| PART I.—FROM THE CLYDE TO SANDY HOOK |
| | | PAGE |
| The Second Cabin | [7] |
| Early Impressions | [15] |
| Steerage Scenes | [24] |
| Steerage Types | [32] |
| The Sick Man | [43] |
| The Stowaways | [53] |
| Personal Experience and Review | [66] |
| New York | [77] |
| PART II.—ACROSS THE PLAINS |
| Notes by the Way To Council Bluffs | [93] |
| The Emigrant Train | [107] |
| The Plains of Nebraska | [115] |
| The Desert of Wyoming | [119] |
| Fellow Passengers | [124] |
| Despised Races | [129] |
| To the Golden Gates | [133] |
THE OLD AND NEW PACIFIC CAPITALS |
| I. | Monterey | [141] |
| II. | San Francisco | [159] |
THE SILVERADO SQUATTERS |
| The Silverado Squatters | [173] |
| In the Valley: |
| I. | Calistoga | [179] |
| II. | The Petrified Forest | [184] |
| III. | Napa Wine | [188] |
| IV. | The Scot Abroad | [194] |
| With the Children of Israel: |
| I. | To Introduce Mr. Kelmar | [201] |
| II. | First Impressions of Silverado | [205] |
| III. | The Return | [215] |
| The Act of Squatting | [221] |
| The Hunter’s Family | [230] |
| The Sea-Fogs | [239] |
| The Toll House | [245] |
| A Starry Drive | [250] |
| Episodes in the Story of a Mine | [254] |
| Toils and Pleasures | [264] |
“VIRGINIBUS PUERISQUE” AND OTHERPAPERS |
| I. | “Virginibus Puerisque”: |
| I. | [281] |
| II. | [292] |
| III. On Falling in Love | [302] |
| IV. Truth of Intercourse | [311] |
| II. | Crabbed Age and Youth | [321] |
| III. | An Apology for Idlers | [334] |
| IV. | Ordered South | [345] |
| V. | Æs Triplex | [358] |
| VI. | El Dorado | [368] |
| VII. | The English Admirals | [372] |
| VIII. | Some Portraits by Raeburn | [385] |
| IX. | Child’s Play | [394] |
| X. | Walking Tours | [406] |
| XI. | Pan’s Pipes | [415] |
| XII. | A Plea for Gas Lamps | [420] |