The Tale of Lal

  CONTENTS

  CHAP.

  AN EXPLANATION AND AN APOLOGY A PREFACE

  BOOK I

  WHAT RIDGWELL AND CHRISTINE DECLARED

  I THE PLEASANT-FACED LION II BY ORDER OF THE LION III THE GOLDEN PAVILION IV PREPARING FOR A VISITOR

  BOOK II

  WHAT THE WRITER AND THE LORD MAYOR DECLARED

  V THE WRITER APPEARS ON THE SCENE VI TWO DICK WHITTINGTONS VII THE LION MAKES HIS SIGN VIII AN UPSETTING ARTICLE IN THE MORNING PAPER IX THE WRITER PLANS WICKED PLANS

  BOOK III

  WHAT THE PUBLIC HEARD ABOUT

  X THE LION GOES TO COURT XI THE END OF THE MATTER