CONTENTS

[ I.—VANISHING ROADS ]

[ II.—WOMAN AS A SUPERNATURAL BEING]

[ III.—THE LACK OF IMAGINATION AMONG MILLIONAIRES ]

[ IV.—THE PASSING OF MRS. GRUNDY ]

[ V.—MODERN AIDS TO ROMANCE ]

[ VI.—THE LAST CALL ]

[ VII.—THE PERSECUTIONS OF BEAUTY ]

[ VIII.—THE MANY FACES—THE ONE DREAM ]

[ IX.—THE SNOWS OF YESTER-YEAR ]

[ X.—THE PSYCHOLOGY OF GOSSIP ]

[ XI.—THE PASSING AWAY OF THE EDITOR ]

[ XII.—THE SPIRIT OF THE OPEN ]

[ XIII.—AN OLD AMERICAN TOW-PATH ]

[ XIV.—A MODERN SAINT FRANCIS ]

[ XV.—THE LITTLE GHOST IN THE GARDEN ]

[ XVI.—THE ENGLISH COUNTRYSIDE ]

[ XVII.—LONDON—CHANGING AND UNCHANGING ]

[ XVIII.—THE HAUNTED RESTAURANT ]

[ XIX.—THE NEW PYRAMUS AND THISBE ]

[ XX.—TWO WONDERFUL OLD LADIES ]

[ XXI.—A CHRISTMAS MEDITATION ]

[ XXII.—ON RE-READING WALTER PATER ]

[ XXIII.—THE MYSTERY OF "FIONA MACLEOD" ]

[ XXIV.—FORBES-ROBERTSON: AN APPRECIATION ]

[ XXV.—A MEMORY OF FRÉDÉRIC MISTRAL ]

[ XXVI.—IMPERISHABLE FICTION ]

[ XXVII.—THE MAN BEHIND THE PEN ]

[ XXVIII.—BULLS IN CHINA-SHOPS ]

[ XXIX.—THE BIBLE AND THE BUTTERFLY ]