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FROM THE AUTHOR TO THE READER.

welfare of souls, will be met with kind and patient consideration, as being evidence at least of the writer's hearty desire to contribute to the wellbeing and well-doing of the brethren, and to the peace and stability of the Church in England.

Thine, good Reader, in the earnest hope that you may find pleasure in reading, and profit from the moral of my tales,

THE AUTHOR.

IV. IN FOR A PENNY, IN FOR A POUND

182

V. THE GROWTH OF EXPERIENCE

202

VI. MORE KICKS THAN HALFPENCE

223

VII. OUT OF THE FRYING-PAN INTO THE FIRE

254

The Curate of Cumberworth.

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You will temporize with the hours."

B

Much ado about nothing.