Transcriber’s Notes: The spelling, hyphenation, punctuation and accentuation are as the original, except for apparent typographical errors which have been corrected. Italic text is denoted _thus_. Bold text is denoted =thus=. MRS. BANKS’S NOVELS. THE MANCHESTER MAN. [Illustration: THE FIGHT IN THE COLLEGE YARD.] THE MANCHESTER MAN. BY MRS. G. LINNÆUS BANKS. _Author of “God’s Providence House, Glory,” &c._ Tenth Edition. [Illustration: OLD MARKET STREET.] Manchester: ABEL HEYWOOD & SON, 56 & 58, OLDHAM STREET, London: SIMPKIN, MARSHALL, HAMILTON, KENT & CO., LIMITED. STATIONERS’ HALL COURT. 1897. CONTENTS. CHAPTER. PAGE. I. The Flood 1 II. No One Knows 7 III. How the Rev. Joshua Brookes and Simon Clegg interpreted a Shakesperian Text 14 IV. Mischief 22 V. Ellen Chadwick 28 VI. To Martial Music 36 VII. The Reverend Joshua Brookes 43 VIII. The Blue-Coat School 49 IX. The Snake 56 X. First Antagonism 64 XI. The Blue-Coat Boy 71 XII. The Gentleman 80 XIII. Simon’s Pupil 85 XIV. Jabez goes out into the World 91 XV. Apprenticeship 98 XVI. In War and Peace 105 XVII. In the Warehouse 113 XVIII. Easter Monday 121 XIX. Peterloo 128 XX. Action and Reaction 139 XXI. Wounded 146 XXII. Mr. Clegg 153 XXIII. In the Theatre Royal 161 XXIV. Madame Broadbent’s Fan 166 XXV. Retrospective 173 XXVI. On the Portico Steps 181 XXVII. Manhood 188 XXVIII. Once in a Life 194 XXIX. On Ardwick Green Pond 201 XXX. Blind 210 XXXI. Coronation Day 217 XXXII. Evening: Indoors and Out 225 XXXIII. Clogs 233 XXXIV. Birds of a Feather 240 XXXV. At Carr Cottage 246 XXXVI. The Lover’s Walk 254 XXXVII. A Ride on a Rainy Night 262 XXXVIII. Defeated 269 XXXIX. Like Father, Like Son 276 XL. With all His Faults 283 XLI. Marriage 290 XLII. Blows 298 XLIII. Partnership 307 XLIV. Man and Beast 316 XLV. Wounds Inflicted and Endured 325 XLVI. The Mower with His Scythe 333 XLVII. The Last Act 340 THE MANCHESTER MAN. CHAPTER THE FIRST.[1] THE FLOOD.