Jan of the Windmill

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• Publisher: The Floating Press
• eBook ISBN:
  9781776593637
• Year: 2015

Table of contents

• JAN OF THE WINDMILL
• Contents
• Chapter I - The Windmiller's Wife.—Strangers.—Ten Shillings a Week.—The Little Jan
• Chapter II - The Miller's Calculations.—His Hopes and Fears.—The Nurse-Boy.—Calm
• Chapter III - The Windmiller's Words Come True.—The Red Shawl.—In the Clouds.— Nursing V. Pig-Minding.—The Round-House.—The Miller's Thumb
• Chapter IV - Black as Slans.—Vair and Voolish.—The Miller and His Man
• Chapter V - The Pocket-Book and the Family Bible.—Five Pounds' Reward
• Chapter VI - George Goes Courting.—George as an Enemy.—George as a Friend.— Abel Plays School-Master.—The Love-Letter.—Moerdyk.—The Miller-Moth.—An Ancient Ditty
• Chapter VII - Abel Goes to School Again.—Dame Datchett.—A Column of Spelling.— Abel Plays Moocher.—The Miller's Man Cannot Make up His Mind
• Chapter VIII - Visitors at the Mill.—A Windmiller of the Third Generation.—Cure for Whooping-Cough.—Miss Amabel Adeline Ammaby.—Doctors Disagree
• Chapter IX - Gentry Born.—Learning Lost.—Jan's Bedfellow.—Amabel
• Chapter X - Abel at Home.—Jan Objects to the Miller's Man.—The Alphabet.—The Cheap Jack.—"Pitchers"
• Chapter XI - Scarecrows and Men.—Jan Refuses to "Make Gearge."—Uncanny.—"Jan's Off."—The Moon and the Clouds
• Chapter XII - The White Horse.—Comrogues.—Moerdyk.—George Confides in the Cheap Jack—With Reservation
• Chapter XIII - George as a Moneyed Man.—Sal.—The "White Horse."— The Wedding.— The Windmiller's Wife Forgets, and Remembers Too Late
• Chapter XIV - Sublunary Art.—Jan Goes to School.—Dame Datchett at Home.—Jan's First School Scrape.—Jan Defends Himself
• Chapter XV - Willum Gives Jan Some Advice.—The Clock Face.—The Hornet and the Dame.—Jan Draws Pigs.—Jan and His Patrons.—Kitty Chuter.—The Fight.—Master Chuter's Prediction
• Chapter XVI - The Mop.—The Shop.—What the Cheap Jack's Wife Had to Tell.—What George Withheld
• Chapter XVII - The Miller's Man at the Mop.—A Lively Companion.—Sal Loses Her Purse.—The Recruiting Sergeant.—The Pocket-Book Twice Stolen.— George in the King's Arms.—George in the King's Service.—The Letter Changes Hands, but Keeps its Secret
• Chapter XVIII - Midsummer Holidays.—Child Fancies.—Jan and the Pig-Minder.—Master Salter at Home.—Jan Hires Himself Out
• Chapter XIX - The Blue Coat.—Pig-Minding and Tree-Studying.—Leaf-Paintings.—A Stranger.—Master Swift is Disappointed
• Chapter XX - Squire Ammaby and His Daughter.—The Cheap Jack Does Business Once More.—The White Horse Changes Masters
• Chapter XXI - Master Swift at Home.—Rufus.—The Ex-Pig-Minder.—Jan and the Schoolmaster
• Chapter XXII - The Parish Church.—Rembrandt.—The Snow Scene.—Master Swift's Autobiography
• Chapter XXIII - The White Horse in Clover.—Amabel and Her Guardians.—Amabel in the Wood.—Bogy
• Chapter XXIV - The Paint-Box.—Master Linseed's Shop.—The New Sign-Board.—Master Swift as Will Scarlet
• Chapter XXV - Sanitary Inspectors.—The Pestilence.—The Parson.—The Doctor.—The Squire and the Schoolmaster.—Desolation at the Windmill.—The Second Advent
• Chapter XXVI - The Beasts of the Village.—Abel Sickens.—The Good Shepherd.—Rufus Plays the Philanthropist.—Master Swift Sees the Sun Rise.—The Death of the Righteous
• Chapter XXVII - Jan Has the Fever.—Convalescence in Master Swift's Cottage.—The Squire on Demoralization
• Chapter XXVIII - Mr. Ford's Client.—The History of Jan's Father—Amabel and Bogy the Second
• Chapter XXIX - Jan Fulfils Abel's Charge.—Son of the Mill.—The Large-Mouthed Woman
• Chapter XXX - Jan's Prospects and Master Swift's Plans.—Tea and Milton.—New Parents.—Parting with Rufus.—Jan is Kidnapped
• Chapter XXXI - Screeving.—An Old Song.—Mr. Ford's Client.—The Penny Gaff.—Jan Runs Away
• Chapter XXXII - The Baker.—On and on.—The Church Bell.—A Digression.—A Familiar Hymn.—The Boys' Home
• Chapter XXXIII - The Business Man and the Painter.—Pictures and Pot Boilers.— Cimabue and Giotto.—The Salmon-Colored Omnibus
• Chapter XXXIV - A Choice of Vocations.—Recreation Hour.—The Bow Legged Boy.— Drawing by Heart.—Giotto
• Chapter XXXV - "Without Character?"—The Widow.—The Bow-Legged Boy Takes Service.- -Studios and Painters
• Chapter XXXVI - The Miller's Letter.—A New Pot Boiler Sold
• Chapter XXXVII - Sunshine After Storm
• Chapter XXXVIII - A Painter's Education.—Master Chuter's Port.—A Farewell Feast.— The Sleep of the Just
• Chapter XXXIX - George Again.—The Painter's Advice.—"Home Brewed" at the Heart of Oak.—Jan Changes the Painter's Mind
• Chapter XL - D'Arcy Sees Bogy.—The Academy.—The Painter's Picture
• Chapter XLI - The Detective.—The "Jook."—Jan Stands by His Mother's Grave.—His After History
• Chapter XLII - Conclusion
• Endnotes