I. • My Ancestors • 1
II. • Childhood • 7
III. • Boyhood • 17
IV. • Cambridge • 25
V. • Difference Engine No. 1 • 41
VI. • Statement relative to the Difference Engine, drawn up by the late Sir H. Nicolas from the Author’s Papers • 68
VII. • Difference Engine No. 2 • 97
VIII. • Of the Analytical Engine • 112
IX. • Of the Mechanical Notation • 142
X. • The Exhibition of 1862 • 147
XI. • The late Prince Consort • 168
XII. • Recollections of the Duke of Wellington • 173
XIII. • Recollections of Wollaston, Davy, and Rogers • 186
XIV. • Recollections of Laplace, Biot, and Humboldt • 195
XV. • Experience by Water • 205
XVI. • Experience by Fire • 213
XVII. • Experience amongst Workmen • 228
XVIII. • Picking Locks and Deciphering • 233
XIX. • Experience in St. Giles’s • 242
XX. • Theatrical Experience • 251
XXI. • Electioneering Experience • 259
XXII. • Scene from a New After-Piece • 276
XXIII. • Experience at Courts • 292
XXIV. • Experience at Courts • 298
XXV. • Railways • 313
XXVI. • Street Nuisances • 337
XXVII. • Wit • 363
XXVIII. • Hints for Travellers • 371
XXIX. • Miracles • 387
XXX. • Religion • 396
XXXI. • A Vision • 406
XXXII. • Various Reminiscences • 421
XXXIII. • The Author’s Contributions to Human Knowledge • 430
XXXIV. • The Author’s further Contributions to Human Knowledge • 441
XXXV. • Results of Science • 473
XXXVI. • Agreeable Recollections • 482
Appendix • 487
