PAGE To Mrs. John Bull iii Hors d'œuvre ix I. Flirtation--Sweethearting--Love in the Open Air--_Où il y a de la gêne il n'y a pas de plaisir_ 1 II. Declarations of Love--Kisses--Disobliging Britons 8 III. Love in Marriage--Mrs. John Bull's Bedroom--As you make your Bed, so you must lie on it--Young People, English and French--How it may sometimes be an economy to take your Wife with you when you travel on the Continent 12 IV. The Marriage Ceremony in England--Civil Marriages-- Elopements--Marriage in Scotland--Show your Credentials--One word more about the _dot_ 22 V. After the Ball--My Wife makes me a little Confidence (from the Diary of a Frenchman married to an Englishwoman) 30 VI. The Beauty of English Women--Their Dress--Their Hair--Advice to French Ladies--Hyde Park--Interior of English Theatres--O Routine! such is thy Handiwork! 37 VII. The Word and the Thing--Little Essay on the English Language--There is nothing like a good Telescope if you want to see well--Master Dubius--Puritan Parlance--Salvation Fair--May Meetings and Spring Cleanings--Are you _Pooty_ Well?--A Suitable Menu 46 VIII. The Boas of the Aristocracy--The Prettiest Women in London--Shop Girls--Barmaids--Actresses and Supernumeraries--Miss Mary Anderson 58 IX. The _Demi-monde_--Sly Dogs--The Disreputable World--The Society for the Protection of Women--Humble Apologies for Grave Mistakes 66 X. Reflections of an Innocent upon Women in general and Englishwomen in particular--Epistle to John Bull--Women's Rights--A Stormy Meeting--Viragos and other British Guys of the Sisterhood of St. Catharine 72 XI. Women at Home--Daughters, Wives, Widows, and Mothers-- Comparisons--The Hospitality of Mrs. John Bull--Provincial Life 83 XII. Mrs. John Bull at Home on the .... _R.S.V.P._--An Intelligent Landlord--Meaning of the word "Concert"--The Conversazione--The Royal Academy 100 XIII. Ladies of the Royal Family--Mrs. Christian--Minnie and Alec--The noble Lord the Poet-Laureate--Wanted an English Academy 110 XIV. The Governess and other Servants of Mrs. John Bull's Household--Lady-Helps--English and French Servants-- Burglar Chase: the Policeman is successful for once 120 XV.