHAPTER XV. IN WHICH KINSMEN FALL OUT..............................................................................314 CHAPTER XVI. HAS A TRAGICAL ENDING......................................................................................323 CHAPTER XVII. BARNES'S SKELETON