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Title: The Amateur Gentleman
Author: Jeffery Farnol
Illustrator: Herman Pfeifer
Posting Date: November 3, 2011 [EBook #9879] Release Date: February, 2006 First Posted: October 27, 2003
Language: English
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THE AMATEUR GENTLEMAN
BY
JEFFERY FARNOL
AUTHOR OF "THE BROAD HIGHWAY"
WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY
HERMAN PFEIFER
TO MY FATHER WHO HAS EVER CHOSEN THE "HARDER WAY,"
WHICH IS A PATH THAT CAN BE TRODDEN ONLY BY THE FOOT OF A MAN
CONTENTS
CHAPTER
I In which Barnabas Knocks Down his Father, though as Dutifully as
may be.
II In which is Much Unpleasing Matter regarding Silk Purses, Sows'
Ears, Men, and Gentlemen.
III How Barnabas Set Out for London Town.
IV How Barnabas Fell In with a Pedler of Books, and Purchased a
"Priceless Wollum".
V In which the Historian Sees Fit to Introduce a Lady of Quality;
and Further Narrates How Barnabas Tore a Wonderful Bottle-green
Coat.
VI Of the Bewitchment of Black Eyelashes; and of a Fateful Lace
Handkerchief
VII In which may be Found Divers Rules and Maxims for the Art of
Bowing.
VIII Concerning the Captain's Arm, the Bo'sun's Leg, and the
"Belisarius," Seventy-four.
IX Which Concerns Itself, among Other Matters, with the Virtues
of a Pair of Stocks and the Perversity of Fathers.
X Which Describes a Peripatetic Conversation.
XI In which Fists are Clenched; and of a Selfish Man, who was an
Apostle of Peace.
XII Of the Stranger's Tale, which, being Short, may perhaps Meet
