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[Illustration: Frontispiece _"UNACCUSTOMED TO DARK-COMPLEXIONED GENTLEMEN."_]
_Mr Jabberjee apologises for the unambitious scope of his work; sundry confidences, criticisms, and complaints._ 1
_Some account of Mr Jabberjee's experiences at the Westminster Play._ 9
_Mr Jabberjee gives his views concerning the Laureateship._ 18
_Containing Mr Jabberjee's Impressions at The Old Masters._ 24
_In which Mr Jabberjee expresses his Opinions on Bicycling as a Pastime._ 33
_Dealing with his Adventures at Olympia._ 42
_How Mr Jabberjee risked a Sprat to capture something very like a Whale._ 50
_How Mr Jabberjee delivered an Oration at a Ladies' Debating Club._ 60
_How he saw the practice of the University Crews, and what he thought of it._ 69
_Mr Jabberjee is taken to see a Glove-Fight._ 75
_Mr Jabberjee finds himself in a position of extreme delicacy._ 80
_Drawbacks and advantages of being engaged. Some Meditations in a Music-hall, together with notes of certain things that Mr Jabberjee failed to understand._ 96
_Mr Jabberjee's fellow-student. What's in a Title? An invitation to a Wedding. Mr J. as a wedding guest, with what he thought of the ceremony, and how he distinguished himself on the occasion._ 105
_Mr Jabberjee is asked out to dinner. Unreasonable behaviour of his betrothed. His doubts concerning the social advantages of a Boarding Establishment, with some scathing remarks upon ambitious pretenders. He goes out to dinner, and meets a person of some importance._ 114
_Mr Jabberjee makes a pilgrimage to the Shrine of Shakespeare._ 125
_Containing some intimate confidences from Mr Jabberjee, with the explanation of such apparent indiscretion._ 135
_Mr Jabberjee is a little over-ingenious in his excuses._ 138