INNOCENT: A TALE OF MODERN LIFE. BY MRS. OLIPHANT, AUTHOR OF “THE CHRONICLES OF CARLINGFORD,” ETC., ETC. _FOURTH EDITION, WITH ILLUSTRATIONS._ London: SAMPSON LOW, MARSTON, LOW, & SEARLE CROWN BUILDINGS, 188, FLEET STREET. 1874. [_All rights reserved._] LONDON: GILBERT AND RIVINGTON, PRINTERS, ST. JOHN’S SQUARE. CONTENTS. CHAPTER PAGE I.--THE OLD HOUSE 1 II.--THE NEWS, AND HOW IT WAS RECEIVED 8 III.--THE FAMILY 16 IV.--THE FRIENDS OF THE FAMILY 23 V.--FREDERICK’S WAY 32 VI.--PISA 40 VII.--THE PALAZZO SCARAMUCCI 48 VIII.--THE COUSINS 55 IX.--AT HOME 63 X.--THE ARRIVAL 70 XI.--AT HOME AND NOT AT HOME 79 XII.--A LOVE TALE 87 XIII.--CONSULTATIONS 94 XIV.--A MOMENTOUS INTERVIEW 101 XV.--A SUNDAY AT HOME 109 XVI.--INNOCENT’S FIRST ADVENTURE 117 XVII.--FREDERICK TO THE RESCUE 124 XVIII.--PHILOSOPHY FOR GIRLS 132 XIX.--THE FLOWER OF STERBORNE 140 XX.--WHAT IT IS TO BE “IN LOVE” 148 XXI.--A FAMILY DINNER 156 XXII.--ABOUT ANOTHER MARRIAGE 164 XXIII.--AMANDA 172 XXIV.--WHAT THE FAMILY THOUGHT 180 XXV.--AFTER A YEAR 188 XXVI.--A PROPOSAL 195 XXVII.--MRS. FREDERICK 202 XXVIII.--A NEW COMPLICATION 211 XXIX.--INNOCENT’S OUTSET IN THE WORLD 217 XXX.--THE HIGH LODGE 224 XXXI.--THE MINSTER AND THE VILLA 231