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I. METEOROLOGICAL EMOTIONS. 1

II. CIVIC AND SOCIAL COMPARISONS, MOSTLY ODIOUS. 6

III. SHOWS AND SIDE-SHOWS OF STATE.. 13

IV. THE DUN YEAR'S BRILLIANT FLOWER.. 21

V. THE SIGHTS AND SOUNDS OF THE STREETS. 28

VI. SOME MISGIVINGS AS TO THE AMERICAN INVASION.. 33

VII. IN THE GALLERY OF THE COMMONS. 40

VIII. THE MEANS OF SOJOURN... 44

IX. CERTAIN TRAITS OF THE LONDON SPRINGTIME.. 49

X. SOME VOLUNTARY AND INVOLUNTARY SIGHT-SEEING.. 53

XI. GLIMPSES OF THE LOWLY AND THE LOWLIER.. 61

XII. TWICE-SEEN SIGHTS AND HALF-FANCIED FACTS. 72

XIII. AN AFTERNOON AT HAMPTON COURT.. 84

XIV. A SUNDAY MORNING IN THE COUNTRY.. 92

XV. FISHING FOR WHITEBAIT.. 98

XVI. HENLEY DAY.. 102

XVII. AMERICAN ORIGINS—MOSTLY NORTHERN... 110

XVIII. AMERICAN ORIGINS—MOSTLY SOUTHERN... 125

XIX. ASPECTS AND INTIMATIONS. 137

XX. PARTING GUESTS. 143