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I. Second Nature 7 



II. Memory 19 



III. Self-Consciousness 30 



IV. Attainable Ideals 41 



V. Instinct and Reason ........ 54 



VI. Sleep 65 



VII. Holly and Mistletoe 76 



VIII. Knowledge and Opinion 90 



IX. The Winter Rest 101 



X. Mountains 1:^2 



XI. Home-Life 122 



XII. The Balance of Nature 133 



XIII. The Horse and his Pedigree .... 144 



XIV. The Best Policy 155 



XV. The English People 1G6 



XVI. Big and Little 177 



XVII. The Origin of Bowing 189 



XVIII. English Chalk Downs 201 



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