The Lives and Anecdotes of Misers
by
F. Somner Merryweather
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I: AVARICE DESCRIBED AND EXEMPLIFIED.
CHAPTER II: A FEW WORDS ON FRUGALITY AND SAVING.
CHAPTER III: TRADITIONARY RECOLLECTIONS OF JOHN OVERS, THE SOUTHWARK MISER.
CHAPTER IV: SOME ACCOUNT OF THE "GREAT" AUDLEY.
CHAPTER V: MISERS—THEIR HABITS, SCHEMES, AND VICES.
CHAPTER VI: NOTICES OF JEMMY TAYLOR, THE BOROUGH USURER.
CHAPTER VII: LIFE OF THOMAS GUY THE BOOKSELLER.
CHAPTER VIII. THE LIFE OF DANIEL DANCER.
CHAPTER IX: LIFE OF JOHN ELWES.
CHAPTER X: NOTICES OF FEMALE MISERS.
CHAPTER XI: THE INSANITY OF AVARICE.
CHAPTER XII: AVARICE AS AN HEREDITARY PASSION.
CHAPTER XIII: MAMMON WORSHIP; ITS SACRIFICES AND REWARDS.
