ALAIN RENÉ LE SAGE
THE ADVENTURES
OF
GIL BLAS
OF SANTILLANE
TRANSLATED FROM THE FRENCH BY TOBIAS SMOLLETT
PRECEDED BY
_A BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL NOTICE OF LE SAGE_
BY GEORGE SAINTSBURY
With Twelve Original Etchings by R. de Los Rios
_IN THREE VOLUMES--VOL. III._
LONDON
J. C. NIMMO AND BAIN
14, KING WILLIAM STREET, STRAND, W.C.
NEW YORK: SCRIBNER, WELFORD & CO.
1881
CONTENTS OF VOL. III.
BOOK THE EIGHTH--CONTINUED.
CHAPTER VIII.
History of Don Roger de Rada.
CHAPTER IX.
Gil Blas makes a large Fortune in a short Time, and behaves like
other wealthy Upstarts.
CHAPTER X.
The Morals of Gil Blas become at Court much as if they had never been
at all. A Commission from the Count de Lemos, which, like most Court
Commissions, implies an Intrigue.
CHAPTER XI.
The Prince of Spain's secret Visit, and Presents to Catalina.
CHAPTER XII.
Catalina's real Condition a Worry and Alarm to Gil Blas. His
Precautions for his own Ease and Quiet.
CHAPTER XIII.
Gil Blas goes on personating the great Man. He hears News of his
Family; a Touch of Nature on the Occasion. A grand Quarrel with
Fabricio.
BOOK THE NINTH.
CHAPTER I.
Scipio's Scheme of Marriage for Gil Blas. The Match, a rich
Goldsmith's Daughter; Circumstances connected with this Speculation.
CHAPTER II.
In the Progress of political Vacancies, Gil Blas recollects that
there is such a Man in the World as Don Alphonso de Leyva, and,
renders him a Service from Motives of Vanity.
CHAPTER III.
Preparations for the Marriage of Gil Blas. A Spoke in the Wheel of
Hymen.
CHAPTER IV.
The Treatment of Gil Blas in the Tower of Segovia. The Cause of his
Imprisonment.
CHAPTER V.
His Reflections before he went to sleep that Night, and the Noise
that waked him.
CHAPTER VI.
History of Don Gaston de Cogollos and Donna Helena de Galisteo.
CHAPTER VII.
Scipio finds Gil Blas out in the Tower of Segovia, and brings him a
Budget of News.
CHAPTER VIII.
Scipio's first Journey to Madrid; its Object and Success. Gil Blas
falls Sick. The Consequence of his Illness.
CHAPTER IX.
Scipio's second Journey to Madrid. Gil Blas is set at Liberty on
certain Conditions. Their Departure from the Tower of Segovia, and
Conversation on their Journey.
CHAPTER X.
Their Doings at Madrid. The Rencounter of Gil Blas in the Street,
and its Consequences.
BOOK THE TENTH.
CHAPTER I.
Gil Blas sets out for the Asturias, and passes through Valladolid,
where he goes to see his old Master, Doctor Sangrado. By Accident be
comes across Signor Manuel Ordonnez, Governor of the Hospital.
CHAPTER II.
Gil Blas continues his Journey, and arrives in Safety at Oviedo. The
Condition of his Family. His Father's Death, and its Consequences.
CHAPTER III.
Gil Blas sets out for Valencia, and arrives at Idrias; Description of
his Seat; the Particulars of his Reception, and the Characters of the
Inhabitants he found there.
CHAPTER IV.
A Journey to Valencia, and a Visit to the Lords of Leyva. The
Conversation of the Gentlemen, and Seraphina's Demeanor.
CHAPTER V.
Gil Blas goes to the Play, and sees a new Tragedy. The Success of
the Piece. The Public Taste at Valencia.
CHAPTER VI.
Gil Blas, walking about the Streets of Valencia, meets with a Man of
Sanctity, whose pious Face he had seen somewhere else. What Sort of
Man this Man of Sanctity turns out to be.
CHAPTER VII.
Gil Blas returns to his Seat at Idrias. Scipio's agreeable
Intelligence, and a Reform in the Domestic Arrangement.
CHAPTER VIII.
The Loves of Gil Blas, and the Fair Antonia.
CHAPTER IX.
Nuptials of Gil Blas with the Fair Antonia; the Style and Manner of
the Ceremony; the Persons assisting thereat; and the Festivities
ensuing thereupon.
CHAPTER X.
The Honeymoon (a very dull Time for the Reader as a third Person)
enlivened by the Commencement of Scipio's Story.
CHAPTER XI.
Continuation of Scipio's Story.
CHAPTER XII.
Conclusion of Scipio's Story.
BOOK THE ELEVENTH.
CHAPTER I.
Containing the Subject of the greatest Joy that Gil Blas ever felt,
followed up, as our greatest Pleasures too generally are, by the most
melancholy Event of his Life. Great Changes at Court, producing,
among other important Revolutions, the Return of Santillane.