The Hillyars and The Burtons

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Contents:

A Note On Old Chelsea Church

Volume I.

I. Mr. Secretary Oxton Thinks Gerty Neville Little Better Than A Fool
II. James Burton's Story: Shows The Disgraceful Lowness Of His Origin
III. James Burton's Story: Cousin Reuben
IV. The Colonial Secretary Sees Snakes And Other Vermin
V. James Burton's Story : The Ghost's Room Is Invaded, And James Puts His Foot Through The Floor
VI. James Burton's Story : The Preliminaries To The Momentous Expedition To Stanlake
VII. The Battle Of Barkers Gap
VIII. James Burton's Story: The Immediate Results Of The Expedition To Stanlake
IX. Sir George Hillyar
X. Erne Makes His Escape From The Brazen Tower
XI. The Secretary Sees Nothing For It But To Submit
XII. Disposes Of Samuel Burton For A Time
XIII. James Burton's Story: The Golden Thread Begins To Run Off The Reel
XIV. The Gleam Of The Autumn Sunset
XV. In Which The Snake Creeps Out Of The Grass
XVI. James Burton's Story: Erne And Emma
XVII. Erne And Reuben
XVIII. James Burton's Story: Reuben And Sir George Hillyar
XIX. Samuel Burton Goes Into The Licensed Victualling Line
XX. James Burton's Story: Reuben Entertains Mysterious And Unsatisfactory Company
XXI. Gerty Goes On The War-Trail
XXII. James Burton's Story: Very Low Company
XXIII. James Burton's Story: The Hilltars And The Burtons Among The Tombs
XXIV. Homeward Bound
XXV. Gertt's First Innings
XXVI. James Burton's Story: James And His Sister Fall Out

Volume II.

I. James Burton's Story: The Ghost Shows A Light For The First Time
II. Affairs At Stanlake
III. James Burton's Story: The Beginning Of The Bad Times
IV. James Burton's Story: In Which Two Great Pieces Of Good Fortune Befall Us—One/Visible, The Other Invisible
V. George Begins To Take A New Interest In Reuben
VI. Gerty's First Hibernation Terminates
VII. James Burton's Story: The Ghost Shows A Light For The Second Time
VIII. Sir George's Escritoire
IX. James Burton's Story: Miss Brown's Troubles Come To An End, While Mr. Erne Hillyar's Fairly Commence
X. Le Roi Est Mort—Vive Le Roi
XI. James Burton's Story: Erne's Nurse
XII. Sir George Hillyar Is Witness For Character
XIII. Uncle Bob Surprises Erne
XIV. The Last Of The Churchyard
XV. Emma's Work Begins
XVI. Emma Astonishes A Good Many People: The Members Or Her Family In Particular
XVII. Emma Gives The Key To The Landlord
XVIII. James Burton's Story : Our Voyage, With A Long Description Of Some Queer Fish That We Saw
XIX. Gerty In Society
XX. The Letter Which Was Not From Mrs. Nalder
XXI. Sir George Hillyar Starts On His Adventure
XXII. James Burton's Story: The Forge Is Lit Up Once More
XXIII. In Which Two Bad Pennies Come Back

Volume III.

I. Trevittick's Latent Madness Begins To Appear
II. Changes In The Romilly Home
III. Feeds The Boar At The Old Frank?
IV. James Burton's Story: The Clayton Ménage
V. Emma's Visit
VI. The Land Sale
VII. The Burnt Hut Company
VIII. The Last of the Forge
IX. Erne Goes On His Adventures
X. James Oxton Goes Out, And Widow North Comes In
XI. Too Late! Too Late!
XII. Husband And Wife
XIII. Gerty's Anabasis
XIV. Samuel Burton Gets A Fright
XV. Samuel Burton's Resolution
XVI. Ex-Secretary Oxton Gets A Lesson
XVII. Something To Do
XVIII. The Backstairs History Of Two Great Coalitions
XIX. Samuel Burton Makes His Last Visit To Stanlake
XX. Sir George And Samuel Close Their
XXI. Reuben's Temptation
XXII. James Burton's Story
XXIII. The Omeo Disaster
XXIV. The Midnight Meeting
XXV. The Sky Brightening
XXVI. Emma's Angelic Ministrations
XXVII. James Burton's Story: Captain Arkwright Goes Back Once More
XXVIII. The Cyclone
XXIX. James Burton's Story: No Answer
XXX. Conclusion
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an excerpt from the PREFACE:

In this story, an uneducated girl, who might I fancy, after a year and a half at a boarding-school, have developed into a very noble lady, is arraigned before the reader, and awaits his judgment.

The charge against her is, that by an overstrained idea of duty, she devoted herself to her brother, and made her lover but a secondary person. I am instructed to reply on her behalf, that in the struggle between inclination and what she considered her duty, she, right or wrong, held by duty at the risk of breaking her own heart.

I suppose that most people have their opinion on the old question between love and duty. We can make no rule about it: we solve it continually, by weighing the circumstances which have forced it upon us, on instinct. With regard to the case of Emuia Burton I shall not state my own conclusions..