Chapter vii -- A short sketch of that felicity which prudent couples may extract from hatred: with a short apology for those people who overlook imperfections in their friends. Chapter viii -- A receipt to regain the lost affections of a wife, which hath never been known to fail in the most desperate cases. Chapter ix -- A proof of the infallibility of the foregoing receipt, in the lamentations of the widow; with other suitable decorations of death, such as physicians, &c., and an epitaph in the true stile. BOOK III -- CONTAINING THE MOST MEMORABLE TRANSACTIONS WHICH PASSED IN THE FAMILY OF MR ALLWORTHY, FROM THE TIME WHEN TOMMY JONES ARRIVED AT THE AGE OF FOURTEEN, TILL HE ATTAINED THE AGE OF NINETEEN. IN THIS BOOK THE READER MAY PICK UP SOME HINTS CONCERNING THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN. Chapter i -- Containing little or nothing. Chapter ii -- The heroe of this great history appears with very bad omens. A little tale of so LOW a kind that some may think it not worth their notice. A word or two concerning a squire, and more relating to a gamekeeper and a schoolmaster. Chapter iii -- The character of Mr Square the philosopher, and of Mr Thwackum the divine; with a dispute concerning---- Chapter iv. Containing a necessary apology for the author; and a childish incident, which perhaps requires an apology likewise -- Chapter v. -- The opinions of the divine and the philosopher concerning the two boys; with some reasons for their opinions, and other matters. Chapter vi -- Containing a better reason still for the before-mentioned opinions. Chapter vii -- In which the author himself makes his appearance on the stage. Chapter viii -- A childish incident, in which, however, is seen a good-natured disposition in Tom Jones. Chapter ix -- Containing an incident of a more heinous kind, with the comments of Thwackum and Square. Chapter x -- In which Master Blifil and Jones appear in different lights. BOOK IV -- CONTAINING THE TIME OF A YEAR. Chapter i -- Containing five pages of paper. Chapter ii -- A short hint of what we can do in the sublime, and a description of Miss Sophia Western. Chapter iii -- Wherein the history goes back to commemorate a trifling incident that happened some years since; but which, trifling as it was, had some future consequences. Chapter iv -- Containing such very deep and grave matters, that some readers, perhaps, may not relish it. Chapter v -- Containing matter accommodated to every taste. Chapter vi -- An apology for the insensibility of Mr Jones to all the charms of the lovely Sophia; in which possibly we may, in a considerable degree, lower his character in the estimation of those men of wit and gallantry who approve the heroes in most of our modern comedies. Chapter vii -- Being the shortest chapter in this book. Chapter viii -- A battle sung by the muse in the Homerican style, and which none but the classical reader can taste. Chapter ix -- Containing matter of no very peaceable colour.