CONTENTS [ON WEIGHING ANCHOR] [THE REVEILLON] [ON CHEESES] [THE CAPTAIN OF INDUSTRY] [THE INVENTOR] [THE VIEWS OF ENGLAND] [THE LUNATIC] [THE INHERITANCE OF HUMOUR] [THE OLD GENTLEMAN’S OPINIONS] [ON HISTORICAL EVIDENCE] [THE ABSENCE OF THE PAST] [ST. PATRICK] [THE LOST THINGS] [ON THE READING OF HISTORY] [THE VICTORY] [REALITY] [ON THE DECLINE OF THE BOOK] [JOSÉ MARIA DE HEREDIA] [NORMANDY AND THE NORMANS] [THE OLD THINGS] [THE BATTLE OF HASTINGS] [THE ROMAN ROADS IN PICARDY] [THE REWARD OF LETTERS] [THE EYE-OPENERS] [THE PUBLIC] [ON ENTRIES] [COMPANIONS OF TRAVEL] [ON THE SOURCES OF RIVERS] [ON ERROR] [THE GREAT SIGHT] [THE DECLINE OF A STATE] [ON PAST GREATNESS] [MR. THE DUKE: THE MAN OF MALPLAQUET] [THE GAME OF CARDS] [“KING LEAR”] [THE EXCURSION] [THE TIDE] [ON A GREAT WIND] [THE LETTER] [THE REGRET] [THE END OF THE WORLD]