Contents -- CHAPTER I-THE AMATEUR EMIGRANT -- THE SECOND CABIN -- EARLY IMPRESSIONS -- STEERAGE SCENES -- STEERAGE TYPES -- THE SICK MAN -- THE STOWAWAYS -- PERSONAL EXPERIENCE AND REVIEW -- NEW YORK -- CHAPTER II-COCKERMOUTH AND KESWICK-A FRAGMENT-1871 -- COCKERMOUTH -- AN EVANGELIST -- ANOTHER -- LAST OF SMETHURST -- CHAPTER III-AN AUTUMN EFFECT-1875 -- CHAPTER IV-A WINTER'S WALK IN CARRICK AND GALLOWAY-A FRAGMENT-1876 -- CHAPTER V-FOREST NOTES 1875-6 -- ON THE PLAIN -- IN THE SEASON -- IDLE HOURS -- A PLEASURE-PARTY -- THE WOODS IN SPRING -- MORALITY -- CHAPTER VI-A MOUNTAIN TOWN IN FRANCE -- CHAPTER VII-RANDOM MEMORIES: ROSA QUO LOCORUM -- CHAPTER VIII-THE IDEAL HOUSE -- CHAPTER IX-DAVOS IN WINTER -- CHAPTER X-HEALTH AND MOUNTAINS -- CHAPTER XI-ALPINE DIVERSIONS -- CHAPTER XII-THE STIMULATION OF THE ALPS -- CHAPTER XIII-ROADS-1873 -- CHAPTER XIV-ON THE ENJOYMENT OF UNPLEASANT PLACES-1874.