| PAGE |
| To Mrs. John Bull | iii |
| Hors d’oeuvre | ix |
| I. |
| Flirtation — Sweethearting — Love in the Open Air — OÙ il y a de la gÊne il n’y a pas de plaisir | 1 |
| II. |
| Declarations of Love — Kisses — Disobliging Britons | 8 |
| III. |
| Love in Marriage — Mrs. John Bull’s Bedroom — As you make your Bed, so you must lie on it — Young People, English and French — How it may sometimes be an economy to take your Wife with you when you travel on the Continent | 12 |
| IV. |
| The Marriage Ceremony in England — Civil Marriages — Elopements — Marriage in Scotland — Show your Credentials — One word more about the dot | 22 |
| V. |
| After the Ball — My Wife makes me a little Confidence (from the Diary of a Frenchman married to an Englishwoman) | 30 |
| VI. |
| The Beauty of English Women — Their Dress — Their Hair — Advice to French Ladies — Hyde Park — Interior of English Theatres — O Routine! such is thy Handiwork! | 37 |
| VII. |
| The Word and the Thing — Little Essay on the English Language — There is nothing like a good Telescope if you want to see well — Master Dubius — Puritan Parlance — Salvation Fair — May Meetings and Spring Cleanings — Are you Pooty Well? — A Suitable Menu | 46 |
| VIII. |
| The Boas of the Aristocracy — The Prettiest Women in London — Shop Girls — Barmaids — Actresses and Supernumeraries — Miss Mary Anderson | 58 |
| IX. |
| The Demi-monde — Sly Dogs — The Disreputable World — The Society for the Protection of Women — Humble Apologies for Grave Mistakes | 66 |
| X. |
| Reflections of an Innocent upon Women in general and Englishwomen in particular — Epistle to John Bull — Women’s Rights — A Stormy Meeting — Viragos and other British Guys of the Sisterhood of St. Catharine | 72 |
| XI. |
| Women at Home — Daughters, Wives, Widows, and Mothers — Comparisons — The Hospitality of Mrs. John Bull — Provincial Life | 83 |
| XII. |
| Mrs. John Bull at Home on the....R.S.V.P. — An Intelligent Landlord — Meaning of the word “Concert” — The Conversazione — The Royal Academy | 100 |
| XIII. |
| Ladies of the Royal Family — Mrs. Christian — Minnie and Alec — The noble Lord the Poet-Laureate — Wanted an English Academy | 110 |
| XIV. |
| The Governess and other Servants of Mrs. John Bull’s Household — Lady-Helps — English and French Servants — Burglar Chase: the Policeman is successful for once | 120 |
| XV. |
| In the Smoking Room (Causerie) | 136 |
| XVI. |
| The Brune and the Blonde — Madame la Comtesse d’A. and Lady B. chat a little about their husbands, discuss their respective merits, and indulge in several little confidences | 146 |
| XVII. |
| The Teetotal Mania — Second Epistle to John Bull — The darling Sin of Mrs. John Bull according to a Venerable Archdeacon and a few Charitable Ladies — A free-born Briton, member of the Yellow Ribbon Army | 164 |
| XVIII. |
| New Salvation Agencies — Priestess Rubbers — Asinus asinam fricat | 176 |
| XIX. |
| The Vicar’s Wife (Fragments) | |
| I. | 180 |
| II. | 187 |
| III. | 200 |
| XX. |
| Apotheosis of the Daughters of John Bull | 209 |
| XXI. |
| John Bull and His Island (Postscript) | 228 |
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