AFFECTING SCENES; being Passages from the CONTAINING Early Struggles of the Author-Cancer-The Dentist and the Comedian-A Scholar's Deathbed-Preparing for the House-Duelling -Intriguing and Madness-The Broken Heart-Consumption-The Spectral Dog; an Illusion-The Forger-A "Man about Town"Death at the Toilet-The Turned Head-The Wife-The Spectresmitten-The Martyr Philosopher--The Statesman-A slight Cold -Rich and Poor-Grave Doings-The Ruined Merchant-Mother and Son-The Thunderstruck-The Boxer-The Magdalen-The Baronet's Bride. |