CONTENTS

I. [DEDICATION]
II. [THE GARDEN OF LIFE—INTRODUCTORY]
III. [IN PRAISE OF GOVERNESSES]
IV. [ON GOING TO THE PLAY.]
V. [READING BOOKS.]
VI. [HEARING MUSIC]
VII. [RECEIVING LETTERS]
VIII. [NEW FRIENDS AND OLD.]
IX. [OTHER FRIENDSHIPS.]
X. [A HOTEL SITTING-ROOM]
XI. [IN PRAISE OF COURTSHIP]
XII. [KNOWING ONE'S MIND]
XIII. [AGAINST TALKING]
XIV. [IN PRAISE OF SILENCE]
XV. [THE BLAME OF PORTRAITS]
XVI. [SERE AND YELLOW—INTERLUDE]
XVII. [A STAGE JEWEL]
XVIII. [MY BICYCLE AND I]
XIX. [PUZZLES OF THE PAST]
XX. [MAKING PRESENTS]
XXI. [GOING AWAY]
XXII. [COMING BACK]
XXIII. [LOSING ONE'S TRAIN]
XXIV. [THE HANGING GARDENS—VALEDICTORY]