CONTENTS
A GREETING [ix]
REASSURANCE [3]
THE GREAT ADVENTURE [4]
THE BEATIFIC VISION [5]
FACES [6]
THE OBSERVER [7]
CHAOS [8]
THE GHOST [9]
THE HOUR-GLASS [10]
THE LATCHKEY [11]
GOOD PRACTICE [12]
EVASION [13]
DINING OUT [14]
WHAT'S WRONG [15]
AT SOLEMN MUSIC [17]
THE GOAT [18]
SELF-CONTROL [19]
THE COMMUNION OF SOULS [20]
WAXWORKS [21]
ADJECTIVES [22]
WHERE? [23]
IN THE STREET [24]
THE ABBEY AT NIGHT [25]
DESPERANCE [26]
CHAIRS [27]
A GRIEVANCE [28]
THE MOON [29]
LONGEVITY [30]
IN THE BUS [31]
JUSTIFICATION [32]
THE SAYING OF A PERSIAN POET [33]
MONOTONY [34]
DAYDREAM [35]
PROVIDENCE [36]
ACTION [37]
WAITING [38]
THE WRONG WORD [40]
IONS [41]
A FIGURE OF SPEECH [42]
A SLANDER [43]
SYNTHESIS [44]
THE AGE [45]
COMFORT [46]
APPEARANCE AND REALITY [47]
LONELINESS [48]
THE WELSH HARP [49]
MISAPPREHENSION [51]
THE LIFT [52]
SLOAN STREET [53]
REGENT'S PARK [54]
THE AVIARY [55]
ST. JOHN'S WOOD [56]
THE GARDEN SUBURB [57]
SUNDAY CALLS [59]
AN ANOMALY [60]
THE LISTENER [61]
ABOVE THE CLOUDS [62]
THE BUBBLE [63]
CAUTION [64]
DESIRES [65]
MOMENTS [66]
THE EPITAPH [67]
INTERRUPTION [68]
THE EAR-TRUMPET [70]
GUILT [71]
CADOGAN GARDENS [72]
THE RESCUE [73]
CHARM [74]
CARAVANS [75]
THE SUBURBS [76]
THE CONCERTO [77]
SOMEWHERE [78]
THE PLATITUDE [79]
THE FETISH [80]
THE ECHO [81]
THE SCAVENGER [82]
THE HOT-BED [83]
APHASIA [84]
MAGIC [85]
MRS. BACKE [86]
WHISKERS [87]
THE SPELLING LESSON [88]
JEUNESSE [89]
HANGING ON [90]
SUPERANNUATION [91]
AT THE CLUB [92]
DELAY [93]
SMILES [94]
THE DAWN [95]
THE PEAR [96]
INSOMNIA [97]
READING PHILOSOPHY [98]
MORAL TRIUMPH [99]
A VOW [100]
THE SPRINGS OF ACTION [101]
IN THE CAGE [102]
SHRINKAGE [103]
VOICES [104]
EVANESCENCE [105]
COMPLACENCY [106]
MY PORTRAIT [107]
THE RATIONALIST [108]
THOUGHTS [109]
PHRASES [110]
DISENCHANTMENT [111]
ASK ME NO MORE [112]
FAME [113]
NEWS ITEMS [114]
JOY [115]
IN ARCADY [116]
WORRIES [117]
THINGS TO WRITE [118]
PROPERTY [119]
IN A FIX [120]
VERTIGO [122]
THE EVIL EYE [123]
THE EPITHET [124]
THE GARDEN PARTY [125]
WELTSCHMERZ [126]
BOGEYS [127]
LIFE-ENHANCEMENT [129]
ECLIPSE [130]
THE PYRAMID [131]
THE FULL MOON [132]
LUTON [133]
THE DANGER OF GOING TO CHURCH [134]
THE SONNET [136]
WELTANSCHAUUNG [137]
THE ALIEN [138]
HYPOTHESES [139]
THE ARGUMENT [140]