CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER VII. 



Warm Breakfast and Warm Hearts. True Self-denial. Primitive Christianity. 

 A Living Faith 50 



CHAPTER VIII. 



The County Jail. English Prison Discipline. The Perfection of the Present. 

 Education and Taxation. What Next? Captain Machonochie. The Mark 

 System. The Christian Idea of Punishment 58 



CHAPTER IX. 



A Hit. The Debtor s Prison. Utter Cleanliness. City&quot; and &quot;Town.&quot; 

 &quot; Down&quot; and &quot; Up.&quot; Hereford Cathedral. Church and State. The Public 

 Promenade 64 



CHAPTER X. 



A Stage-coach Ride. Conversation with the Coachman. A Free-trader. 

 American and English Women. Fair Play. Woman s Rights. Social Dif 

 ferences. Frenchmen. National Vanities. Democracy. Free Trade. 

 Retaliation. Aristocracy. Natural Laws. The Law of Love. Fraternity. 68 



CHAPTER XI. 



Shady Lanes. Rural Sketches. Herefordshire and Monmouthshire Scenery. 

 Points of Difference in English and American Landscapes. Visit to a 

 Farm-house. The Mistress. The Farm-house Garden. A Stout Old En 

 glish Farmer. The Stables and Stock. Turnip Culture. Sheep. Wheat. 

 Hay. Rents. Prices. A Parting. Cider 88 



CHAPTER XII. 



Walk with a Rustic. Family Meeting. A Recollection of the Rhine. Igno 

 rance and Degraded Condition of the English Agricultural Labourer. 

 How he is regarded by his Superiors. The Principles of Government. 

 Duties of the Governing. Education. Slavery. The Diet of Labourers. 

 Drink. Bread. Bacon. Fresh Meat 99 



CHAPTER XIII. 



Tintern Abbey and the Wye. English Screw-steamers. Tide Deluge. St. 

 Vincent s Rocks. Bristol-built Vessels. The Vale of Gloucester. Whii&amp;gt;- 

 field &quot;Example Farm.&quot; Hedge-row Timber. Drainage. Buildings. 

 Stock. Soiling. Manure. Wheat. Beets and Turnips. Disgraceful Ag 

 riculture. The Landed Gentry. Wages of Labourers 110 



CHAPTER XIV. 



Bath. Warminster. Surly Postmaster. A Doubtful Character. Polite Inn 

 keeper and Pretty Chambermaid. The Tap-room Fireside. Rustic Civil- 



