CONTENTS.
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I. On the Difficulty of Discovering Fixed Laws 3
II. Independence 12
III. Of Passionate Love 33
IV. Companionship in Marriage 44
V. Family Ties 63
VI. Fathers and Sons 78
VII. The Rights of the Guest 99
VIII. The Death of Friendship 110
IX. The Flux of Wealth 119
X. Differences of Rank and Wealth 130
XI. The Obstacle of Language 148
XII. The Obstacle of Religion 161
XIII. Priests and Women 175
XIV. Why we are Apparently becoming Less Religious 205
XV. How we are Really becoming Less Religious 215
XVI. On an Unrecognized Form of Untruth 232
XVII. On a Remarkable English Peculiarity 239
XVIII. Of Genteel Ignorance 253
XIX. Patriotic Ignorance 264
XX. Confusions 280
XXI. The Noble Bohemianism 295
XXII. Of Courtesy in Epistolary Communication 315
XXIII. Letters of Friendship 336
XXIV. Letters of Business 354
XXV. Anonymous Letters 370
XXVI. Amusements 383
Index 403