The Monikins
INTRODUCTION.
CHAPTER I. THE AUTHOR'S PEDIGREE,—ALSO THAT OF
HIS FATHER.
CHAPTER II. TOUCHING MYSELF AND TEN THOUSAND
POUNDS.
CHAPTER III. OPINIONS OF OUR AUTHOR'S ANCESTOR,
TOGETHER WITH SOME OF HIS OWN, AND SOME OF OTHER PEOPLE'S.
CHAPTER IV. SHOWING THE UPS AND DOWNS, THE HOPES
AND FEARS, AND THE VAGARIES OF LOVE, SOME VIEWS OF DEATH, AND AN
ACCOUNT OF AN INHERITANCE.
CHAPTER V. ABOUT THE SOCIAL-STAKE SYSTEM, THE
DANGERS OF CONCENTRATION, AND OTHER MORAL AND IMMORAL CURIOSITIES.
CHAPTER VI. A THEORY OF PALPABLE SUBLIMITY—SOME
PRACTICAL IDEAS, AND THE COMMENCEMENT OF ADVENTURES.
CHAPTER VII. TOUCHING AN AMPHIBIOUS ANIMAL, A
SPECIAL INTRODUCTION, AND ITS CONSEQUENCES.
CHAPTER VIII. AN INTRODUCTION TO FOUR NEW
CHARACTERS, SOME TOUCHES OF PHILOSOPHY, AND A FEW CAPITAL THOUGHTS ON
POLITICAL ECONOMY.
CHAPTER IX. THE COMMENCEMENT OF WONDERS, WHICH
ARE THE MORE EXTRAORDINARY ON ACCOUNT OF THEIR TRUTH.
CHAPTER X. A GREAT DEAL OF NEGOTIATION, IN WHICH
HUMAN SHREWDNESS IS COMPLETELY SHAMED, AND HUMAN INGENUITY IS SHOWN TO
BE OF A VERY SECONDARY QUALITY.
CHAPTER XI. A PHILOSOPHY THAT IS BOTTOMED ON
SOMETHING SUBSTANTIAL—SOME REASONS PLAINLY PRESENTED, AND CAVILLING
OBJECTIONS PUT TO FLIGHT BY A CHARGE OF LOGICAL BAYONETS.
CHAPTER XII. BETTER AND BETTER—A HIGHER FLIGHT
OF REASON—MORE OBVIOUS TRUTHS, DEEPER PHILOSOPHY, AND FACTS THAT EVEN
AN OSTRICH MIGHT DIGEST.
CHAPTER XIII. A CHAPTER OF
PREPARATIONS—DISCRIMINATION IN CHARACTER—A TIGHT FIT, AND OTHER
CONVENIENCES, WITH SOME JUDGMENT.
CHAPTER XIV. HOW TO STEER SMALL—HOW TO RUN THE
GAUNTLET WITH A SHIP—HOW TO GO CLEAR—A NEW-FASHIONED SCREW—DOCK,
AND CERTAIN MILE-STONES.
CHAPTER XV. AN ARRIVAL—FORMS OF
RECEPTION—SEVERAL NEW CHRISTENINGS—AN OFFICIAL DOCUMENT, AND TERRA
FIRMA.
CHAPTER XVI. AN INN—DEBTS PAID IN ADVANCE, AND A
SINGULAR TOUCH OF HUMAN NATURE FOUND CLOSELY INCORPORATED WITH MONIKIN
NATURE.
CHAPTER XVII. NEW LORDS, NEW LAWS—GYRATION,
ROTATION, AND ANOTHER NATION; ALSO AN INVITATION.
CHAPTER XVIII. A COURT, A COURT-DRESS, AND A
COURTIER—JUSTICE IN VARIOUS ASPECTS, AS WELL AS HONOR.
CHAPTER XIX. ABOUT THE HUMILITY OF PROFESSIONAL
SAINTS, A SUCCESSION OF TAILS, A BRIDE AND BRIDEGROOM, AND OTHER
HEAVENLY MATTERS, DIPLOMACY INCLUDED.
CHAPTER XX. A VERY COMMON CASE: OR A GREAT DEAL
OF LAW, AND VERY LITTLE JUSTICE- -HEADS AND TAILS, WITH THE DANGERS OF
EACH.
CHAPTER XXI. BETTER AND BETTER—MORE LAW AND MORE
JUSTICE—TAILS AND HEADS: THE IMPORTANCE OF KEEPING EACH IN ITS PROPER
PLACE.
CHAPTER XXII. A NEOPHYTE IN DIPLOMACY—DIPLOMATIC
INTRODUCTION—A CALCULATION—A SHIPMENT OF OPINIONS—HOW TO CHOOSE AN
INVOICE, WITH AN ASSORTMENT.
CHAPTER XXIII. POLITICAL BOUNDARIES—POLITICAL
RIGHTS—POLITICAL SELECTIONS, AND POLITICAL DISQUISITIONS; WITH
POLITICAL RESULTS.
CHAPTER XXIV. AN ARRIVAL—AN
ELECTION—ARCHITECTURE—A ROLLING-PIN, AND PATRIOTISM OF THE MOST
APPROVED WATER.
CHAPTER XXV. A FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLE, A
FUNDAMENTAL LAW, AND A FUNDAMENTAL ERROR.
CHAPTER XXVI. HOW TO ENACT LAWS—ORATORY, LOGIC,
AND ELOQUENCE; ALL CONSIDERED IN THEIR EVERY-DAY ASPECTS.
CHAPTER XXVII. AN EFFECT OF LOGARITHMS ON
MORALS—AN OBSCURATION, A DISSERTATION, AND A CALCULATION.
CHAPTER XXVIII. THE IMPORTANCE OF MOTIVES TO A
LEGISLATOR—MORAL CONSECUTIVENESS, COMETS, KITES, AND A CONVOY; WITH
SOME EVERY-DAY LEGISLATION; TOGETHER WITH CAUSE AND EFFECT.
CHAPTER XXIX. SOME EXPLANATIONS—A HUMAN
APPETITE—A DINNER AND A BONNE BOUCHE.
CHAPTER XXX. EXPLANATIONS—A
LEAVE-TAKING—LOVE—CONFESSIONS, BUT NO PENITENCE.
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