Life as a Synonym of Happiness.――Necessity and Chance the Arbiters of Life.――The Endowment of the Child.――The Laws of Heredity.――Hereditary and Congenital Traits.――The Heritage of the Race.――Family Jewels and Family Curses.――The Avenue of Escape.――Precepts for Self-training.――Words for Women.――Beauty and its Cult.――Its Perils and its Power.――The Ideal of the Beautiful.――The Four Temperaments.――Cheerfulness and its Physical Seat.――Diseases that are Cheerful and those that are Not.――What to do in an Attack of the Blues.――Old Age and its Attainment.――The Fallacious Bliss of Youth.――Men who Outlive Themselves. STROWINGS, pp. 57-80 II. _Our Physical Surroundings._ Clothing and its Objects.――The Dress of Women.――The Value of Good Clothes.――The Room and its Furniture.――Our Living Rooms.――Own Your Own House.――Foes to Fight in House-building.――A New Principle for Architects.――Love of Home and Homesickness.――How Climate Influences Cheerfulness. STROWINGS, pp. 81-91 III. _Luck and its Laws._ What Solon said about Happiness.――Destiny in Human Affairs.――The Calculation of Chances.――Results of the Laws of Luck.――They Cannot be Escaped.――Runs of Luck and their Results.――“A Fool for Luck,” and Why.――The Story of Polycrates and its Moral.――The Fetichism of Gamblers.――Luck Does Less Than Many Think.――The Miracles of Insurance.――The Dark Hand of Destiny.――Trifles Rule the World.――We Are the Slaves of Chance.――But What is Chance? STROWINGS, pp. 92-108 PART III. How Far Our Happiness Depends on Ourselves. I. _Our Occupations――Those of Necessity and those of Choice._ The Washerwoman’s Ideal of Happiness.――Labor is the True Source of Enjoyment.――Selection of an Occupation.――How to Find Pleasure in Its Pursuit.――Fitness and Unfitness for Certain Occupations.――Dangers of Diligence in Business.――The Rare Complaint, Over-Conscientiousness.――Making a Living a Mean Business.――Occupations of Choice.――Reflections on Recreations. STROWINGS, pp. 109-117 II. _Money-making, Its Laws and Its Limits._ The Universal Prayer.――Property the Foundation of Progress.――Wealth is Welcome to All.――What Riches Give.――“Effective” and “Productive” Riches.――The Author Discovers the Fortunate Isles.――But is Promptly Disenchanted.――How to Get Rich.――Another Way to Get Rich.――New Lamps for Old.――Riches and Happiness. STROWINGS, pp. 118-127 III. _The Pleasures we may Derive from Our Senses._