I. Land of Orange-Groves and Jails 1 II. The Adventure of the University Club 8 III. In Which I Get Arrested 13 IV. The Empire of the Black Hand 19 V. The Schools of the “Times” 22 VI. The Teachers’ Soviets 26 VII. A Prayer for Freedom 32 VIII. The Price of Independence 36 IX. The Regime of Reciprocity 40 X. The Spy System 44 XI. Lies for Children 50 XII. The Schools of Mammon 54 XIII. The Tammany Tiger 59 XIV. God and Mammon 62 XV. Honest Graft 66 XVI. A Letter to Woodrow Wilson 72 XVII. An Arrangement of Little Bits 77 XVIII. The Luskers 81 XIX. To Henrietta Rodman 87 XX. Melodrama in Chicago 94 XXI. Continuous Performance 98 XXII. The Incorporate Tax-Dodging Creatures 102 XXIII. The Superintendent of Trombones 109 XXIV. The City of French Restaurants 113 XXV. The University Gang 119 XXVI. The Ward Leader 125 XXVII. The Romeo and Juliet Stunt 130 XXVIII. The Inventor of Five Sciences 135 XXIX. The Land of Lumber 140 XXX. The Anaconda’s Lair 146 XXXI. The Little Anacondas 151 XXXII. Colorado Culture 154 XXXIII. The Domain of King Coal 159 XXXIV. The Homestead of the Free 164 XXXV. Is a Teacher a Citizen? 167 XXXVI. Introducing Comrade Thompson 173 XXXVII. Millers and Militarism 179 XXXVIII. Newberry Pie 184 XXXIX. Beets and Celery 186 XL. Boston in Bondage 191 XLI. The Open Shop for Culture 195 XLII. Corrupt and Contented 203 XLIII. The Scenes of My Childhood 209 XLIV. The Brewer’s Daughter-in-Law 212 XLV. An Autocracy of Politicians 216 XLVI.