THE NEW YEAR 1
THE PUBLIC SCOLD 10
NATIONAL NOMINATING CONVENTION 16
BRYANT'S COUNTRY 23
_The Game of Newport_ 31
THE LECTURE LYCEUM 39
TWEED 47
COMMENCEMENT 60
THE STREETS OF NEW YORK 69
THE MORALITY OF DANCING 76
THE HOG FAMILY 81
THE ENLIGHTENED OBSERVER 88
RALPH WALDO EMERSON 94
HENRY WARD BEECHER 110
THE GOLDEN AGE 119
SPRING PICTURES 126
PROPER AND IMPROPER 130
BELINDA AND THE VULGAR 137
DECAYED GENTILITY 142
THE PHARISEE 149
LADY MAVOURNEEN ON HER TRAVELS 155
GENERAL SHERMAN 162
THE AMERICAN GIRL 166
ANNUS MIRABILIS 174
STATUES IN CENTRAL PARK 186
THE GRAND TOUR 193
"EASY DOES IT, GUVNER" 203
SISTE, VIATOR 208
CHRISTENDOM _vs._ CHRISTIANITY 216
FRANCIS GEORGE SHAW 222