Mr Facey Romford's Hounds

Nonsuch Classics

Robert S Surtees, R S Surtees

• Publisher: Nonsuch Publishing
• Year: 2011
• Print ISBN:
  9781845882259
• eBook ISBN:
  9780752471785
• Topic: Literature
• Subtopic: Historical Fiction
• Index: Literature

Facey is a trickster who takes advantage of society's greed and gullibility, and gets away with it. This brisk, entertaining novel is the sequel to Mr Sponge's Sporting Tour.

CONTENTS

	INTRODUCTION TO THE MODERN EDITION
I	OUR HERO—THE WOMAN IN BLACK
II	A FRIEND IN NEED
III	THE SPONGE CIGAR AND BETTING ROOMS
IV	THE BRIGHT IDEA
V	THE H.H., OR, HEAVYSIDE HUNT
VI	GONE AWAY!
VII	MINSHULL VERNON
VIII	THE H.H. HOUNDS
IX	THE DÉBUT
X	OAKENSHAW WOOD
XI	THE TENDER PARTING
XII	MR GOODHEARTED GREEN
XIII	SWIG AND CHOWEY
XIV	CUB HUNTING
XV	MRS ROWLEY ROUNDING
XVI	LUCY ON LEOTARD—THE LADY WHIPPER-IN
XVII	THE FRACAS—THE LARKSPUR HUNT IN DOUBLEIMUPSHIRE
XVIII	THE HONORARY SECRETARY TO THE LARKSPUR HUNT—TURNING OVER A NEW LEAF
XIX	LUCY BAMBOOZLES THE MASTER—INDEPENDENT JIMMY
XX	BELDON HALL—MRS MUSTARD’S MISCELLANY
XXI	MR PROUDLOCK, THE KEEPER—LORD LONNERGAN AND HIS SON, COMMONLY CALLED THE HONOURABLE LOVETIN LONNERGAN
XXII	THE INTERNAL ECONOMY OF BELDON HALL—GOODHEARTED GREEN AGAIN
XXIII	MR AND MRS WILLY WATKINS AND MISS WATKIN...

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title
• Copyright
• Contents
• Introduction to the Modern Edition
• I. Our Hero—The Woman in Black
• II. A Friend in Need
• III. The Sponge Cigar and Betting Rooms
• IV. The Bright Idea
• V. The H.H., or, Heavyside Hunt
• VI. Gone Away!
• VII. Minshull Vernon
• VIII. The H.H. Hounds
• IX. The Début
• X. Oakenshaw Wood
• XI. The Tender Parting
• XII. Mr Goodhearted Green
• XIII. Swig and Chowey
• XIV. Cub Hunting
• XV. Mrs Rowley Rounding
• XVI. Lucy on Leotard—The Lady Whipper-In
• XVII. The Fracas—The Larkspur Hunt in Doubleimupshire
• XVIII. The Honorary Secretary to the Larkspur Hunt—Turning over a New Leaf
• XIX. Lucy Bamboozles the Master—Independent Jimmy
• XX. Beldon Hall—Mrs Mustard’s Miscellany
• XXI. Mr Proudlock, the Keeper—Lord Lonnergan and his Son, Commonly called the Honourable Lovetin Lonnergan
• XXII. The Internal Economy of Beldon Hall—Goodhearted Green Again
• XXIII. Mr and Mrs Willy Watkins and Miss Watkins
• XXIV. The Morning Call
• XXV. Mr Romford’s Début in Doubleimupshire
• XXVI. A Fictitious Fox
• XXVII. A Real Fox
• XXVIII. Mr Hazey and his Boy Bill
• XXIX. Billy Balsam and Bob Short
• XXX. Mr Hazey’ccs Morning Call
• XXXI. Mr and Mrs Watkins Again
• XXXII. Dalberry Lees
• XXXIII. The Dalberry Lees Uproar in Honour of Mr Romford
• XXXIV. The Hunt Breakfast
• XXXV. The Bag Fox
• XXXVI. The Bag Fox Enlarged
• XXXVII. Tarring Neville
• XXXVIII. Mr and Mrs Hazey’s Invitation
• XXXIX. Mr Hazey’s Hospitality
• XL. How to Spell Cat
• XLI. The Hard and Sharp Hounds
• XLII. The Fat Boy of Pickering Nook
• XLIII. Mr Stotfold’s Establishment
• XLIV. Mr Stotfold Arrives at Dalberry Lees
• XLV. The Benicia Boy
• XLVI. The Stag-Hunt
• XLVII. Mr Stanley Sterling
• XLVIII. Mr Stanley Sterling’s Fox
• XLIX. Miss Betsy Shannon—Mr Romford at Home
• L. Mr Fizzer, Confectioner to the Queen
• LI. Mrs Somerville “At Home”
• LII. Mrs Somerville’s Sandwiches
• LIII. The Invasion
• LIV. The Beldon Ball
• LV. Mr Goodhearted Green Again
• LVI. The Infirmary Ball
• LVII. The Countess of Caperington
• LVIII. The Deal
• LIX. The Disaster—The “Lord Hill” Hotel and Posting-House
• LX. Spite of all and Stand Against all
• LXI. The Tenth Milestone on the Larkspur Road
• LXII. The Finish