Early Life In Scotland......................................................................................................... 3
Towards Australia............................................................................................................. 10
A Beginning At Seventeen................................................................................................ 14
Lovers And Friends........................................................................................................... 18
Novels And A Political Inspiration................................................................................... 22
A Trip To England ............................................................................................................ 29
Melrose Revisited ............................................................................................................. 33
I Visit Edinburgh And London ......................................................................................... 39
Meeting With J. S. Mill And George Eliot ....................................................................... 45
Return From The Old Country.......................................................................................... 49
Wards Of The State........................................................................................................... 52
Preaching, Friends, And Writing ...................................................................................... 58
My Work For Education ................................................................................................... 64
Speculation, Charity, And A Book ................................................................................... 69
Journalism And Politics .................................................................................................... 73
Sorrow And Change.......................................................................................................... 77
Impressions Of America ................................................................................................... 81
Britain, The Continent, And Home Again ........................................................................ 87
Progress Of Effective Voting............................................................................................ 91
Widening Interests ............................................................................................................ 96
Proportional Representation And Federation.................................................................. 102
A Visit To New South Wales.......................................................................................... 106
More Public Work........................................................................................................... 110
The Eightieth Milestone And The End ........................................................................... 116