An 1868 collection of writings by an American social campaigner, drawing from his many experiences in the USA and Europe.

Preface; 1. The century clock; 2. Again in the fatherland; 3. The Rauhe Haus at Hamburgh; 4. Christmas at the Rauhe Haus; 5. Christmas in Germany; 6. The social principle; 7. The brotherhood of nations; 8. International sympathies; 9. We; 10. The heroes of Hamburgh; 11. Trades and their transformations; 12. International school of courtesy, 1851; 13. The closing hour of the Great Exhibition of 1851; 14. The moonlight of Christianity; 15. The normal schools of peace and war; 16. A happy family; 17. John Bull and ocean penny postage; 18. The growing idea of a congress of nations; 19. Bagging widows' mites; 20. The end of that way; 21. The silken ties that bind two willing nations; 22. The great peace congress at Paris; 23. The fishers of men and the expectations of the world; 24. The anarchy of governments; 25. The guide light of the gospel; 26. War's religion; 27. The husbandry of the plough and the sword; 28. Teaching the young idea how to shoot; 29. A child's question; 30. Military protection; 31. Old England's Plymouth; 32. Letters to an apprentice; 33. Mind and instinct; 34. The mother and motives of invention; 35. The entailment and dissemination of knowledge; 36. Self helps and providential helps; 37. Easy acquisition of knowledge; 38. The simple circulation of the bible; 39. Eighteen hundred and fifty-two; 40. Manufacturing public opinion; 41. A word about the war-ship in Boston harbour; 42. A word to the boys about war; 43. Incidents and observations in the south; 44. After-battle amenities; 45. One vote, and its responsibility; 46. The relative capacities of nations; 47. The waste of war and winnings of industry; 48. The penny post of England; 49. Eighteen hundred and fifty-three; 50. The sentiment of nationality; 51. The right and dignity of nationality; 52. The physiology and union of nationalities; 53. Nationality and civil freedom; 54. Thoughts at the plough; 55. The dignity of the farmer's occupation; 56. The farmer's luxuries.