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The Provost

by John Galt

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  1. 1Introduction
  2. 2Chapter I — The Forecast
  3. 3Chapter II — A Kithing
  4. 4Chapter III — A Dirgie
  5. 5Chapter IV — The Guildry
  6. 6Chapter V — The First Contested Election
  7. 7Chapter VI — The Failure of Bailie M’Lucre
  8. 8Chapter VII — The Bribe
  9. 9Chapter VIII — On the Choosing of a Minister
  10. 10Chapter IX — An Execution
  11. 11Chapter X — A Riot
  12. 12Chapter XI — Policy
  13. 13Chapter XII — The Spy
  14. 14Chapter XIII — The Meal Mob
  15. 15Chapter XIV — The Second Provostry
  16. 16Chapter XV — On the Improvement of the Streets
  17. 17Chapter XVI — About the Repair of the Kirk
  18. 18Chapter XVII — The Law Plea
  19. 19Chapter XVIII — The Suppression of the Fairs
  20. 20Chapter XIX — The Volunteering
  21. 21Chapter XX — The Clothing
  22. 22Chapter XXI — The Pressgang
  23. 23Chapter XXII — The Wig Dinner
  24. 24Chapter XXIII — Three the Death of Mr M’Lucre
  25. 25Chapter XXIV — The Windy Yule
  26. 26Chapter XXV — The Subscription
  27. 27Chapter XXVI — Of the Public Lamps
  28. 28Chapter XXVII — The Plainstones
  29. 29Chapter XXVIII — The Second Crop of Volunteers
  30. 30Chapter XXIX — Captain Armour
  31. 31Chapter XXX — The Trades’ Ball
  32. 32Chapter XXXI — The Bailie’s Head
  33. 33Chapter XXXII — The Town Drummer
  34. 34Chapter XXXIII — An Alarm
  35. 35Chapter XXXIV — The Country Gentry
  36. 36Chapter XXXV — Tests of Success
  37. 37Chapter XXXVI — Retribution
  38. 38Chapter XXXVII — The Duel
  39. 39Chapter XXXVIII — An Interlocutor
  40. 40Chapter XXXIX — The Newspaper
  41. 41Chapter XL — The School-House Scheme
  42. 42Chapter XLI — Benefits of Neutrality
  43. 43Chapter XLII — The New Member
  44. 44Chapter XLIII — My Third Provostry
  45. 45Chapter XLIV — The Church Vacant
  46. 46Chapter XLV — The Stramash in the Council
  47. 47Chapter XLVI — The New Councillors
  48. 48Chapter XLVII — The Resignation

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