bacon_."--_Evening Standard_.

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER I.
Shows the Beauty of a Farm Yard on a Sabbath-Day, and what a 1
difference a single letter will sometimes make in the legal
signification of a Sentence
CHAPTER II.
The Simplicity and Enjoyments of a Country life depicted 11
CHAPTER III.
Showing how true it is that it takes at least Two to make a 17
Bargain or a Quarrel
CHAPTER IV.
On the extreme Simplicity of Going to Law 27
CHAPTER V.
In which it appears that the Sting of Slander is not always 35
in the Head
CHAPTER VI.
Showing how the greatest Wisdom of Parliament may be thrown 45
away on Ungrateful People
CHAPTER VII.
Showing that Appropriateness of Time and Place should be 55
studied in our Pastimes
CHAPTER VIII.
The Pleasure of a Country Drive on a Summer Evening described 63
as enhanced by a Pious Mind
CHAPTER IX.
A Farm-house Winter Fire-side--A morning Drive and a mutual 71
interchange of Ideas between Town and Country, showing how we
may all learn something from one another
CHAPTER X.
The last Night before the first London Expedition, which 87
gives occasion to recall pleasant reminiscences
CHAPTER XI.
Commencement of London Life and Adventures 97
CHAPTER XII.
How the great Don O'Rapley became an Usher of the Court of 105
Queen's Bench, and explained the Ingenious Invention of the
Round Square--How Mr. Bumpkin took the water and studied
Character from a Penny Steamboat
CHAPTER XIII.
An interesting Gentleman--showing how true it is that one 111
half the World does not know how the other half lives
CHAPTER XIV.
The Old Bailey--Advantages of the New System illustrated 119
CHAPTER XV.
Mr. Bumpkin's Experience of London Life enlarged 133
CHAPTER XVI.
The coarse mode of Procedure in Ahab _versus_ Naboth 143
ruthlessly exposed and carefully contrasted with the h