Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents IX
3. Chapter 1. The Practice of Piety 3
4. Chapter 2. The Age of Reason 22
5. Chapter 3. Common Sense 39
6. Chapter 4. The Power of Sympathy 51
7. Chapter 5. The Ancient Regime 67
8. Chapter 6. Home Influence 85
9. Chapter 7. The Gates Ajar 106
10. Chapter 8. The Spirit of Poetry 125
11. Chapter 9. Roughing It 140
12. Chapter 10. The Gilded Age 157
13. Chapter 11. When Knighthood Was in Flower 180
14. Chapter 12. Their Yesterdays 201
15. Chapter 13. The Plastic Age 224
16. Chapter 14. Little Man, What Now? 246
17. Postscript How to Win Friends and Influence People 283
18. Bibliographical Checklist 289
19. Chronological Index of Books Discussed in the Text 301
20. Index 319