To
Madame Antoine Pescatore

CONTENTS

PAGE
On Song[ 1]
On an Empty House[ 7]
The Landfall[ 16]
The Little Old Man[ 22]
The Long March[ 29]
On Saturnalia[ 38]
A Little Conversation in Herefordshire[ 45]
On the Rights of Property [ 53]
The Economist [ 60]
A Little Conversation in Carthage[ 68]
The Strange Companion[ 74]
The Visitor [ 81]
A Reconstruction of the Past [ 90]
The Reasonable Press [ 97]
Asmodeus [ 104]
The Death of the Comic Author [ 113]
On Certain Manners and Customs[ 121]
The Statesman [ 130]
The Duel [ 138]
On a Battle, or “Journalism,” or “Points of View”[ 148]
A Descendant of William Shakespeare[ 159]
On the Approach to Western England[ 167]
The Weald [ 174]
On London and the Houses in It[ 180]
On Old Towns[ 187]
A Crossing of the Hills[ 194]
The Barber [ 201]
On High Places [ 209]
On Some Little Horses[ 217]
On Streams and Rivers[ 223]
On Two Manuals[ 230]
On Fantastic Books [ 238]
The Unfortunate Man[ 244]
The Contented Man[ 253]
The Missioner [ 261]
The Dream[ 270]
The Silence of the Battlefields [ 276]
Novissima Hora [ 283]
On Rest [ 289]

THESE essays appeared for the most part in The Morning Post, and are here reprinted by the courtesy of the Editor.