The Adventures of Ferdinand Count Fathom — Complete

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SOME SAGE OBSERVATIONS THAT NATURALLY INTRODUCE OUR IMPORTANT HISTORY

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A SUPERFICIAL VIEW OF OUR HERO’S INFANCY

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HE IS INITIATED IN A MILITARY LIFE, AND HAS THE GOOD FORTUNE TO ACQUIRE A GENEROUS PATRON

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HIS MOTHERS PROWESS AND DEATH; TOGETHER WITH SOME INSTANCES OF HIS OWN SAGACITY

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A BRIEF DETAIL OF HIS EDUCATION

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HE MEDITATES SCHEMES OF IMPORTANCE

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ENGAGES IN PARTNERSHIP WITH A FEMALE ASSOCIATE, IN ORDER TO PUT HIS TALENTS IN ACTION

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THEIR FIRST ATTEMPT; WITH A DIGRESSION WHICH SOME READERS MAY THINK IMPERTINENT

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THE CONFEDERATES CHANGE THEIR BATTERY, AND ACHIEVE A REMARKABLE ADVENTURE

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HEY PROCEED TO LEVY CONTRIBUTIONS WITH GREAT SUCCESS, UNTIL OUR HERO SETS OUT WITH THE YOUNG COUNT FOR VIENNA, WHERE HE ENTERS INTO LEAGUE WITH ANOTHER ADVENTURER

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FATHOM MAKES VARIOUS EFFORTS IN THE WORLD OF GALLANTRY

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HE EFFECTS A LODGMENT IN THE HOUSE OF A RICH JEWELLER

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HE IS EXPOSED TO A MOST PERILOUS INCIDENT IN THE COURSE OF HIS INTRIGUE WITH THE DAUGHTER

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HE IS REDUCED TO A DREADFUL DILEMMA, IN CONSEQUENCE OF AN ASSIGNATION WITH THE WIFE

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BUT AT LENGTH SUCCEEDS IN HIS ATTEMPT UPON BOTH.

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HIS SUCCESS BEGETS A BLIND SECURITY, BY WHICH HE IS ONCE AGAIN WELL-NIGH ENTRAPPED IN HIS DULCINEA’S APARTMENT

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THE STEP-DAMES SUSPICIONS BEING AWAKENED, SHE LAYS A SNARE FOR OUR ADVENTURER, FROM WHICH HE IS DELIVERED BY THE INTERPOSITION OF HIS GOOD GENIUS

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OUR HERO DEPARTS FROM VIENNA, AND QUITS THE DOMAIN OF VENUS FOR THE ROUGH FIELD OF MARS

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HE PUTS HIMSELF UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF HIS ASSOCIATE, AND STUMBLES UPON THE FRENCH CAMP, WHERE HE FINISHES HIS MILITARY CAREER

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HE PREPARES A STRATAGEM BUT FINDS HIMSELF COUNTERMINED—PROCEEDS ON HIS JOURNEY, AND IS OVERTAKEN BY A TERRIBLE TEMPEST

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HE FALLS UPON SCYLLA, SEEKING TO AVOID CHARYBDIS

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HE ARRIVES AT PARIS, AND IS PLEASED WITH HIS RECEPTION

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ACQUITS HIMSELF WITH ADDRESS IN A NOCTURNAL RIOT

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HE OVERLOOKS THE ADVANCES OF HIS FRIENDS, AND SMARTS SEVERELY FOR HIS NEGLECT

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HE BEARS HIS FATE LIKE A PHILOSOPHER; AND CONTRACTS ACQUAINTANCE WITH A VERY REMARKABLE PERSONAGE

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THE HISTORY OF THE NOBLE CASTILIAN

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A FLAGRANT INSTANCE OF FATHOM’S VIRTUE, IN THE MANNER OF HIS RETREAT TO ENGLAND

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SOME ACCOUNT OF HIS FELLOW-TRAVELLERS

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ANOTHER PROVIDENTIAL DELIVERANCE FROM THE EFFECTS OF THE SMUGGLERS INGENIOUS CONJECTURE

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THE SINGULAR MANNER OF FATHOM’S ATTACK AND TRIUMPH OVER THE VIRTUE OF THE FAIR ELENOR

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HE BY ACCIDENT ENCOUNTERS HIS OLD FRIEND, WITH WHOM HE HOLDS A CONFERENCE, AND RENEWS A TREATY

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HE APPEARS IN THE GREAT WORLD WITH UNIVERSAL APPLAUSE AND ADMIRATION

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HE ATTRACTS THE ENVY AND ILL OFFICES OF THE MINOR KNIGHTS OF HIS OWN ORDER, OVER WHOM HE OBTAINS A COMPLETE VICTORY

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HE PERFORMS ANOTHER EXPLOIT, THAT CONVEYS A TRUE IDEA OF HIS GRATITUDE AND HONOUR

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HE REPAIRS TO BRISTOL SPRING, WHERE HE REIGNS PARAMOUNT DURING THE WHOLE SEASON

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HE IS SMITTEN WITH THE CHARMS OF A FEMALE ADVENTURER, WHOSE ALLUREMENTS SUBJECT HIM TO A NEW VICISSITUDE OF FORTUNE

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FRESH CAUSE FOR EXERTING HIS EQUANIMITY AND FORTITUDE

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THE BITER IS BIT

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OUR ADVENTURER IS MADE ACQUAINTED WITH A NEW SCENE OF LIFE

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HE CONTEMPLATES MAJESTY AND ITS SATELLITES IN ECLIPSE

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ONE QUARREL IS COMPROMISED, AND ANOTHER DECIDED BY UNUSUAL ARMS

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AN UNEXPECTED RENCONTRE, AND A HAPPY REVOLUTION IN THE AFFAIRS OF OUR ADVENTURER

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FATHOM JUSTIFIES THE PROVERB WHAT BRED IN THE BONE WILL NEVER COME OUT OF THE FLESH

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ANECDOTES OF POVERTY, AND EXPERIMENTS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THOSE WHOM IT MAY CONCERN

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RENALDOS DISTRESS DEEPENS, AND FATHOMS PLOT THICKENS

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OUR ADVENTURER BECOMES ABSOLUTE IN HIS POWER OVER THE PASSIONS OF HIS FRIEND, AND EFFECTS ONE HALF OF HIS AIM

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THE ART OF BORROWING FURTHER EXPLAINED, AND AN ACCOUNT OF A STRANGE PHENOMENON

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COUNT FATHOM UNMASKS HIS BATTERY; IS REPULSED; AND VARIES HIS OPERATIONS WITHOUT EFFECT

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MONIMIAS HONOUR IS PROTECTED BY THE INTERPOSITION OF HEAVEN

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FATHOM SHIFTS THE SCENE, AND APPEARS IN A NEW CHARACTER

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TRIUMPHS OVER A MEDICAL RIVAL

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REPAIRS TO THE METROPOLIS, AND ENROLS HIMSELF AMONG THE SONS OF PAEAN

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ACQUIRES EMPLOYMENT IN CONSEQUENCE OF A LUCKY MISCARRIAGE

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HIS ECLIPSE, AND GRADUAL DECLINATION

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AFTER DIVERS UNSUCCESSFUL EFFORTS, HE HAS RECOURSE TO THE MATRIMONIAL NOOSE

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IN WHICH HIS FORTUNE IS EFFECTUALLY STRANGLED

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FATHOM BEING SAFELY HOUSED, THE READER IS ENTERTAINED WITH A RETROSPECT

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RENALDO ABRIDGES THE PROCEEDINGS AT LAW, AND APPROVES HIMSELF THE SON OF HIS FATHER

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HE IS THE MESSENGER OF HAPPINESS TO HIS SISTER, WHO REMOVES THE FILM WHICH HAD LONG OBSTRUCTED HIS PENETRATION, WITH REGARD TO COUNT FATHOM

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HE RECOMPENSES THE ATTACHMENT OF HIS FRIEND; AND RECEIVES A LETTER THAT REDUCES HIM TO THE VERGE OF DEATH AND DISTRACTION

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RENALDO MEETS WITH A LIVING MONUMENT OF JUSTICE, AND ENCOUNTERS A PERSONAGE OF SOME NOTE IN THESE MEMOIRS

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HIS RETURN TO ENGLAND, AND MIDNIGHT PILGRIMAGE TO MONIMIAS TOMB

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HE RENEWS THE RITES OF SORROW, AND IS ENTRANCED

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THE MYSTERY UNFOLDED ANOTHER RECOGNITION, WHICH, IT IS TO BE HOPED, THE READER COULD NOT FORESEE

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A RETROSPECTIVE LINK, NECESSARY FOR THE CONCATENATION OF THESE MEMOIRS

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THE HISTORY DRAWS NEAR A PERIOD

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THE LONGEST AND THE LAST

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