The Amateur Gentleman

Fortune has found young English innkeeper Barnabas. As he works his way into London high society, he also embarks on a romance with a Lady. Adventures keep Barnabas busy, with thrills like high stakes horse-racing in this Regency romance.

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• 1: In Which Barnabas Knocks Down His Fater, Though as Dutifully as May be
• 2: In Which Is Much Unpleasing Matter Regarding Silk Purses, Sows' Ears, Men, and Gentlemen
• 3: How Barnabas Set Out for London Town
• 4: How Barnabas Fell in with a Peddler of Books
• 5: In Which the Historian Sees Fit to Introduce a Lady of Quality
• 6: Of the Bewitchment of Black Eyelashes
• 7: In Which May Be Found Divers Rules and Maxims for the Art of Bowing
• 8: Concerning the Captain's Arm
• 9: Which Concerns Itself, Among Other Matters
• 10: Which Describes a Peripatetic Conversation
• 11: In Which Fists are Clenched; And of a Selfish Man, Who Was an Apostle of Peace
• 12: Of the Stranger's Tale, Which, Being Short, May Perhaps Meet with the Reader's Kind Approbation
• 13: In Which Barnabas Makes a Confession
• 14: Concerning the Buttons of One Milo of Crotona
• 15: In Which the Patient Reader May Learn Something of the Gentleman in the Jaunty Hat
• 16: In Which Barnabas Engages One Without a Character
• 17: In Which Barnabas Parts Company with the Person of Quality
• 18: How Barnabas Came to Oakshott's Barn
• 19: Which Tells How Barnabas Talks with My Lady Cleone for the Second Time
• 20: Of the Prophecy of One Billy Button, A Madman
• 21: In Which Barnabas Undertakes a Mission
• 22: In Which the Reader is Introduced to An Ancient Finger-Post
• 23: How Barnabas Saved His Life--Because He Was Afraid
• 24: Which Relates Something of the White Lion at Tenterden
• 25: Of the Coachman's Story
• 26: Concerning the Duties of a Valet--And a Man
• 27: How Barnabas Bought an Unridable Horse--And Rode It
• 28: Concerning, Among Other Things, The Legs of a Gentleman-in-Powder
• 29: Which Describes Something of the Misfortunes of Ronald Barrymaine
• 30: In Which Ronald Barrymaine Makes His Choice
• 31: Which Describes Some of the Evils of Vindictiveness
• 32: Of Corporal Richard Roe, Late of the Grenadiers
• 33: Concerning the Duty of Fathers; More Especialy the Viscount's Roman
• 34: Of the Luck of Captain Slingsby, of the Guards
• 35: How Barnabas Met Jasper Gaunt, And What Came Of IT
• 36: Of an Ethical Discussion, Which the Reader is Advised to Skip
• 37: In Which the Bo'Sun Discourses on Love and Its Symptoms
• 38: How Barnabas Climbed a Wall
• 39: In Which the Patient Reader is Introduced to an Almost Human Duchess
• 40: Which Relates Sundry Happenings at the Garden Fete
• 41: In Which Barnabas Makes a Surprising Discover
• 42: In Which Shall Be Found Further Mention of a Finger-Post
• 43: In Which Barnabas Makes a Bet, and Receives a Warning
• 44: Of the Tribulations of the Legs of the Gentleman-in-Powder
• 45: How Barnabas Sought Counsel of the Duchess
• 46: Which Concerns Itself with Small Things in General, and a Pebble in Particular
• 47: How Barnabas Found his Manhood
• 48: In Which The Terror Hitherto Known as Four Legs Justifies his New Name
• 49: Which, Being Somewhat Important, Is Consequently Short
• 50: In Which Ronald Barrymaine Speaks His Mind
• 51: Which Tells How and Why Mr. Shrig's Case Was Spoiled
• 52: Of a Breakfast, A Roman Parent, and a Kiss
• 53: In Which Shall Be Found Some Account of the Gentleman's Steeplechase
• 54: Which Concerns Itself Chiefly with a Letter
• 55: Which Narrates Sundry Happenings at Oakshott's Barn
• 56: Of the Gathering of the Shadows
• 57: Being a Parenthetical Chapter on Doubt
• 58: How Viscount Devenham Found Him a Viscountess
• 59: Which Relates, Among Other Things, How Barnabas Lost His Hat
• 60: Which Tells of a Reconciliation
• 61: How Barnabas Went to his Triumph
• 62: Which Tells How Barnabas Triumphed in Spite of All
• 63: Which Tells How Barnabas Heard the Ticking of a Clock
• 64: Which Shows Something of the Horrors of Remorse
• 65: Which Tells How Barnabas Discharged His Valet
• 66: Of Certain Con-Clusions Drawn by Mr. Shrig
• 67: Which Gives Some Account of the Worst Place in the World
• 68: Concerning the Identity of Mr. Bimby's Guest
• 69: How Barnabas Led a Hue and Cry
• 70: Which Tells How Barnabas Rode Another Race
• 71: Which Tells How Barnabas, In His Folly, Chose the Harder Course
• 72: How Ronald Barreymaine Squared His Account
• 73: Which Recounts Three Awakenings
• 74: How The Duchess Made Up Her Mind, and Barnabas Did the Like
• 75: Which Tells Why Barnabas Forgot His Breakfast
• 76: How the Viscount Proposed a Toast
• 77: How Barnabas Rode Homewards, and Took Counsel of a Pedler of Books
• 78: Which Tells How Barnabas Came Home Again, And How He Awoke for the Fourth Time