Nothing to Eat

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Title:     Nothing to Eat
Author: Horatio Alger

Table of Content

1. The Argument
2. The Proof--the Queen of Fashion
3. The Object aimed at
4. What another Poet did
5. How the Author sometimes Dines
6. Merdle the Banker
7. Places Where Mortals Dine
8. Things That Mortals Eat There
9. The Invitation
10. The Merdle Origin
11. Mrs. Merdle At Home
12. Mrs. Merdle goes to Market
13. The Dinner-bell Rings
14. The Dinner Table Talk
15. Mrs. Merdle doubts Paradise's Uneating Pleasure
16. Mrs. Merdle Discourseth of Things Earthly
17. Mrs. Merdle Discourseth of Things Eatable
18. Mrs. Merdle Ordereth the Second Course
19. Mrs. Merdle Discourseth of Hygiene and Fish Sauce
20. Mrs. Merdle Describeth her Doctor
21. Mrs. Merdle Discourseth again on Dinner
22. Mrs. Merdle Accepteth of a slight Dinner, suitable for a Woman
23. Mrs. Merdle Discourseth of Wishes and her Sufferings
24. Mrs. Merdle Discourseth of Pudding
25. Mrs. Merdle Discourseth of the necessity of good Wine and other
26. Mrs. Merdle Suggesteth that Dinner being finished, the Gentlement
27. Mrs. Merdle, having "Nibbled a Little" for two Hours at Dinner, retireth from the Table unsatisfied
28. The Poet Moralizeth--He Discourseth to those who Gorge and Complain
29. He Discourseth of the Wherefore of Bachelorism
30. He Discourseth of What some Mortals Live for
31. He Imploreth Mercy upon those condemned with fashionable folly to
32. He Imploreth Merry for other Unfortunate Beings
33. He Discourseth of a Common Prayer
34. He Discourseth of Trouble and Sorrow
35. He Moralizeth upon what a Day may Bring forth

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