IX. AN OUTLOOK INTO LIFE 84 X. COUSIN CAROLINE 99 XI. WHY DON'T YOU TAKE HER? 113 XII. I LAY THE FIRST STONE IN MY FOUNDATION 126 XIII. BACHELOR CHAMBERS 136 XIV. HAPS AND MISHAPS 144 XV. I MEET A VISION 154 XVI. THE GIRL OF OUR PERIOD 166 XVII. I AM INTRODUCED INTO SOCIETY 182 XVIII. THE YOUNG LADY PHILOSOPHER 193 XIX. FLIRTATION 204 XX. I BECAME A FAMILY FRIEND 216 XXI. I DISCOVER THE BEAUTIES OF FRIENDSHIP 226 XXII. I AM INTRODUCED TO THE ILLUMINATI 234 XXIII. I RECEIVE A MORAL SHOWER-BATH 240 XXIV. AUNT MARIA 247 XXV. A DISCUSSION OF THE WOMEN QUESTION 257 XXVI. COUSIN CAROLINE AGAIN 272 XXVII. EASTER LILIES 280 XXVIII. ENCHANTMENT AND DISENCHANTMENT 290 XXIX. A NEW OPENING 307 XXX. PERTURBATIONS 319 XXXI. THE FATES 327 XXXII. THE GAME OF CROQUET 336 XXXIII. THE MATCH GAME 345 XXXIV. LETTER FROM EVA VAN ARSDEL 351 XXXV. DOMESTIC CONSULTATIONS 360 XXXVI. WEALTH _versus_ LOVE 366 XXXVII. FURTHER CONSULTATIONS 373 XXXVIII. MAKING LOVE TO ONE'S FATHER-IN-LAW 379 XXXIX. ACCEPTED AND ENGAGED 388 XL. CONGRATULATIONS, ETC. 396 XLI. THE EXPLOSION 401 XLII. THE TALK OVER THE PRAYER BOOK 409 XLIII. BOLTON 417 XLIV. THE WEDDING JOURNEY 421 XLV. MY WIFE'S WARDROBE 429 XLVI. LETTERS FROM NEW YORK 435 XLVII. AUNT MARIA'S DICTUM 441 XLVIII. OUR HOUSE 448 XLIX. PICNICKING IN NEW YORK 453 L. NEIGHBORS 458 LI. MY WIFE PROJECTS HOSPITALITIES 464 LII. PREPARATIONS FOR OUR DINNER PARTY 468 LIII. THE HOUSE-WARMING 471 _ILLUSTRATIONS._ I. THE MATCH GAME Frontispiece. II. MY CHILD-WIFE 5 III. MATRIMONIAL PROPOSITIONS 15 IV. UNCLE JACOB'S ADVICE 47 V. MY DREAM-WIFE 64