CHAPTER
I. An Account of the Family of Esmond of Castlewood Hall
II. Relates how Francis, Fourth Viscount, arrives at Castlewood
III. Whither, in the time of Thomas, Third Viscount,
I had preceded him
as
Page to Isabella
IV. I am placed under a Popish Priest and bred
to that Religion.—
Viscountess
Castlewood
V. My Superiors are engaged in Plots for the Restoration
of King James
II
VI. The Issue of the Plots.—The
Death of Thomas, Third Viscount of
Castlewood;
and the Imprisonment of his Viscountess
VII. I am left at Castlewood an Orphan, and
find most kind Protectors
there
VIII. After Good Fortune comes Evil
IX. I have the Small-pox, and prepare to leave Castlewood
X. I go to Cambridge, and do but little Good there
XI. I come home for a Holiday to Castlewood,
and find a Skeleton in the
House
XII. My Lord Mohun comes among us for no Good
XIII. My Lord leaves us and his Evil behind him
XIV. We ride after him to London
BOOK II.
Contains Mr. Esmond’s military
life, and other matters appertaining
to
the Esmond family.
I. I am in Prison, and Visited, but not Consoled there
II. I come to the End of my Captivity, but not of my Trouble
III. I take the Queen’s Pay in Quin’s Regiment
IV. Recapitulations
V. I go on the Vigo Bay Expedition, taste Salt Water and smell Powder
VI. The 29th December
VII. I am made Welcome at Walcote
VIII. Family Talk
IX. I make the Campaign of 1704
X. An Old Story about a Fool and a Woman
XI. The famous Mr. Joseph Addison
XII. I get a Company in the Campaign of 1706
XIII. I meet an Old Acquaintance in Flanders,
and find my Mother’s Grave
and
my own Cradle there
XIV. The Campaign of 1707, 1708
XV. General Webb wins the Battle of Wynendael
BOOK III.
Containing the end of Mr. Esmond’s adventures in England.
I. I come to an End of my Battles and Bruises
II. I go Home, and harp on the Old String
III. A Paper out of the “Spectator”
IV. Beatrix’s New Suitor
V. Mohun appears for the Last Time in this History
VI. Poor Beatrix