rivals Zerah Colbourn, 92; makes a trigonometrical survey, 94; his audacity as a school-reformer, 102; his plans always worked, 103; helps in writing "Public Education," 103; his faith in his system shaken in old age, 104; over-worked, 105; describes his system, 107-122; a stern schoolmaster, 124; plan for controlling his temper; his courage, 125; becomes his father's partner, 128, 186; plans Hazelwood School; is his own architect, 128; and clerk of the works, 129; love of long walks, 131; sees a criminal trial, 132; love of feats, 133; sketches Dover Castle, 133; lectures on electricity, 134; sees a steamboat, 135; becomes sub-secretary to Deaf and Dumb Institution, 136; visits Derbyshire, 137; describes a Hampden club, 139; visits Liverpool, 140; his need of trips, 141; describes his parents, 142; early rising; sees John Kemble, 143; hears a debate, 144; sketches Netley Abbey, 145; sees Stonehenge, 146; experiments on diet, 147; attends the New Hall Hill meeting, 149; describes the fire at Hazelwood, 151; saves a woman from burning, 152; discusses the question of fire insurance, 158; visits Edgeworth-town, 160; climbs down to the Hermit's Cave, 168; publishes "Public Education," 170; thinks the celebrity of Hazelwood excessive, 174; over-worked, 175-177; trip to Scotland, 175; Paris, 176; his fortitude, 177; intends to open a school near London, 180; Bruce Castle, 181; his marriage, 182; helps his brothers, and is helped by them, 184, 191; holds property in common, 186; articles of partnership, 187; family fund, 188; family council, 191; trained to reason, 194; his early friends, 198; his youthful judgments, 199; gets rid of prejudices, 200; one of the founders of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, 201; the "Vernier pendulum," 201; health again breaks down, 202; writes "Home Colonies," 202; gives up school-keeping; confidence in himself, 203; forms various schemes, 205; visits Robert Owen, 206; scheme for a social community, 207-214; Sir J. Shaw-Lefevre and he form a small society, 209; his friendship with Mr. Roebuck, 214; few careers open to him, 215; tour in France; describes his own character, 216; joins the South Australian Association, 217; works at abolishing the stamp duty on newspapers, 217; his "Letter on Pauper Education," 218; becomes secretary to the South Australian Commission, 220; turns his mind towards postal reform, 223, 229; invents a printing-machine, 224; offered a partnership by Mr. Clowes, 230; corrects error of Miss Martineau's, 239; devises a travelling post office, 241; examines the effects of reduction of taxation, 243; analyses postal accounts, 246; ascertains