I. THE WEIGHTS AND MEASURES II. THE INTERNAL NAVIGATION III. THE WOODWARDS IV. CAPTAIN CUTTWATER V. BUSHEY PARK VI. SIR GREGORY HARDLINES VII. MR. FIDUS NEVERBEND VIII. THE HON. UNDECIMUS SCOTT IX. MR. MANYLODES X. WHEAL MARY JANE XI. THE THREE KINGS XII. CONSOLATION XIII. A COMMUNICATION OF IMPORTANCE XIV. VERY SAD XV. NORMAN RETURNS TO TOWN XVI. THE FIRST WEDDING XVII. THE HONOURABLE MRS. VAL AND MISS GOLIGHTLY XVIII. A DAY WITH ONE OF THE NAVVIES.--MORNING XIX. A DAY WITH ONE OF THE NAVVIES.--AFTERNOON XX. A DAY WITH ONE OF THE NAVVIES.--EVENING XXI. HAMPTON COURT BRIDGE XXII. CRINOLINE AND MACASSAR; OR, MY AUNT'S WILL XXIII. SURBITON COLLOQUIES XXIV. MR. M'BUFFER ACCEPTS THE CHILTERN HUNDREDS XXV. CHISWICK GARDENS XXVI. KATIE'S FIRST BALL XXVII. EXCELSIOR XXVIII. OUTERMAN _v_. TUDOR XXIX. EASY IS THE SLOPE OF HELL XXX. MRS. WOODWARD'S REQUEST XXXI. HOW APOLLO SAVED THE NAVVY XXXII. THE PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEE XXXIII. TO STAND, OR NOT TO STAND XXXIV. WESTMINSTER HALL XXXV. MRS. VAL'S NEW CARRIAGE XXXVI. TICKLISH STOCK XXXVII. TRIBULATION XXXVIII. ALARIC TUDOR TAKES A WALK XXXIX. THE LAST BREAKFAST XL. MR. CHAFFANBRASS XLI. THE OLD BAILEY XLII. A PARTING INTERVIEW XLIII. MILLBANK XLIV. THE CRIMINAL POPULATION IS DISPOSED OF XLV. THE FATE OF THE NAVVIES XLVI. MR. NOGO'S LAST QUESTION XLVII. CONCLUSION CHAPTER I THE WEIGHTS AND MEASURES All the English world knows, or knows of, that branch of the Civil Service which is popularly called the Weights and Measures. Every inhabitant of London, and every casual visitor there, has admired the handsome edifice which generally goes by that name, and which stands so conspicuously confronting the Treasury Chambers. It must be owned that we have but a slip-slop way of christening our public buildings. When a man tells us that he called on a friend at the Horse Guards, or looked in at the Navy Pay, or dropped a ticket at the Woods and Forests, we put up with the accustomed sounds, though they are in themselves, perhaps, indefensible. The 'Board of Commissioners for Regulating Weights and Measures', and the 'Office of the Board of Commissioners for Regulating Weights and Measures', are very long phrases; and as, in the course of this tale, frequent mention will be made of the public establishment in question, the reader's comfort will be best consulted by maintaining its popular though improper denomination.