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THE WORKS OF HENRY FIELDING
EDITED BY
GEORGE SAINTSBURY
IN TWELVE VOLUMES
VOL. XI.
MISCELLANIES
VOL. I.
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A JOURNEY FROM THIS WORLD TO THE NEXT AND A VOYAGE TO LISBON BY HENRY FIELDING ESQ
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EDITED BY GEORGE SAINTSBURY WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY HERBERT RAILTON & F. J. WHEELER.
LONDON PUBLISHED BY J. M. DENT & CO. AT ALDINE HOUSE IN GREAT EASTERN STREET MDCCCXCIII
CONTENTS OF VOL. I.
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INTRODUCTION xi
A JOURNEY FROM THIS WORLDTO THE NEXT, ETC. ETC.
INTRODUCTION 1
BOOK I.
CHAPTER I.
_The author dies, meets with Mercury, and is by him conductedto the stage which sets out for the other world_ 4
CHAPTER II.
_In which the author first refutes some idle opinions concerningspirits, and then the passengers relate their several deaths_ 7
CHAPTER III.
_The adventures we met with in the City of Diseases_ 12
CHAPTER IV.
_Discourses on the road, and a description of the palace of Death_ 20
CHAPTER V.
_The travellers proceed on their journey, and meet severalspirits who are coming into the flesh_ 23
CHAPTER VI.
_An account of the wheel of fortune, with a method of preparinga spirit for this world_ 28
CHAPTER VII.
_The proceedings of judge Minos at the gate of Elysium_ 31
CHAPTER VIII.
_The adventures which the author met on his first entranceinto Elysium_ 37
CHAPTER IX.
_More adventures in Elysium_ 40
CHAPTER X.
_The author is surprised at meeting Julian the apostate inElysium; but is satisfied by him by what means he procuredhis entrance there. Julian relates his adventures in the characterof a slave_ 44
CHAPTER XI.
_In which Julian relates his adventures in the character ofan avaricious Jew_ 52
CHAPTER XII.
_What happened to Julian in the characters of a general, anheir, a carpenter, and a beau_ 56
CHAPTER XIII.
_Julian passes into a fop_ 61
CHAPTER XIV
_Adventures in the person of a monk_ 62
CHAPTER XV.
_Julian passes into the character of a fidler_ 64
CHAPTER XVI.
_The history of the wise man_ 69
CHAPTER XVII.
_Julian enters into the person of a king_ 77
CHAPTER XVIII.
_Julian passes into a fool_ 84
CHAPTER XIX.
_Julian appears in the character of a beggar_ 89
CHAPTER XX.
_Julian performs the part of a statesman_ 95
CHAPTER XXI.
_Julian's adventures in the post of a soldier_ 102
CHAPTER XXII.
_What happened to Julian in the person of a taylor_ 108
CHAPTER XXIII.
_The life of alderman Julian_ 112
CHAPTER XXIV.
_Julian recounts what happened to him while he was a poet_ 118
CHAPTER XXV.
_Julian performs the parts of a knight and a dancing-master_ 122
BOOK XIX.
CHAPTER VII.
_Wherein Anna Boleyn relates the history of her life_ 125