At Botley, ii. 1; his pursuits and tastes, 4, 5; determines to settle at Botley, 6; “Parliamentary History,” and other projects, 8; his advocacy of parliamentary reform, 10; enemies thus raised up, 12; at Honiton election, 13; address to electors of Westminster, 14; bitter hostility of the _Morning Post_, 19; his home, &c., described by Miss Mitford, 22; new friends, 21, 23; is asked to contest Westminster, 25; quarrel with Sheridan, 27; he cannot live in London, 31; threats of further prosecution, 35; his devotion to the interests of the Labouring Poor, 39; his high qualities as an employer, 42; calumnies, 43; increasing animosity toward him, 45; anti-Cobbett literature of the period, 46, 48; leads the Reformists, 50; his usual pursuits, sports, &c., 51; pecuniary pinches, 52; supports inquiry into the affairs of the Duke of York, 58; his plantings, &c., 63, 65, 68; disinclination to enter parliament, 67; his sphere as a comment maker, _ib._; “State Trials,” 70; his children, 72; speaks in public, 74; independence of Party, 75; defiance, 81, 82; answers the court-martial story, 85; his attachment to soldiers, 89; reminiscences of flogging, 92; the flogging “libel,” 93; the Messrs. Swann, 98; prosecution, 114; verdict of the jury, 118; sentence, 126; in Newgate, 127; renewed protests against flogging, 131; life in prison, 135; “Paper against Gold,” 136; growing acrimony, 140; pecuniary difficulties, 142; his quarrel with Mr. Wright, 143; release from Newgate, 147; growing antipathy of the clergy, 149; opposes the proposed Corn Law, 153; hostility of the landed interest, _ib._; renewed urging of Reform, 155; the first cheap _Register_, 158; his abhorrence of violent measures, 176; is again threatened, 181; will go to America, 183; his farewell, 185; admirers in the United States, 199; his settlement near New York, 202; new works projected, 206; “English Grammar,” and “Year’s Residence,” 207; proposes to return, 209; exhumes the bones of T. Paine, 212; his arrival in England, 215; quarrel with Burdett, 219; actions brought against him by Cleary and Wright, 223; his advocacy of Queen Caroline’s cause, 224; is “in disgrace” over Paine and Burdett and Wright, 225; _Cobbett’s Evening Post_, 229; bankruptcy, 230; his seed-farm at Kensington, 231; books on rural and domestic affairs, 233; is awarded the Society of Arts’ silver medal, 234; aversion to the potato, 235; “History of the Protestant Reformation,” 239; other publications, 244; “Rural Rides,” 246; resolves upon entering parliament, 249; contests Coventry, 251, and Preston, 255; is prosecuted for “sedition,” 259; his triumph, 266; address to the Manchester electors, 275;