E-text prepared by Joseph E. Loewenstein, M.D., and Delphine Lettau Note: Project Gutenberg also has an HTML version of this file which includes the original illustrations. See 27533-h.htm or 27533-h.zip: (https://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/2/7/5/3/27533/27533-h/27533-h.htm) or (https://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/2/7/5/3/27533/27533-h.zip) THE STRUGGLES OF BROWN, JONES, AND ROBINSON: by ONE OF THE FIRM Edited by ANTHONY TROLLOPE Author of "Framley Parsonage," "The Last Chronicle of Barset," &c. &c. [Illustration: Jones is vanquished by Mrs. Morony (Chapter XIV). (frontispiece)] [Illustration: Title page.] Reprinted from the "Cornhill Magazine." With Four Illustrations. London: Smith, Elder & Co., 15, Waterloo Place. 1870. CONTENTS I. PREFACE. BY ONE OF THE FIRM. II. THE EARLY HISTORY OF OUR MR. BROWN, WITH SOME FEW WORDS OF MR. JONES. III. THE EARLY HISTORY OF MR. ROBINSON. IV. NINE TIMES NINE IS EIGHTY-ONE. SHOWING HOW BROWN, JONES, AND ROBINSON SELECTED THEIR HOUSE OF BUSINESS. V. THE DIVISION OF LABOUR. VI. IT IS OUR OPENING DAY. VII. MISS BROWN PLEADS HER OWN CASE, AND MR. ROBINSON WALKS ON BLACKFRIARS BRIDGE. VIII. MR. BRISKET THINKS HE SEES HIS WAY, AND MR. ROBINSON AGAIN WALKS ON BLACKFRIARS BRIDGE. IX. SHOWING HOW MR. ROBINSON WAS EMPLOYED ON THE OPENING DAY. X. SHOWING HOW THE FIRM INVENTED A NEW SHIRT. XI. JOHNSON OF MANCHESTER. XII. SAMSON AND DELILAH. XIII. THE WISDOM OF POPPINS. XIV. MISTRESS MORONY. XV. MISS BROWN NAMES THE DAY. XVI. SHOWING HOW ROBINSON WALKED UPON ROSES. XVII. A TEA-PARTY IN BISHOPSGATE STREET. XVIII. AN EVENING AT THE "GOOSE AND GRIDIRON." XIX. GEORGE ROBINSON'S MARRIAGE. XX. SHOWING HOW MR. BRISKET DIDN'T SEE HIS WAY. XXI. MR. BROWN IS TAKEN ILL. XXII. WASTEFUL AND IMPETUOUS SALE. XXIII. FAREWELL. XXIV. GEORGE ROBINSON'S DREAM. CHAPTER I. PREFACE. BY ONE OF THE FIRM.