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HODGE AND HIS MASTERS
BY
RICHARD JEFFERIES
AUTHOR OF 'THE GAMEKEEPER AT HOME' 'WILD LIFE IN A SOUTHERN COUNTY' 'THE AMATEUR POACHER' 'ROUND ABOUT A GREAT ESTATE' ETC.
PREFACE
CONTENTS
HODGE AND HIS MASTERS
CHAPTER I
THE FARMERS' PARLIAMENT
CHAPTER II
LEAVING HIS FARM
CHAPTER III
A MAN OF PROGRESS
CHAPTER IV
GOING DOWNHILL
CHAPTER V
THE BORROWER AND THE GAMBLER
CHAPTER VI
AN AGRICULTURAL GENIUS—OLD STYLE
CHAPTER VII
THE GIG AND THE FOUR-IN-HAND. A BICYCLE FARMER
CHAPTER VIII
HAYMAKING. 'THE JUKE'S COUNTRY'
Footnotes:
Footnotes:
CHAPTER IX
THE FINE LADY FARMER. COUNTRY GIRLS
CHAPTER X
MADEMOISELLE, THE GOVERNESS
CHAPTER XI
FLEECEBOROUGH. A 'DESPOT'
CHAPTER XII
THE SQUIRE'S 'ROUND ROBIN'
CHAPTER XIII
AN AMBITIOUS SQUIRE
CHAPTER XIV
THE PARSON'S WIFE
CHAPTER XV
A MODERN COUNTRY CURATE
CHAPTER XVI
THE SOLICITOR
CHAPTER XVII
'COUNTY-COURT DAY'
CHAPTER XVIII
THE BANK. THE OLD NEWSPAPER
CHAPTER XIX
THE VILLAGE FACTORY. VILLAGE VISITORS. WILLOW-WORK
CHAPTER XX
HODGE'S FIELDS
CHAPTER XXI
A WINTER'S MORNING
CHAPTER XXII
THE LABOURER'S CHILDREN. COTTAGE GIRLS
CHAPTER XXIII
THE LOW 'PUBLIC' IDLERS
CHAPTER XXIV
THE COTTAGE CHARTER. FOUR-ACRE FARMERS
CHAPTER XXV
LANDLORDS' DIFFICULTIES. THE LABOURER AS A POWER. MODERN CLERGY
CHAPTER XXVI
A WHEAT COUNTRY
CHAPTER XXVII
GRASS COUNTRIES
CHAPTER XXVIII
HODGE'S LAST MASTERS. CONCLUSION
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