TO
GEORGE MACDONALD LEMMI

CONTENTS

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ON BUILDING CASTLES IN SPAIN[1]
ON CLAY[8]
ON NO BOOK[14]
ON IRONY[18]
ON THE SIMPLICITY OF WORDS[23]
ON SECLUDED PLACES[30]
ON PEOPLE IN BOOKS[37]
ON THE EFFECT OF TIME[45]
ON A POET[54]
ON A PROPHET[63]
ON BELIEVING[70]
ON THE AIR OF THE DORDOGNE[77]
ON THE SITES OF THE REVOLUTION[83]
A SECRET LETTER[89]
THE SHADOWS[98]
THE CANVASSER[104]
THE ABSTRACTED MAN[112]
ON THE METHOD OF HISTORY[120]
ON HISTORY IN TRAVEL[128]
ON THE TRAVELLER[135]
ON MILTON[142]
HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN[149]
THE CHRISTMAS OF 1808[154]
ON COMMUNICATIONS[159]
ASTARTE[167]
THE HUNGRY STUDENT[174]
THE BRIGAND OF RADICOFANI[183]
THE HONEST MAN AND THE DEVIL[196]
COMPIÈGNE[205]
THE CANDOUR OF MATURITY[212]
THE FOG[220]
THE SPANIARD[229]
THE FORTRESS[236]
THE HUNTER[243]
OUR INHERITANCE[252]
THE NEW ROAD[258]
ON TWO TOWNS[265]
THE JUDGMENT OF ROBESPIERRE[273]

ON ANYTHING

ON BUILDING CASTLES IN SPAIN