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PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION

HORSE SHOE ROBINSON.

A TOPOGRAPHICAL DISCOURSE.

WHEREIN THE READER IS INTRODUCED TO TWO WORTHIES WITH WHOM HE IS LIKELY TO FORM AN INTIMATE ACQUAINTANCE.

AN INCIDENT THAT SAVORS OF ROMANCE.

A MEETING OF LOVERS——SOME INSIGHT INTO THE FUTURE.

A COMFORTABLE INN, AND A GOOD LANDLADY——THE MISFORTUNES OF HEROES DO NOT ALWAYS DESTROY THE APPETITE.

SOME ACCOUNT OF PHILIP LINDSAY—SENSIBILITY AND RETIREMENT APT TO ENGENDER A PERNICIOUS PHILOSOPHY.

THE MANSION OF A GENTLEMAN AND A SCHOLAR.

TYRREL RETREATS.

A SCENE BETWEEN A FATHER AND DAUGHTER.

A POLITICAL RETROSPECT.—BUTLER ENTERS SOUTH CAROLINA.

A WOODMAN'S FAMILY.

SOMETHING VERY LIKE A DREAM.

HORSE SHOE AND BUTLER RESUME THEIR JOURNEY, WHICH IS DELAYED BY A SAVAGE INCIDENT.

TORY TROOPERS, A DARK ROAD AND A FRAY.

SCENE IN THE BIVOUAC.

THE TROOPERS MOVE WITH THEIR PRISONERS.

AN ADVENTURE WHEREIN IT IS APPARENT THAT THE ACTIONS OF REAL LIFE ARE FULL AS MARVELLOUS AS THE INVENTIONS OF ROMANCE.

SHOWING HOW A GOOD SOLDIER WILL TURN THE ACCIDENTS OF WAR TO THE BEST ACCOUNT. ENSIGN ST. JERMYN IN A DISAGREEABLE DILEMMA.

NEW DIFFICULTIES OPEN UPON BUTLER.

A TRIAL.—A GRAVE ACCUSATION THAT STILL FURTHER CONFIRMS BUTLER IN HIS BELIEF OF A SECRET ENEMY.—A SUDDEN RESPITE.

THE SERGEANT AND HIS COMRADE PROJECT AN EXPEDITION WHICH FURNISHES THE ENSIGN AN OPPORTUNITY OF ENJOYING THE PICTURESQUE.

A RETREAT AFTER THE MANNER OF XENOPHON.

CHAPTER XXVIII.

BUTLER'S DIFFICULTIES INCREASE.—INNIS FINDS OCCASION TO THINK OF THE ADAGE—"THERE'S MANY A SLIP BETWIXT THE CUP AND THE LIP."

WILLIAMS TAKES A FANCY TO FOREST LIFE.—HORSE SHOE AND JOHN RAMSAY CONTINUE ACTIVE IN THE SERVICE OF BUTLER.—MARY MUSGROVE BECOMES A VALUABLE AUXILIARY.

BUTLER FINDS A GLEAM OF SUNSHINE IN HIS DISTRESS.

MARY MUSGROVE'S PERPLEXITIES.

CHAPTER XXXIII.

A GLANCE AT THE DOVE COTE.—THE COMPANIONSHIP OF BROTHER AND SISTER.

MILDRED PUT TO A SEVERE TRIAL:—HER FIRMNESS.

MILDRED IN GRIEF.—SHE IS NEAR MAKING A DISCLOSURE.—A VISITOR ARRIVES AT THE DOVE COTE.

CIRCUMSTANCES FAVOR TYRREL's INFLUENCE OVER LINDSAY.

CHAPTER XXXVII.

A DOMESTIC SCENE AT THE DOVE COTE.

CHAPTER XXXVIII.

AN ARRIVAL AT THE DOVE COTE. MILDRED RESOLVES ON A PERILOUS ADVENTURE.

MILDRED BEGINS HER JOURNEY.

OCCURRENCES AT MUSGROVE'S MILL.

A MELANCHOLY INCIDENT.

A RUSTIC FUNERAL.

A COUNCIL OF WAR AT MRS. MARKHAM'S. THE SERGEANT SETS FORTH ON AN ADVENTURE.

CHAPTER XLVIII.

AN INCIDENT OF THE WAR NOT UNFAMILIAR TO THE TIME.

MILDRED ARRIVES AT THE TERM OF HER JOURNEY.——THE READER IS FAVORED WITH A GLIMPSE OF A DISTINGUISHED PERSONAGE.

A BRITISH PARTISAN.

MILDRED TURNS HER STEPS HOMEWARDS.

SIGNS OF A GATHERING STORM.—MUSTER OF THE BACKWOODSMEN.

MILDRED MEETS AN AGREEABLE ADVENTURE.

FERGUSON ADVANCES SOUTH.—HE HAS REASON TO BECOME CIRCUMSPECT.—ARTHUR BUTLER FINDS HIMSELF RETREATING FROM HIS FRIENDS.

THE WHIGS CONTINUE THEIR MARCH.—MILDRED IS LEFT BEHIND.

AFFAIRS BEGIN TO DRAW TO A HEAD. PREPARATIONS FOR BATTLE. A PICTURE OF THE TWO ARMIES.

THE BATTLE OF KING'S MOUNTAIN.

THE CONCLUSION.

Horse-Shoe Robinson: A Tale of the Tory Ascendency

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