| BOOK I. | | PROEM. | | I. | Midas | 3 | | II. | The Sphinx | 10 | | III. | Manchester Insurrection | 19 | | IV. | Morrison's Pill | 29 | | V. | Aristocracy of Talent | 34 | | VI. | Hero-Worship | 41 | | BOOK II. | | THE ANCIENT MONK. | | I. | Jocelin of Brakelond | 51 | | II. | St. Edmundsbury | 60 | | III. | Landlord Edmund | 65 | | IV. | Abbot Hugo | 73 | | V. | Twelfth Century | 79 | | VI. | Monk Samson | 84 | | VII. | The Canvassing | 92 | | VIII. | The Election | 96 | | IX. | Abbot Samson | 105 | | X. | Government | 112 | | XI. | The Abbot's Ways | 117 | | XII. | The Abbot's Troubles | 124 | | XIII. | In Parliament | 131 | | XIV. | Henry of Essex | 134 | | XV. | Practical-Devotional | 139 | | XVI. | St. Edmund | 148 | | XVII. | The Beginnings | 157 |
| BOOK III. | | THE MODERN WORKER. | | I. | Phenomena | 171 | | II. | Gospel of Mammonism | 181 | | III. | Gospel of Dilettantism | 188 | | IV. | Happy | 192 | | V. | The English | 197 | | VI. | Two Centuries | 208 | | VII. | Over-Production | 213 | | VIII. | Unworking Aristocracy | 218 | | IX. | Working Aristocracy | 228 | | X. | Plugson of Undershot | 235 | | XI. | Labour | 244 | | XII. | Reward | 250 | | XIII. | Democracy | 260 | | XIV. | Sir Jabesh Windbag | 275 | | XV. | Morrison again | 280 |
| BOOK IV. | | HOROSCOPE. | | I. | Aristocracies | 297 | | II. | Bribery Committee | 312 | | III. | The One Institution | 318 | | IV. | Captains of Industry | 333 | | V. | Permanence | 341 | | VI. | The Landed | 348 | | VII. | The Gifted | 355 | | VIII. | The Didactic | 361 | | Summary and Index | 371, 383 |
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