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CONTENTS

OF

THE FIRST VOLUME.


Advertisement, page vii.

Preface, page xi.

Dedication, page xv.

CHAPTER I.

Some account of my family.—My birth and subsequent adventures until I attain my ninth year, page 1.

CHAP. II.

I am taken from school and return to my Grand-parents—Remove to Cambridgeshire—From thence again to London—And a second time to S———shire—Different plans proposed for my settlement in life—Friendship of the Moultrie family—I am sent to Liverpool on liking, page 9.

CHAP. III.

My employment in my new situation—Seduced by an apprentice in the house to neglect my business, and keep irregular hours—Become a frequenter of the Cockpit—Repeated losses at this place induce me to recruit my finances by embezzling my employer's money—Remonstrances on my misconduct producing no effect, am seriously admonished, and sent back to my friends, page 16.