EDITED BY GEORGE SAINTSBURY

IN TWELVE VOLUMES

AMELIA

VOL. I.

AMELIA BY HENRY FIELDING ESQ. [Illustration]

VOL. I.

EDITED BY GEORGE SAINTSBURY WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY HERBERT RAILTON & E. J. WHEELER.

MDCCCXCIII

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CONTENTS OF VOL. I.

INTRODUCTION

DEDICATION TO RALPH ALLEN, ESQ

BOOK I.

CHAPTER I. Containing the exordium, &c.

CHAPTER II. The history sets out. Observations on the excellency of the English constitution and curious examinations before a justice of peace

CHAPTER III. Containing the inside of a prison

CHAPTER IV. Disclosing further secrets of the prison house

CHAPTER V. Containing certain adventures which befel Mr. Booth in the prison

CHAPTER VI. Containing the extraordinary behaviour of Miss Matthews on her meeting with Booth, and some endeavours to prove, by reason and authority, that it is possible for a woman to appear to be what she really is not

CHAPTER VII. In which Miss Matthews begins her history