The American of the future.--American character.--The Americans and the British.--"Blood is thicker than water."--The scream of the spread-eagle.--American manners.--American humor.--The speech of the people.--English as a world-language.--Simplified spelling and "fonetic reform."--The question of the theater.--Persuasion and controversy.--Reform and reformers.--"Those literary fellows."--Standards of success.