CONTENTS
PREFACE
AMERICAN LITERATURE
MARY WHITE
NIAGARA FALLS
THE ALMOST PERFECT STATE
"THE MAN O' WAR'S 'ER 'USBAND"
THE MARKET
HOLY IRELAND
A FAMILIAR PREFACE
ON DRAWING
O. HENRY
THE MOWING OF A FIELD
THE STUDENT LIFE
THE DECLINE OF THE DRAMA
AMERICA AND THE ENGLISH TRADITION
THE RUSSIAN QUARTER
A WORD FOR AUTUMN
"A CLERGYMAN"
SAMUEL BUTLER
BED-BOOKS AND NIGHT-LIGHTS
THE PRECEPT OF PEACE
ON LYING AWAKE AT NIGHT
A WOODLAND VALENTINE
THE ELEMENTS OF POETRY
NOCTURNE
BEER AND CIDER
A FREE MAN'S WORSHIP
SOME HISTORIANS
WINTER MIST
TRIVIA
BEYOND LIFE
THE FISH REPORTER
SOME NONSENSE ABOUT A DOG
THE FIFTY-FIRST DRAGON