Table of Contents
CHAPTER I. THE REFLECTIONS OF A YOUNG LADY ON GOING OUT INTO THE WORLD.
CHAPTER II. IN WHICH IS SET FORTH THE INCONSTANCY OF MAN.
CHAPTER III. IN WHICH MISS FREYNE ENTERS CALCUTTA, BUT NOT IN TRIUMPH.
CHAPTER IV. SHOWING HOW MISS FREYNE BECOMES ACQUAINTED WITH HER SURROUNDINGS.
CHAPTER V. IN WHICH DESPATCHES FROM ADMIRAL WATSON REACH CALCUTTA.
CHAPTER VI. SHOWING HOW CALCUTTA FOUND FOOD FOR TALK.
CHAPTER VII. WHICH TREATS OF TREASONS, STRATAGEMS, AND SPOILS.
CHAPTER VIII. IN WHICH MR FREYNE’S PATIENCE COMES TO AN END.
CHAPTER IX. TREATING OF LOVERS AND FRIENDS.
CHAPTER X. IN WHICH THE FLOOD BEGINS TO RISE.
CHAPTER XI. SHOWING HOW THE FLOOD CAME.
CHAPTER XII. PRESENTING ONE OF THE WORLD’S TRAGEDIES.
CHAPTER XIII. CONTAINING THE EPILOGUE TO THE TRAGEDY.
CHAPTER XIV. TELLS OF A VOYAGE ACCOMPLISHED FROM SCYLLA TO CHARYBDIS.
CHAPTER XV. WHICH RECOUNTS THE TRIALS OF A DEVOUT LOVER.
CHAPTER XVI. CONTAINING THE MEMOIRS OF A CAPTIVE.
CHAPTER XVII. IN WHICH GREEK JOINS GREEK.
CHAPTER XVIII. PROVING THAT THE DAYS OF MIRACLES ARE PAST.
CHAPTER XIX. IN WHICH A KNOT IS TIED.
CHAPTER XX. WHICH DESCRIBES A STRATEGIC RETREAT.
CHAPTER XXI. SHOWING HOW CALCUTTA WAS AVENGED.
A.—ON THE SPELLING OF WORDS AND NAMES.
B.—THE FAMILY OF ALIVARDI KHAN.
C.—AUTHORITIES FOLLOWED IN THE TEXT.
D.—THE HISTORICAL PERSONAGES INTRODUCED.
E.—THE TOPOGRAPHY OF CALCUTTA.