PageI.The Author Defines his Position1II.My Child-Wife5III.Our Child-Eden17IV.My Shadow-Wife32V.I Start for College43VI.My Dream-Wife52VII.The Valley of Humiliation66VIII.The Blue Mists76IX.An Outlook into Life84X.Cousin Caroline99XI.Why Don't You Take Her?113XII.I Lay the First Stone in my Foundation126XIII.Bachelor Chambers136XIV.Haps and Mishaps144XV.I Meet a Vision154XVI.The Girl of our Period166XVII.I am Introduced into Society182XVIII.The Young Lady Philosopher193XIX.Flirtation204XX.I Became a Family Friend216XXI.I Discover the Beauties of Friendship226XXII.I am Introduced to the Illuminati234XXIII.I Receive a Moral Shower-Bath240XXIV.Aunt Maria247XXV.A Discussion of the Women Question257XXVI.Cousin Caroline Again272XXVII.Easter Lilies280XXVIII.Enchantment and Disenchantment290XXIX.A New Opening307XXX.Perturbations319XXXI.The Fates327XXXII.The Game of Croquet336XXXIII.The Match Game345XXXIV.Letter from Eva van Arsdel351XXXV.Domestic Consultations360XXXVI.WealthversusLove366XXXVII.Further Consultations373XXXVIII.Making Love to One's Father-in-Law379XXXIX.Accepted and Engaged388XL.Congratulations, etc.396XLI.The Explosion401XLII.The Talk Over the Prayer Book409XLIII.Bolton417XLIV.The Wedding Journey421XLV.My Wife's Wardrobe429XLVI.Letters from New York435XLVII.Aunt Maria's Dictum441XLVIII.Our House448XLIX.Picnicking in New York453L.Neighbors458LI.My Wife Projects Hospitalities464LII.Preparations for our Dinner Party468LIII.The House-Warming471