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I. JAMES STEPHEN, WRITER ON IMPRISONMENT FOR DEBT 1
II. JAMES STEPHEN, MASTER IN CHANCERY 8
III. MASTER STEPHEN'S CHILDREN 25
IV. THE VENNS 33
V. JAMES STEPHEN, COLONIAL UNDER-SECRETARY 41

CHAPTER II

EARLY LIFE

I. CHILDHOOD 66
II. ETON 77
III. KING'S COLLEGE 86
IV. CAMBRIDGE 91
V. READING FOR THE BAR 114

CHAPTER III

THE BAR AND JOURNALISM

I. INTRODUCTORY 131
II. FIRST YEARS AT THE BAR 136
III. THE 'SATURDAY REVIEW' 148
IV. EDUCATION COMMISSION AND RECORDERSHIP 165
V. PROGRESS AT THE BAR 173
VI. 'ESSAYS BY A BARRISTER' 177
VII. DEFENCE OF DR. WILLIAMS 184
VIII. 'VIEW OF THE CRIMINAL LAW' 203
IX. THE 'PALL MALL GAZETTE' 212
X. GOVERNOR EYRE 227
XI. INDIAN APPOINTMENT 231

CHAPTER IV

INDIA

I. PERSONAL HISTORY 237
II. OFFICIAL WORK IN INDIA 246
III. INDIAN IMPRESSIONS 282
IV. LAST MONTHS IN INDIA 291

CHAPTER V

LAST YEARS AT THE BAR

I. FIRST OCCUPATIONS IN ENGLAND 298
II. 'LIBERTY, EQUALITY, FRATERNITY' 306
III. DUNDEE ELECTION 340
IV. CODIFICATION IN ENGLAND 351
V. THE METAPHYSICAL SOCIETY 358
VI. THE CRIMINAL CODE 375
VII. ECCLESIASTICAL CASES 381
VIII. CORRESPONDENCE WITH LORD LYTTON 386
IX. APPOINTMENT TO A JUDGESHIP