Chapters (17)
- MRS. CAUDLE'S CURTAIN LECTURES
- With Illustrations by JOHN LEECH
- PHILADELPHIA: CAREY AND HART. 1845.
- MRS. CAUDLE'S CURTAIN LECTURES.
- LECTURE I. MR. CAUDLE HAS LENT FIVE POUNDS TO A FRIEND.
- LECTURE II. MR. CAUDLE HAS BEEN AT A TAVERN WITH A FRIEND.
- LECTURE III. MR. CAUDLE JOINS A CLUB,—“THE SKYLARKS.”
- LECTURE IV. MR. CAUDLE HAS BEEN CALLED FROM HIS BED TO BAIL MR. PRETTYMAN FROM THE WATCH-HOUSE.
- LECTURE V. MR. CAUDLE HAS REMAINED DOWN STAIRS TILL PAST ONE, WITH A FRIEND.
- LECTURE VI. MR. CAUDLE HAS LENT AN ACQUAINTANCE THE FAMILY UMBRELLA. MRS. CAUDLE LECTURES THEREON.
- LECTURE VII. MR. CAUDLE HAS VENTURED A REMONSTRANCE ON HIS DAY'S DINNER: COLD MUTTON, AND NO PUDDING. MRS. CAUDLE DEFENDS THE COLD SHOULDER
- LECTURE VIII. CAUDLE HAS BEEN MADE A MASON.—MRS. CAUDLE INDIGNANT AND CURIOUS.
- LECTURE IX. MR. CAUDLE HAS BEEN TO GREENWICH FAIR.
- LECTURE X. ON MR. CAUDLE'S SHIRT-BUTTONS.
- LECTURE XI. MRS. CAUDLE SUGGESTS THAT HER DEAR MOTHER SHOULD “COME AND LIVE WITH THEM.”
- LECTURE XII. MR. CAUDLE, HAVING COME HOME A LITTLE LATE, DECLARES THAT HENCEFORTH “HE WILL HAVE A DEAD-LATCH KEY.”
- LECTURE XIII. MRS. CAUDLE HAS BEEN TO SEE HER DEAR MOTHER. CAUDLE, ON THE “JOYFUL OCCASION,” HAS GIVEN A PARTY, AND ISSUED THE ANNEXED CARD OF INVITATION.
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