CONTENTS

CHAP. PAGE
INTRODUCTION BY COULSON KERNAHAN[9]
I.‘HUMBLY TO CONFESS’[17]
II.BOOKS AND GARDENS[27]
III.BOOKS THAT TEMPT[37]
IV.‘OUTSIDE THEIR BOOKS’[47]
V.BOOKS THAT CAPTIVATE[55]
VI.PERSONALITIES IN ‘BOOKLAND’[63]
VII.SECOND-HAND BOOKS[73]
VIII.‘THE CULT OF THE BOOKPLATE’[81]
IX.BEDSIDE BOOKS[91]
X.OLD FRIENDS[99]
XI.THROUGH ROSE-COLOURED SPECTACLES[107]
XII.WITH NATURE[117]
XIII.A PILGRIMAGE[127]
XIV.FAREWELL[137]