From　This　World　to　the　Next
  by　Henry　Fielding
  INTRODUCTION
  BOOK　I
  CHAPTER　I。
  The　author　dies；　meets　with　Mercury；　and　is　by　him　conducted　to
  the　stage　which　sets　out　for　the　other　world
  CHAPTER　II。
  In　which　the　author　first　refutes　some　idle　opinions　concerning
  spirits；　and　then　the　passengers　relate　their　several　deaths　。
  CHAPTER　III。
  The　adventures　we　met　with　in　the　City　of　Diseases
  CHAPTER　IV。
  Discourses　on　the　road；　and　a　description　of　the　palace　of　Death
  CHAPTER　V。
  The　travelers　proceed　on　their　journey；　and　meet　several　spirits
  who　are　coming　into　the　flesh
  CHAPTER　VI。
  An　account　of　the　wheel　of　fortune；　with　a　method　of　preparing　a
  spirit　for　this　world
  CHAPTER　VII。
  The　proceedings　of　judge　Minos　at　the　gate　of　Elysium
  CHAPTER　VIII。
  The　adventures　which　the　author　met　on　his　first　entrance　into　Elysium
  CHAPTER　IX。
  More　adventures　in　Elysium
  CHAPTER　X。
  The　author　is　surprised　at　meeting　Julian　the　apostate　in　Elysium；
  but　is　satisfied　by　him　by　what　means　he　procured　　his　entrance　there。
  Julian　relates　his　adventures　in　the　character　of　a　slave
  CHAPTER　XI。
  In　which　Julian　relates　his　adventures　in　the　character　of　an　avaricious　Jew
  CHAPTER　XII。
  What　happened　to　Julian　in　the　characters　of　a　general；　an　heir；
  a　carpenter；　and　a　beau
  CHAPTER　XIII。
  Julian　passes　into　a　fop
  CHAPTER　XIV。
  Adventures　in　the　person　of　a　monk
  CHAPTER　XV。
  Julian　passes　into　the　character　of　a　fiddler
  CHAPTER　XVI。
  The　history　of　the　wise　man
  CHAPTER　XVII。
  Julian　enters　into　the　person　of　a　king
  CHAPTER　XVIII。
  Julian　passes　into　a　fool
  CHAPTER　XIX。
  Julian　appears　in　the　character　of　a　beggar
  CHAPTER　XX。
  Julian　performs　the　part　of　a　statesman
  CHAPTER　XXI。
  Julian's　adventures　in　the　post　of　a　soldier
  CHAPTER　XXII。
  What　happened　to　Julian　in　the　person　of　a　tailor
  CHAPTER　XXIII。
  The　life　of　alderman　Julian
  CHAPTER　XXIV。
  Julian　recounts　what　happened　to　him　while　he　was　a　poet
  CHAPTER　XXV。
  Julian　performs　the　parts　of　a　knight　and　a　dancing…master
  BOOK　XIX
  CHAPTER　VII。
  Wherein　Anna　Boleyn　relates　the　history　of　her　life
  A　JOURNEY　FROM　THIS　WORLD　TO　THE　NEXT
  INTRODUCTION
  Whether　the　ensuing　pages　were　really　the　dream　or　vision　of　some
  very　pious　and　holy　person；　or　whether　they　were　really　written
  in　the　other　world；　and　sent　back　to　this；　which　is　the　opinion
  of　many　（though　I　think　too　much　inclining　to　superstition）；　or
  lastly；　whether；　as　infinitely　the　greatest　part　imagine；　they
  were　really　the　production　of　some　choice　inhabitant　of　New
  Bethlehem；　is　not　necessary　nor　easy　to　determine。　　It　will　be
  abundantly　sufficient　if　I　give　the　reader　an　account　by　what
  means　they　came　into　my　possession。　　Mr。　Robert　Powney；
  stationer；　who　dwells　opposite　to　Catherine…street　in　the　Strand；
  a　very　honest　man　and　of　great　gravity　of　countenance；　who；　among
  other　excellent　stationery　commodities；　is　particularly　eminent
  for　his　pens；　which　I　am　abundantly　bound　to　acknowledge；　as　I
  owe　to　their　peculiar　goodness　that　my　manuscripts　have　by　any
  means　been　legible：　　this　gentleman；　I　say；　furnished　me　some
  time　since　with　a　bundle　of　those　pens；　wrapped　up　with　great
  care　and　caution；　in　a　very　large　sheet　of　paper　full　of
  characters；　written　as　it　seemed　in　a　very　bad　hand。　　Now；　I　have
  a　surprising　curiosity　to　read　everything　which　is　almost
  illegible；　partly　perhaps　from　the　sweet　remembrance　of　the　dear
  Scrawls；　Skrawls；　or　Skrales　（for　the　word　is　variously　spelled）；
  which　I　have　in　my　youth　received　from　that　lovely　part　of　the
  creation　for　which　I　have　the　tenderest　regard；　and　partly　from
  that　temper　of　mind　which　makes　men　set　an　immense　value　on　old
  manuscripts　so　effaced；　bustoes　so　maimed；　and　pictures　so　black
  that　no　one　can　tell　what　to　make　of　them。　　I　therefore　perused
  this　sheet　with　wonderful　application；　and　in　about　a　day's　time
  discovered　that　I　could　not　understand　it。　　I　immediately
  repaired　to　Mr。　Powney；　and　inquired　very　eagerly　whether　he　had
  not　more　of　the　same　manuscript？　　He　produced　about　one　hundred
  pages；　acquainting　me　that　he　had　saved　no　more；　but　that　the
  book　was　originally　a　huge　folio；　had　been　left　in　his　garret　by
  a　gentleman　who　lodged　there；　and　who　had　left　him　no　other
  satisfaction　for　nine　months'　lodging。　　He　proceeded　to　inform　me
  that　the　manuscript　had　been　hawked　about　（as　he　phrased　it）
  among　all　the　booksellers；　who　refused　to　meddle；　some　alleged
  that　they　could　not　read；　others　that　they　could　not　understand
  it。　　Some　would　haze　it　to　be　an　atheistical　book；　and　some　that
  it　was　a　libel　on　the　government；　for　one　or　other　of　which
  reasons　they　all　refused　to　print　it。　　That　it　had　been　likewise
  shown　to　the　Rl　Society；　but　they　shook　their　heads；　saying；
  there　was　nothing　in　it　wonderful　enough　for　them。　　That；　hearing
  the　gentleman　was　gone　to　the　West…Indies；　and　believing　it　to　be
  good　for　nothing　else；　he　had　used　it　as　waste　paper。　　He　said　I
  was　welcome　to　what　remained；　and　he　was　heartily　sorry　for　what
  was　missing；　as　I　seemed　to　set　some　value　on　it。
  I　desired　him　much　to　name　a　price：　　but　he　would　receive　no
  consideration　farther　than　the　payment　of　a　small　bill　I　owed
  him；　which　at　that　time　he　said　he　looked　on　as　so　much　money
  given　him。
  I　presently　communicated　this　manuscript　to　my　friend　parson
  Abraham　Adams；　who；　after　a　long　and　careful　perusal；　returned　it
  me　with　his　opinion　that　there　was　more　in　it　than　at　first
  appeared；　that　the　author　seemed　not　entirely　unacquainted　with
  the　writings　of　Plato；　but　he　wished　he　had　quoted　him　sometimes
  in　his　margin；　that　I　might　be　sure　（said　he）　he　had　read　him　in
  the　original：　　for　nothing；　continued　the　parson；　is　commoner
  than　for　men　now…a…days　to　pretend　to　have　read　Greek　authors；
  who　have　met　with　them　only　in　translations；　and　cannot　conjugate
  a　verb　in　mi。
  To　deliver　my　own　sentiments　on　the　occasion；　I　think　the　author
  discovers　a　philosophical　turn　of　thinking；　with　some　little
  knowledge　of　the　world；　and　no　very　inadequate　value　of　it。
  There　are　some　indeed　who；　from　the　vivacity　of　their　temper　and
  the　happiness　of　their　station；　are　willing　to　consider　its
  blessings　as　more　substantial；　and　the　whole　to　be　a　scene　of
  more　consequence　than　it　is　here　represented：　　but；　without
  controverting　their　opinions　at　present；　the　number　of　wise　and
  good　men　who　have　thought　with　our　author　are　sufficient　to　keep
  him　in　countenance：　　nor　can　this　be　attended　with　any　ill
  inference；　since　he　everywhere　teaches　this　moral：　　That　the
  greatest　and　truest　happiness　which　this　world　affords；　is　to　be
  found　only　in　the　possession　of　goodness　and　virtue；　a　doctrine
  which；　as　it　is　undoubtedly　true；　so　hath　it　so　noble　and
  practical　a　tendency；　that　it　can　never　be　too　often　or　too
  strongly　inculcated　on　the　minds　of　men。
  BOOK　I
  CHAPTER　I
  The　author　dies；　meets　with　Mercury；　and　is　by　him　conducted　to
  the　stage　which　sets　out　for　the　other　world。
  On　the　first　day　of　December　1741＇1＇　I　departed　this　life　at　my
  lodgings　in　Cheapside。　　My　body　had　been　some　time　dead　before　I
  was　at　liberty　to　quit　it；　lest　it　should　by　any　accident　return
  to　life：　　this　is　an　injunction　imposed　on　all　souls　by　the
  eternal　law　of　fate；　to　prevent　the　inconveniences　which　would
  follow。　　As　soon　as　the　destined　period　was　expired　（being　no
  longer　than　till　the　body　is　become　perfectly　cold　and　stiff）　I
  began　to　move；　but　found　myself　under　a　difficulty　of　making　my
  escape；　for　the　mouth　or　door　was　shut；　so　that　it　was　impossible
  for　me　to　go　out　at　it；　and　the　windows；　vulgarly　called　the
  eyes；　were　so　closely　pulled　down　by　the　fingers　of　a　nurse；　that
  I　could　by　no　means　open　them。　　At　last　I　perceived　a　beam　of
  light　glimmering　at　the　top　of　the　house　（for　such　I　may　call　the
  body　I　had　been　inclosed　in）；　whither　ascending；　I　gently　let
  myself　down　through　a　kind　of　chimney；　and　issued　out　at　the
  nostrils。
  ＇1＇　Some　doubt　whether　this　should　not　be　rather　1641；　which　　is
  a　date　more　agreeable　to　the　account　given　of　it　in　the
  introduction：　　but　then　there　are　some　passages　which　seem　to
  relate　to　transactions　infinitely　later；　even　within　this　year　or
  two。　　To　say　the　truth　there　are　difficulties　attending　either
  conjecture；　so　the　reader　may　take　which　he　pleases。
  No　prisoner　discharged　from　a　long　confinement　ever　tasted　the
  sweets　of　liberty　with　a　more　exquisite　relish　than　I　enjoyed　in
  this　delivery　from　a　dungeon　wherein　I　had　been　detained　upwards
  of　forty　years；　and　with　much　the　same　kind　of　regard　I　cast　my
  eyes＇2＇　backwards　upon　it。
  ＇2＇　Eyes　are　not　perhaps　so　properly　adapted　t