To the R E A D E R 1. Charm 2. The Moth and the Star 3. Contrasted Travelling 4. The Outer and the Inner Woman 5. On Some Gilded Misalliances 6. The Complacency of Mediocrity 7. The Discontent of Talent 8. Slouch 9. Social Suggestion 10. Bohemia 11. Social Exiles 12. “Seven Ages” of Furniture 13. Our Elite and Public Life 14. The Small Summer Hotel 15. A False Start 16. A Holy Land 17. Royalty at Play 18. A Rock Ahead 19. The Grand Prix 20. “The Treadmill” 21. “Like Master Like Man” 22. An English Invasion of the Riviera 23. A Common Weakness 24. Changing Paris 25. Contentment 26. The Climber 27. The Last of the Dandies 28. A Nation on the Wing 29. Husks 30. The Faubourg St. Germain 31. Men’s Manners 32. An Ideal Hostess 33. The Introducer 34. A Question and an Answer 35. Living on Your Friends 36. American Society in Italy 37. The Newport of the Past 38. A Conquest of Europe 39. A Race of Slaves 40. Introspection |