THE

HISTORY

OF THE

ADVENTURES

O F

JOSEPHANDREWS,

And his FRIEND

Mr. ABRAHAM ADAMS.

Written in Imitation of

The Manner of CERVANTES,
Author of Don Quixote.

By HENRY FIELDING, Efquire.

The THIRD EDITION, illuftrated with CUTS..
IN TWO VOLUMES.

VOL. I.

LONDON:

Printed for A. MILLAR, oppofite to Katharine
Street, in the Strand. M.Dcc.XLIII.

THE

CONTENTS

OF

VOLUME I.

O

BOOK I.

CHA P. I.

Fwriting Lives in general, and particularly
of Pamela; with a Word by the bye of

Colley Cibber and others.
Page I

СНАР. II.

Of Mr. Jofeph Andrews his Birth, Parentage,

Education, and great Endowments, with a Word

or tuo concerning Ancestors.

CHA P. III.

4

Of Mr. Abraham Adams the Curate, Mrs. Slip-

flop the Chambermaid, and others.

CHA P. IV.

7

What happened after their Journey to London. 12

CHAP.

CHAP. V.

The Death of Sir Thomas Booby, with the af-

fectionate and mournful Behaviour of his Widow,

and the great Purity of Jofeph Andrews.

CH A P. VI.

14

How Jofeph Andrews writ a Letter to his Sifter

Pamela.

18

Sayings of wife Men. A Dialogue between the

Lady and her Maid, and a Panegyric or rather

Satire on the Paffion of Love, in the fublime

Style.

CHA P. VIII.

22

In which, after fome very fine Writing, the Hi-

rory goes on, and relates an Interview between

the Lady and Jofeph; where the latter hath fet

an Fxample, which we defpair of feeing followed

by his Sex, in this vicious Age.

CHA P. IX.

27

What pafed between the Lady and Mrs. Slipflop,

in which we prophesy there are Some Strokes

which every one will not truly comprehend at the

first Reading.

33

Jofeph writes another Letter: His Tranfactions

with Mr. Peter Pounce, &c. with his Depar-

ture from Lady Booby.

38

CHAP.

CHA P. XI.

Of feveral new Matters not expected.

СНАР. ХІІ.

Containing many furprizing Adventures which Jo-

feph Andrews met with on the Road, fearce cre-

dible to those who have never travelled in a

Stage-Coach.

CHAP. XIII.

45

What happened to Jofeph during his Sickness at the

Inn, with the curious Difcourfe between him and

Mr. Barnabas the Parfon of the Parish. 53

CHAP. XIV.

Being very full of Adventures, which fucceeded

each other at the Inn.

58

Shewing how Mrs. Tow-woufe was a little molli-

fied; and how officious Mr. Barnabas and the

Surgeon were to profecute the Thief: With a

Differtation accounting for their Zeal, and that

of many other Perfons not mentioned in this Hi-

Story.

68

The Efcape of the Thief. Mr. Adams's Difap-

pointment. The Arrival of two very extraordi-

nary Perfonages, and the Introduction of Parfon

Adams to Parfon Barnabas.

CHAP. XVII.

70

A pleafant Difcourfe between the two Parfons and

the bool feller, which was broke off by an un-

lucky