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THE WORKS OF HENRY FIELDING
EDITED BY
GEORGE SAINTSBURY
IN TWELVE VOLUMES
VOL. XI.
MISCELLANIES
VOL. I.
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A JOURNEY FROM THIS WORLD
TO THE NEXT AND A VOYAGE
TO LISBON BY
HENRY FIELDING ESQ
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EDITED BY GEORGE
SAINTSBURY WITH
ILLUSTRATIONS BY
HERBERT RAILTON
& F. J. WHEELER.
LONDON PUBLISHED BY J. M. DENT & CO.
AT ALDINE HOUSE IN GREAT EASTERN
STREET MDCCCXCIII
CONTENTS OF VOL. I.
PAGE
INTRODUCTION xi
A JOURNEY FROM THIS WORLD
TO THE NEXT, ETC. ETC.
INTRODUCTION 1
BOOK I.
CHAPTER I.
_The author dies, meets with Mercury, and is by him conducted
to the stage which sets out for the other world_ 4