v.1. The old and new world -- Boarding-schools -- The revolutionary hero -- The eye -- The queen -- Small talk -- White bait -- The curling wave -- National character -- The pulpit and the press -- Waterloo and Bunker Hill -- Hooks and eyes -- Responsible government -- The Duke of Kent and his trumpeter -- Repeal -- The horse stealer. -- v.2. The pleasures of hope -- Don't look pale -- The colonial office -- Barney Oxman and the devil -- Repudiation -- The backlog, or coolness -- Marriage -- Paying and returning visits -- The Canadian exile -- Watering places -- The Earl of Tunbridge -- English gentleman -- English niggers -- Independence -- The ebb tide -- Experimental philosophy -- Parting scene -- Valedictory address