CHAPTER XIX. The ingenious devices with which Sheppard Lee prepared the way for his elopement. CHAPTER XX. The guests that Sheppard Lee invited to his wedding. CHAPTER XXI. Containing a dialogue, or curious conversation with nothing; with a discovery extremely astonishing to several persons. CHAPTER XXII. In which Sheppard Lee finds that he has made the fortune of his friends, without having greatly advantaged his own. CHAPTER XXIII. A crisis.--Sheppard Lee is reduced to great extremities, and takes refuge in the house of mourning. CHAPTER XXIV. What happened in the dead-chamber.--The dirge of a wealthy parent. BOOK IV. CONTAINING ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE FOLLY OF BRINGING UP CHILDREN IN THE WAY THEY SHOULD GO, AND THE WISDOM OF MAKING A FORTUNE. CHAPTER I. The private history of Abram Skinner, the shaver. CHAPTER II. Sheppard Lee's first hit at money-making. CHAPTER III. Reflections on stock-jobbing and other matters. SHEPPARD LEE. BOOK I. CONTAINING INSTRUCTIONS HOW TO SPEND AND HOW TO RETRIEVE A FORTUNE. CHAPTER I. THE AUTHOR'S PREFACE,--WHICH THE READER, IF IN A GREAT HURRY, OR IF IT BE HIS PRACTICE TO READ AGAINST TIME, CAN SKIP.