CONTENTS. CHAPTER I. Introductory, The library. The press 1 CHAPTER II. Retrospective. Birth, parentage, and education of Mr. Clement Walton 18 CHAPTER III. Mr. Walton, having seen the world, returns to settle in his native town 28 CHAPTER IV. Mr. Walton proves himself a practical church-reformer. Some account of the new curate 33 CHAPTER V. The Mechanics' Institute 45 CHAPTER VI. Mr. Walton's lecture to the Mechanics' Institute, on the origin and progress of civilization, the march of intellect, and other important matters 63 CHAPTER VII. Vulgar errors of the nineteenth century 69 CHAPTER VIII. Sketch of Mr. Hammond's sermon — Peculiar social duties of members of the Church 80 CHAPTER IX. An aged member of the household of faith 92 CHAPTER X. Mr. Walton's opinion on the true development of the Church 118 CHAPTER XI. The reader is introduced to Mrs. Walton and her daughters — Mrs. Decorset and the bazaar 121 CHAPTER XII. Mr. Walton's household CHAPTER XIII. Mr. Walton's worldly maxims 142 CHAPTER XIV. A new character — Mr. Walton converses with his friend, Mr. Reuben Raffles, on the character of different kinds of government 149 CHAPTER XV. Mr. Walton explains to Mr. Raffles the nature of revolutions, of which the latter was not at all aware 162 CHAPTER XVI. Further remarks on the nature of revolution, and on the means, through God's mercy, of preventing it 176 CHAPTER XVII. Our country towns 187 CHAPTER XVIII. Mr. Walton proves himself to be a good political economist 198 CHAPTER XIX. Christian liberality 214 CHAPTER XX. An unexpected catastrophe 226 CHAPTER XXI. Conclusion 283 ENGRAVINGS. CHAP PAGE I. View of the town of Churchover 1 II. Mr. Walton, sen., is puzzled by his son's question 13 III. Mr. Walton entertains the idea of building a house 23 V. Mr. Walton opens the Mechanics' Institute 45 VII. Mr. Walton and Mr. Hammond are amused with "Browne's Vulgar Errors" 70 IX. Distant view of Mr. Walton's farm-house 92 XII. Mr. Walton lectures his groom 131 XIV. Mr. Raffles lays down certain dogmas about church and state 149 XVII. Town of Churchover 187 XIX. Mr. Skaighley refuses to contribute in aid of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel 214 XXI. The feast on the lawn on occasion of Miss Walton's marriage 244 Digitized by Google., Electronic reproduction, Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002, digitized, Description based on print version record