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William Carleton. The Evil Eye; Or, The Black Spector
The Evil Eye; Or, The Black Spector
Table of Contents
PREFACE
CHAPTER I. Short and Preliminary
CHAPTER II. A Murderer's Wake and the Arrival of a Stranger
CHAPTER III. Breakfast next morning
—Woodward, on his way Home, meets a Stranger.—Their Conversation
CHAPTER IV. Woodward meets a Guide
—His Reception at Home—Preparations for a Fete
CHAPTER V. The Bonfire—The Prodigy
CHAPTER VI. Shawn-na-Middogue
—Shan-Dhinne-Dhuv, or The Black Spectre
CHAPTER VII. A Council of Two
—Visit to Beech Grove.—The Herbalist
CHAPTER VIII. A Healing of the Breach
—A Proposal for Marriage Accepted
CHAPTER IX. Chase of the White Hare
“Hark, forward, forward; holla ho!”
CHAPTER X. True Love Defeated
CHAPTER XI. A Conjurer's Levee
CHAPTER XII. Fortune-telling
CHAPTER XIII. Woodward is Discarded from Mr. Goodwin's Family
—Other Particulars of Importance
CHAPTER XIV. Shawn-na-Middogue Stabs Charles Lindsay
Shawn-na-Middogue Stabs Charles Lindsay in Mistake for his Brother
CHAPTER XV. The Banshee.—Disappearance of Grace Davoren
CHAPTER XVI. A House of Sorrow
—After which follows a Courting Scene
CHAPTER XVII. Description of the Original Tory
—Their Manner of Swearing
CHAPTER XVIII. The Toir, or Tory Hunt
CHAPTER XIX. Plans and Negotiations
CHAPTER XX. Woodward's Visit to Ballyspellan
CHAPTER XXI. The Dinner at Ballyspellan
—The Appearance Woodward.—Valentine Greatrakes
CHAPTER XXII. History of the Black Spectre
CHAPTER XXIII. Greatrakes at Work—Denouement
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William Carleton
The Works of William Carleton, Volume One
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“Certainly, Kennedy, certainly; why did you not bring the gentleman in? Go and desire Tom Stinton to take his horse to the stable, and let him be rubbed down and fed. In the meantime, bring the gentleman in.”
“Sir,” said Tom, going to the bottom of the hall door-steps, “will you have the goodness to walk in; the masther and misthress are in the parlor; for who could sleep on such a night as this?”
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