3. [The View of Writing Men], 12
4. [Foreign Observers], 18
5. [The Characters of American], 19
6. [The Materials of American], 29
[II. The Beginnings of American], 36
1. [In Colonial Days], 36
2. [Sources of Early Americanisms], 40
3. [New Words of English Material], 44
4. [Changed Meanings], 51
5. [Archaic English Words], 54