| PAGE |
| The School for Sympathy | [1] |
| On the Track of Vermeer | [7] |
| The Fool’s Paradise | [45] |
| Consolers of Genius | [50] |
| An American Hero | [60] |
| Mr. Hastings | [66] |
| Thoughts on Tan | [73] |
| On Leaving one’s Beat | [77] |
| The Deer Park | [82] |
| The Rarities | [87] |
| The Owl | [94] |
| The Unusual Morning | [100] |
| The Embarrassed Eliminators | [105] |
| A Friend of the Town | [115] |
| Gypsy | [120] |
| A Sale | [125] |
| A Georgian Town | [141] |
| Mus Penfold—and Billy | [147] |
| Theologians at the Mitre | [158] |
| The Windmill | [178] |
| A Glimpse of Civilization | [183] |
| Her Royal ’Tumnal Tintiness | [188] |
| Five Characters— | |
| I. | The Kind Red Lioness | [195] |
| II. | A Darling of the Gods | [198] |
| III. | The Nut | [201] |
| IV. | The Master of the New Suburb | [202] |
| V. | The Second Fiddle | [207] |
| Without Souls— | |
| I. | The Builders | [212] |
| II. | Bush’s Grievance | [216] |
| III. | A London Landmark | [218] |
| The Interviewer’s Bag— | |
| I. | The Autographer | [221] |
| II. | The Equalizer | [223] |
| III. | A Hardy Annual | [224] |
| IV. | Another of Our Conquerors | [226] |
| V. | A Case for Loyola | [230] |
| The Letter N—A Tragedy in High Life | [233] |
| The New Chauffeur | [240] |
| The Fir-tree: Revised Version | [243] |
| The Life Spherical | [250] |
| Four Fables— | |
| I. | The Stopped Clock | [254] |
| II. | Truth and Another | [255] |
| III. | The Exemplar | [255] |
| IV. | The Good Man and Cupid | [256] |