PRINTED IN GREAT BRITAIN
DEDICATED TO
LAURA, TOMMY, E.V., AND MAURICE
THE FIRST READERS OF THIS BOOK
AND, I FEAR,
ITS KINDEST CRITICS
CONTENTS
| CHAP. | PAGE | |
| Editor’s Preface | [ix] | |
| Author’s Preface | [xiii] | |
| I | Childhood (1915–1930) | [1] |
| II | School Days (1930–1934) | [16] |
| III | Oxford (1934–1938) | [33] |
| IV | Travels on the Continent (1938–1940) | [50] |
| V | On the Sick List (1940–1941) | [66] |
| VI | Business and Pleasure (1941–1944) | [81] |
| VII | What I Found in America (1944) | [98] |
| VIII | My Marriage (1944) | [112] |
| IX | London Society and its Follies (1945–1953) | [128] |
| X | My Parliamentary Election (1953) | [144] |
| XI | In Parliament (1953–1959) | [159] |
| XII | Home Life (1953–1963) | [175] |
| XIII | Great Men of the Day (1960) | [191] |
| XIV | An Old Way of Making a New Departure (1968) | [210] |
| XV | England on the Eve of the Great War (1972) | [226] |
| Index of Persons Referred to | [241] |