CHAPTER I.
Yankee in Westminster-Abbey: faithful Account of the Wonders there
—Adventure 1
CHAPTER II.
Isle-of-Wight—Portsmouth—English Inns: Wonders of the Isle 12
CHAPTER III.
Tour of the Isle—Home—Labor distinguished from Exercise—Grave-Yard
23
CHAPTER IV.
The celebrated Wall—The Land-slip—Scenery—Comforts of Dining—
Sand-Rock Hotel 31
CHAPTER V.
English Inn for Tourists—English Beds—Waiters—English Breakfast—
Household Philosophy—Allum Bay—The Needles—The Light-House
44
CHAPTER VI.
Human Love put aside by the help of a fresh Egg—Black-Gang Chine
—Tourists—The Land-slip—Cave at Freshwater 53
CHAPTER VIII.
Adventure at the Needles—The Cliff—The Sea—Perplexity—The
Drawing-Master turns out to be... what? mad? perhaps a
Player? 67
CHAPTER IX.
New Solicitude—Escape—Quarrel—Perplexity— 78
CHAPTER X.
The Cottage—Mysteries— 88
CHAPTER XI.
Investigations—Domestic Scenes—Authorship in England—Editorship
everywhere 100
CHAPTER XII.
The Smuggler—The Pirate—A Surprise 114
CHAPTER XIII.
Religious Novels—Authorship—Extravagance 124
CHAPTER XIV.
Love—Sketches from Life—Authors 141
CHAPTER XV.
London Society—High-life 151
CHAPTER XVI.
Disclosure—Good Counsel—Gaming 163
CHAPTER XVII.
The young Methodist—Danger of Beauty 174
CHAPTER XVIII.
Education of a sensitive Girl: Simplicity 186
CHAPTER XIX.
Adventure on the road—The Club-Room 196
CHAPTER XX.
The Gamblers 213
CHAPTER XXI.
The Wine Critic—The Play—The Arrest 231
CHAPTER XXII.
The Ring—The Watchman 246
CHAPTER XXIII.
The Catastrophe 257
