I. • My Ancestors•1

II. • Childhood•7

III. • Boyhood•17

IV. • Cambridge•25

V. • Difference Engine No. 1•41

VI. • Statement relative to the Difference Engine, drawn up by the late Sir H. Nicolas from the Author’s Papers•68

VII. • Difference Engine No. 2•97

VIII. • Of the Analytical Engine•112

IX. • Of the Mechanical Notation•142

X. • The Exhibition of 1862•147

XI. • The late Prince Consort•168

XII. • Recollections of the Duke of Wellington•173

XIII. • Recollections of Wollaston, Davy, and Rogers•186

XIV. • Recollections of Laplace, Biot, and Humboldt•195

XV. • Experience by Water•205

XVI. • Experience by Fire•213

XVII. • Experience amongst Workmen•228

XVIII. • Picking Locks and Deciphering•233

XIX. • Experience in St. Giles’s•242

XX. • Theatrical Experience•251

XXI. • Electioneering Experience•259

XXII. • Scene from a New After-Piece•276

XXIII. • Experience at Courts•292

XXIV. • Experience at Courts•298

XXV. • Railways•313

XXVI. • Street Nuisances•337

XXVII. • Wit•363

XXVIII. • Hints for Travellers•371

XXIX. • Miracles•387

XXX. • Religion•396

XXXI. • A Vision•406

XXXII. • Various Reminiscences•421

XXXIII. • The Author’s Cont­ri­bu­tions to Human Knowledge•430

XXXIV. • The Author’s further Cont­ri­bu­tions to Human Knowledge•441

XXXV. • Results of Science•473

XXXVI. • Agreeable Recollections•482

Appendix•487