PATERNOSTER SQUARE, E.C.
CONTENTS
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THOUGHTS ON CHEAPNESS AND MY AUNT CHARLOTTE [7]
THE TROUBLE OF LIFE [12]
ON THE CHOICE OF A WIFE [18]
THE HOUSE OF DI SORNO [22]
OF CONVERSATION [27]
IN A LITERARY HOUSEHOLD [32]
ON SCHOOLING AND THE PHASES OF MR. SANDSOME [36]
THE POET AND THE EMPORIUM [40]
THE LANGUAGE OF FLOWERS [45]
THE LITERARY REGIMEN [49]
HOUSE-HUNTING AS AN OUTDOOR AMUSEMENT [54]
OF BLADES AND BLADERY [59]
OF CLEVERNESS [63]
THE POSE NOVEL [67]
THE VETERAN CRICKETER [71]
CONCERNING A CERTAIN LADY [76]
THE SHOPMAN [80]
THE BOOK OF CURSES [85]
DUNSTONE'S DEAR LADY [90]
EUPHEMIA'S NEW ENTERTAINMENT (this is illustrated) [94]
FOR FREEDOM OF SPELLING [98]
INCIDENTAL THOUGHTS ON A BALD HEAD [104]
OF A BOOK UNWRITTEN [108]
THE EXTINCTION OF MAN [115]
THE WRITING OF ESSAYS [120]
THE PARKES MUSEUM [124]
BLEAK MARCH IN EPPING FOREST [128]
THE THEORY OF QUOTATION [132]
ON THE ART OF STAYING AT THE SEASIDE [135]
CONCERNING CHESS [140]
THE COAL-SCUTTLE [145]
BAGARROW [150]
THE BOOK OF ESSAYS DEDICATORY [155]
THROUGH A MICROSCOPE [159]
THE PLEASURE OF QUARRELLING [164]
THE AMATEUR NATURE-LOVER [164]
FROM AN OBSERVATORY [174]
THE MODE IN MONUMENTS [177]
HOW I DIED [183]