LIFE A RIVER 65 THE SPRING-TIME OF LIFE 66 THE FIRST TWENTY YEARS OF LIFE 67 PASSING GENERATIONS 68 AVERAGE DURATION OF LIFE 71 PASTIMES OF CHILDHOOD RECREATIVE TO MAN 72 PLEASURES OF THE IMAGINATION LATE IN LIFE 73 WHAT IS MEMORY? 75 CONSOLATION IN GROWING OLD 76 LENGTH OF DAYS 79 HISTORIC TRADITIONS THROUGH FEW LINKS 82 LONGEVITY IN FAMILIES 87 FEMALE LONGEVITY 88 LONGEVITY AND DIET 92 LONGEVITY AND LOCALITIES 96 LONGEVITY OF CLASSES 102 GREAT AGES 111 THE HAPPY OLD MAN 114 PREPARATORY TO DEATH 115 DEATH BEFORE ADAM 116 FUTURE EARTHLY EXISTENCE OF THE HUMAN RACE 117 The School of Life. WHAT IS EDUCATION? 119 TEACHING YOUNG CHILDREN 120 EDUCATION AT HOME 121 TENDERNESS OF YOUTH 122 BUSINESS OF EDUCATION 123 THE CLASSICS 124 LIBERAL EDUCATION 126 DR. ARNOLD’S SCHOOL REFORM 127 SCHOOL INDULGENCE 128 UNSOUND TEACHING 128 SELF-FORMATION 131 PRACTICAL DISCIPLINE 132 CRAMMING 132 MATHEMATICS 133 ARISTOTLE 134 GEOLOGY IN EDUCATION 135 THE BEST EDUCATION 137 ADVICE TO THE STUDENT 138 KNOWLEDGE AND WISDOM 139 EDUCATION ALARMISTS 140 YORKSHIRE SCHOOLS 141 BOOKS FOR THE YOUNG 141 THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE 142 WHAT IS ARGUMENT? 144 HANDWRITING 145 ENGLISH STYLE 147