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| Prologue | 1 |
| I. Traffic in New York |
| My Efforts to Become Americanized—Reflections on New York Traffic—Dissertation on American Roads—Coney Island—Equipment for the Journey | 5 |
| II. New York to Philadelphia |
| Companions in Distress—"The Playground of the World"—American Proclivities towards the Superlative—A Lapse into Philosophy—Introduction to the "Detour"—The Good Samaritan Rewarded—Philadelphia—Adventures with a Garage Proprietor | 12 |
| III. Philadelphia to Washington |
| Prosperity in New England Villages—Motor-cycling de Luxe—Peregrinations of a "Tin Lizzie"—Insights into the Inner Life of an American Highway—Humouring a Negro—Self-conscious Scruples—Illuminated Signs—Hotel Life in Washington | 22 |
| IV. Exceeding the Speed Limit |
| Experiences of Brick Roads—Approaching the Alleghanies—The Lust for Speed—And Its Consequences—Queer Methods of Enforcing the Law—Stranded | 32 |
| V. Across the Alleghanies |
| Soliloquies of the Humble Poor—The Subtleties of Advertisement Hoardings—Corn in Egypt—The Peregrinations of an English Sovereign—A Whiff of Good Old London—Appreciation of Nature in America—Lizzie Reports Sick—Lead, kindly Light—Auto-suggestion as an Aid to Sleep | 42 |
| VI. The Dixie Highway |
| I Make the Acquaintance of the Ohio River—Lizzie develops Acute Indigestion—The Irony of Henry Ford—I administer First-aid—Hero-worship to a Rag-and-bone Merchant—A New Use for an Old Tree—The Ubiquitous Columbus—The Friendly Tram—The Dixie Highway—Eulogy to the City of Dayton—My Extravagant Taste for Cake—An alfresco Meal—A Final Burst of Extravagance—Home Once More | 51 |
| VII. Cincinnati and Onwards |
| Cincinnati—A Memorable Day—Aspersions on an American Repair Shop—Chess-board Roads—The Humour of Decorated Telegraph Poles—Soliloquy on the Pike's Peak Highway—Effects of State Boundary Lines—Indian Corn—A Luxurious Bathe—Indianapolis—The 3 A Club—What Constitutes a Good Road | 60 |
| VIII. Indiana and Illinois |
| How Dirt Roads are Cultivated—A Brush with a Road-plough—How Flivvers "get through"—A Bad Patch and a Good Samaritan—The Subtleties of General Merchandise—I attract a Crowd in Springfield—Taken for a Movie Actor—Future Cities of Illinois—Illinois River—The Mississippi at Last—I sleep on a Railway Embankment | 70 |
| IX. Stormy Weather in Missouri |
| Hannibal—Infantile Automobilation—Rain in Missouri—I get Annoyed—Railroads v. Highways—Kansas City | 83 |
| X. Results of a Breakdown |
| Kansas City—I visit Lizzie on her Sick-bed—I visit an Editor in his Lair—Kansas City gets My Story | 89 |
| XI. The Santa FÉ Trail |
| Westward Again—The Santa FÉ Trail—Mosquito Nets—Into the Great Prairies—I sleep in a River—Pie—Prairie Towns—In a Thunderstorm—Colorado Reached—The Map proves not Infallible—A Detour to the Heart of the Rockies—Rain Again | 94 |
| XII. The Royal Gorge of Arkansas |
| A Strange Dwelling—I am Taken for an American—Supper in Style—Sleep in Style—Breakfast and Lunch in Style—The Sun Once Again—Housebuilding at Speed—An Appreciation—The Rockies—Pueblo—Pike's Peak—The Royal Gorge—The Lust for Taking Pictures—Picturesque Names—The Worst Road in America—A Mud Bath—The End of a Perfect Day | 106 |
| XIII. In Southern Colorado |
| Strange Mountain Forms—Trinidad—A Flivver to the Rescue—The Raton Pass—A Wonderful View—At the Feet of the Rockies—A Phantom Road—Prairie-dogs—Companions—Lizzie sheds a Sprocket—A Tiring Search—The Biggest Thing in Mud Lakes—Wagonmound—Argument with a Linemaster | 118 |
| XIV. New Mexico |
| Adventures with a Railway—Stuck Once Again—Assistance from California—House-hunting by Caravan—Las Vegas—A Wonderful Ford—A Mexican Village—Lizzie Clean Again—The Travelling Tinsmith—Santa FÉ at Last | 132 |
| XV. Santa FÉ |
| Santa FÉ—Adobe Architecture—The Art Museum—Where Americans Hustle Not—In the Limelight Again | 148 |
| XVI. The Rio Grande Valley |
| Departure from Santa FÉ—La Bajada Hill—Albuquerque—The Rio Grande—Indians—The Morals of Mountains—Socorro—Camping in the Mountains: A Farmyard Episode |
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