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COMMENTS ON THE DRAWINGS OF DANIEL URRABIETA VIERGE. And also a Letter from the Artist.

QUEVEDO AND HIS WORKS: With an Essay on the Picaresque Novel .

BOOK I.

CHAP. I. Giving an Account of Who he is and Whence he Sprung.

CHAP. II. How I Went to School, and What Happened to me there.

CHAP. III. How I went to a Boarding School in quality of Servant to Don Diego Coronel.

CHAP. IV. Of my Convalescence, and Departure for the University of Alcalá de Henares.

CHAP. V. Of our entrance into Alcalá, of the Footing we had to pay, and the Tricks they played upon us.

CHAP. VI. Of the wicked old Housekeeper, and the first knavish pranks I played at Alcalá.

CHAP. VII. How I received news of my Father’s Death, parted from Don Diego, and what Course of Life I resolved on for the future

CHAP. VIII. My Journey from Alcalá to Segovia, and Happened by the way till I came to Rejas, where I lay that Night.

CHAP. IX. Of what Happened to me on the road to Madrid with a Poet.

CHAP. X. Of what I did at Madrid, and what Happened to me on my way to Cerecedilla, where I passed the Night.

CHAP. XI. The kind Entertainment I had at my Uncle’s, the Visits I received; how I recovered my Inheritance and returned to Madrid.

CHAP. XII. Of my flight from Segovia, with what Happened to me by the Way to Madrid.

CHAP. XIII. In which the Gentleman pursues his Journey, and his promised Tale of his Life and Condition.

BOOK II.

CHAP. I. Of what happened to me at my coming to Madrid as soon as I arrived there, until Nightfall.

CHAP. II. In which the same Subject is pursued, with other strange Incidents.

CHAP. III. The further Proceedings of this Sharping Gang, till they were thrown all together into Gaol.

CHAP. IV. In which the Prison is described and what happened therein, until the old Woman was whipped, my Companions exposed to Shame, and myself let out on Bail.

CHAP. V. How I took a Lodging, and the Misfortune that befel me therein.

CHAP. VI. In which the same Adventure is pursued, with various other Incidents.

CHAP. VII. In which the Story is continued, with other Incidents and notable Misfortunes.

CHAP. VIII. Of my Cure, and other Strange Things.

CHAP. IX. In which I turn Player, Poet, and Gallant of Nuns; which Characters are Daintily Painted.

CHAP. X. Of what happened to me at Seville, till I took Ship for the Indies.