Chapter 1 The description of the family of Wakefield;in which a kindred likeness prevails aswell of minds as of personsChapter 2 Family misfortunes. The loss Of fortune onlyservesto increase the pride of the worthyChapter 3 A migration. The fortunate circumstancesof our lives are generally found at last tobe of our own procuringChapter 4 A proofthat even the humblest fortunemay grant happiness, which dependsnot on circumstance, but constitutionChapter 5 A new and great acquaintance introduced.What we place mosthopes upon,generally proves most fatalChapter 6 The happiness of a country;fire-sideChapter 7 A town wit described. The dullest fellowsmay learn to be comical for a night or twoChapter 8 An amour, which promises little goodfortune, yet may be productive of muchChapter 9 Two ladies of great distinction introduced.Superior finery ever seems to confersuperior breedingChapter 10 The family endeavours to cope with theirbetters. The miseries of the poor whenthey attempt to appear above theircircumstancesChapter 11 The family still resolve to hold up theirheadsChapter 12 Fortune seems resolved to humble thefami！y of Wakefield. Mortifications areoften more painful than real calamitiesChapter 13 Mr Burchell is found to be an enemy; forhe has the confidence to give disagreeableadviceChapter 14 Fresh mortifications, or a demonstration thatseeming calamities may be real blessingsChapter 15 All Mr Burchell's villainy at once detected.The folly of being-over-wiseChapter 16 The family use art, which is opposed withstill greaterChapter 17 Scarce any virtue found to resist the powerof long and pleasing temptationChapter 18 The pursuit of a father to reclaim a lostchild to virtueChapter 19 The description of a person discontentedwith thepresent government,, andapprehensive： of the loss of our libertiesChapter 20 The history of a philosophic vagabond,pursuing novelty, but losing contentChapter 21 The short continuance of friendship amongstthe vicious, which is coeval only withmutual satisfactionChapter 22 Offences are easily pardoned where thereis love at bottomChapter 23 None but the guilty can be long and completelymiserableChapter 24 Fresh calamitiesChapter 25 No situation, however wretched it seems,but has some sort of comfort attending itChapter 26 A reformation in the gaol. To make lawscomplete, they should reward as wellas punishChapter 27 The same subject continuedChapter 28 Happiness and misery rather the result ofprudence than of virtue in this life. Temporalevils or felicities being regarded by heaven asthings merely in themselves trifling andunworthy its care in the distributionChapter 29 The equal dealings of providence demonstratedwith regard to the happy and the miserablehere below. That from the nature of pleasureand pain, the wretched must be repaid thebalance of their sufferings in the lifehereafterChapter 30 Happier prospects begin to appear. Let usbe inflexible, and fortune will at last changein our favourChapter 31 Former benevolence now repaidwithunexpected interestChapter 32 The conclusion
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