CONTENTS
CHAPTER
I. [THE FARMERS' PARLIAMENT]
II. [LEAVING HIS FARM]
III. [A MAN OF PROGRESS]
IV. [GOING DOWNHILL]
V. [THE BORROWER AND THE GAMBLER]
VI. [AN AGRICULTURAL GENIUS—OLD STYLE]
VII. [THE GIG AND THE FOUR-IN-HAND. A BICYCLE FARMER]
VIII. [HAYMAKING. 'THE JUKE'S COUNTRY']
IX. [THE FINE LADY FARMER. COUNTRY GIRLS]
X. [MADEMOISELLE, THE GOVERNESS]
XI. [FLEECEBOROUGH. A 'DESPOT']
XII. [THE SQUIRE'S 'ROUND ROBIN']
XIII. [AN AMBITIOUS SQUIRE]
XIV. [THE PARSON'S WIFE]
XV. [A MODERN COUNTRY CURATE]
XVI.[THE SOLICITOR]
XVII. ['COUNTY COURT DAY']
XVIII.[THE BANK. THE OLD NEWSPAPER]
XIX. [THE VILLAGE FACTORY. VILLAGE VISITORS. WILLOW-WORK]
XX. [HODGE'S FIELDS]
XXI. [A WINTER'S MORNING]
XXII. [THE LABOURER'S CHILDREN, COTTAGE GIRLS]
XXIII. [THE LOW 'PUBLIC' IDLERS]
XXIV. [THE COTTAGE CHARTER, FOUR-ACRE FARMERS]
XXV. [LANDLORDS' DIFFICULTIES, THE LABOURER AS A POWER. MODERN CLERGY]
XXVI. [A WHEAT COUNTRY]
XXVII. [GRASS COUNTRIES]
XXVIII. [HODGE'S LAST MASTERS, CONCLUSION]