Produced by Charles Bowen, from page scans provided by Google Books Transcriber's Notes: 1. Page scan source: http://books.google.com/books?id=dNMjAAAAMAAJ 2. The diphthong oe is represented by [oe]. [Frontispiece: "BUT I AM GRIEVED I HAVE NO VIRGIL." P. 160] PARSON KELLY BY A. E. W. MASON AND ANDREW LANG NEW YORK LONGMANS, GREEN, AND CO. LONDON AND BOMBAY 1899 _Copyright, 1899_, By Longmans, Green, And Co. * * * _All rights reserved_ First Edition, September, 1899 Reprinted October, 1899 University Press John Wilson And Son, Cambridge, U.S.A. TO THE BARON TANNEGUY DE WOGAN _The Representative of a House illustrious for its Antiquity:_ _In Prosperity splendid: in Exile and Poverty gay_ _and constant: of Loyalty unshaken;_ Is Dedicated _This Narrative, founded on the deeds of his Ancestor_, The Chevalier Nicholas De Wogan. A. E. W. M. A. L. PREFACE The authors wish to say that the proceedings of Lady Oxford are unhistorical. Swift mentions a rumour that there was such a lady, but leaves her anonymous. CONTENTS Chapter I. The Parson expresses Irreproachable Sentiments at the Mazarin Palace. II. Mr. Wogan refuses to Acknowledge an Undesirable Acquaintance in St. James's Street. III. Mr. Wogan instructs the Ignorant Parson in the Ways of Women. IV. Shows the Extreme Danger of knowing Latin. V. A Literary Discussion in which a Critic, not for the first time, turns the tables upon an Author. VI. Mr. Nicholas Wogan reminds the Parson of a Night at the Mazarin Palace. VII. Lady Mary Wortley Montagu has a word to say about Smilinda. VIII. Mr. Kelly has an Adventure at a Masquerade Ball. IX. Wherein the Chivalrous Mr. Kelly behaves with Deplorable Folly. X. What came of Mr. Kelly's Winnings from the South Sea. XI. The Parson departs from Smilinda and learns a number of Unpalatable Truths. XII. The Parson meets Scrope for the Third Time, and what came of the Meeting. XIII. Of the Rose and the Rose-Garden in Avignon.