P.S. I have never read a Preface in my life, and I suppose you will not read this.

CONTENTS

CHAPTERPAGE
I An Open Letter to a Young Diplomatist[1]
II On Pedants[12]
III On Atheism[22]
IV On Fame[28]
V On Rest[33]
VI On Discovery[38]
VII On Inns[45]
VIII On Rows[56]
IX The Pleasant Place[62]
X On Omens[82]
XI The Book[89]
XII The Servants of the Rich[103]
XIII The Joke[111]
XIV The Spy[122]
XV The Young People[128]
XVI Ethandune[135]
XVII The Death of Robert the Strong[143]
XVIII The Crooked Streets[153]
XIX The Place Apart[162]
XX The Ebro Plain[170]
XXI The Little River[178]
XXII Some Letters of Shakespeare's Time[186]
XXIII On Acquaintance with the Great[198]
XXIV On Lying[207]
XXV The Dupe[213]
XXVI The Love of England[219]
XXVII The Storm[224]
XXVIII The Valley[233]
XXIX A Conversation in Andorra[242]
XXX Paris and the East[253]
XXXI The Human Charlatan[262]
XXXII The Barbarians[273]
XXXIII On Knowing the Past[284]
XXXIV The Higher Criticism[296]
XXXV The Fanatic[307]
XXXVI A Leading Article[314]
XXXVII The Obituary Notice[320]
XXXVIII The "Merry Rome" Column[327]
XXXIX Open Letter to a Young Parasite[335]
XL On Dropping Anchor[344]

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