Sequel,

  Power of Gourmandise,

  A Lady Gourmand,

  Anecdote,

  Are Women Gourmands?

  The effects of Gourmandise of Sociability,

  Influence of Gourmandise on Conjugal Happiness,

  Note of a Patriot Gastronomer,

MEDITATION XII.  GOURMANDS,

  All who wish to be are not Gourmands,

  Napoleon,

  Gourmands by Destiny,

  Gourmands by Profession,

  Financiers,

  Physicians,

  Objurgation,

  Men of Letters,

  Devotees,

  Chevaliers and Abbes,

  Longevity of Gourmands,

MEDITATION XIII.  GASTRONOMICAL TESTS,

  First Series—­Income of 5,000 francs,

  Second Series—­Income of 15,000 francs,

  Third Series—­Income of 30,000 francs, or more,

Meditation XIV.  On the pleasures of the table,

  Origin of the Pleasures of the Table,

  Difference between the Pleasures of Eating and the Pleasures
  of the Table,

  Effects,

  Accessories,

  The 18th and 19th Century,

  Summary,

MEDITATION XV.  HALTES DE CHASSE,

  Ladies,

MEDITATION XVI.  ON DIGESTION,

  Ingestion,

  Duty of the Stomach,

  Influence of Digestion,

MEDITATION XVII.  REPOSE,

  Time of Rest,

MEDITATION XVIII.  SLEEP,

  Definition,

MEDITATION XIX.  DREAMS,

  Nature of Dreams,

  System of Dr. Gall,

  First Observation,

  Second Observation,

  Result,

  Age,

  Phenomena of Dreams,

  First Observation,

  Second Observation,

  Third Observation,

  Do as you will be done by,

MEDITATION XX.  INFLUENCE OF DIET ON REST, SLEEP AND DREAMS,

  Effects of Diet on Labor,

  Dreams,

  Consequence,

  Result,

MEDITATION XXI.  OBESITY,

  Causes of Obesity,

  Sequel,

  Sequel,

  Anecdote,

  Inconvenience of Obesity,

  Examples of Obesity,

MEDITATION XXII.  PRESERVATIVE TREATMENT AND CURE OF OBESITY,

  Generalities,

  Sequel of the Regimen,

  Dangers of Acids,

  Antiobesic Belt,

  Quinquina,

MEDITATION XXIII.  THINNESS,

  Definition,

  Varieties,