the City.

CHAPTER III.

Gambling (an allegory) invented by the Fiends, and is proclaimed the
Premium Vice by Lucifer.--A Gambling Scene between Gaut Gurley and the
merchant, Mark Elwood.--The Failure of the latter.--The Refusal of his
brother, Arthur Elwood, to help him.--The Surprise and Distress of his
Family.

CHAPTER IV.

The Downward Path of the Habitual Gambler.--His Family sharing in the
Degradation, and becoming the suffering Victims of his Vices.--The Sudden
Resolve to be a Man again, and remove to an unsettled Country, to begin
Life anew in the Woods.

CHAPTER V.

The moral and intellectual Influences of Forest Life.--Scenery of
Umbagog.--Description of Elwood's new Home in the Woods.--The Burning of
his first _Slash_.--His House catches Fire, and he and his Wife engage
in extinguishing it, praying for the return of their Son, Claud Elwood, to
help them in their terrible strait.

CHAPTER VI.

Claud Elwood and his Forest Musings.--Dangerous Assault, and slaying of a
Moose.--Rescue of Gaut's Daughter from the enraged animal.--Strange
Developments.--Incipient Love Scene.--Trout-catching.--Return of Claud and