CONTENTS

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[Part I]
A STREAK THROUGH THE STATES
I.DUTIES AND DOLLARS[3]
II.CONCERNING CITIES, WITH A PARENTHESIS ON MANNERS[17]
III.THE QUEEN OF THE GOLDEN STATE[34]
A SEA-INTERLUDE[51]
[Part II]
PRISON LAND
A PRELIMINARY NOTE ON CONVICTS AND COLONISTS[83]
I.SOME FIRST IMPRESSIONS[96]
II.SOME SOCIAL SIDELIGHTS[109]
III.ILE NOU[128]
IV.MEASUREMENT AND MANIA[143]
V.A CONVICT ARCADIA[160]
VI.SOME HUMAN DOCUMENTS[176]
VII.THE PLACE OF EXILES[194]
VIII.A PARADISE OF KNAVES[202]
IX.USE FOR THE USELESS[219]
X.A LAND OF WOOD AND IRON[236]
XI.MOSTLY MOSQUITOS AND MICROBES[262]
[Part III]
HOMEWARD BOUND
I.“TWENTY YEARS AFTER”[279]
II.DEMOS AND DEAR MONEY[290]
III.A COSMOPOLITAN COLONY[303]