Of the sketches contained in this volume, fourteen have appeared in the
following periodicals: The New Statesman, The Saturday
Review, The Nation, and The Cornhill Magazine.
CONTENTS
I. HOW I FOUND MY TITLE
II. THE OLD MAN'S DELUSION
III. AS A TREE FALLS
IV. BLOOD: A STORY OF TWO BROTHERS
V. A STORY OF LONG DESCENT
VI. A SECOND STORY OF TWO BROTHERS
VII. A THIRD STORY OF TWO BROTHERS
VIII. THE TWO WHITE HOUSES: A MEMORY
IX. DANDY: A STORY OF A DOG
X. THE SAMPHIRE GATHERER
XI. A SURREY VILLAGE
XII. A WILTSHIRE VILLAGE
XIII. HER OWN VILLAGE
XIV. APPLE BLOSSOMS AND A LOST VILLAGE
XV. THE VANISHING CURTSEY
XVI. LITTLE GIRLS I HAVE MET
XVII. MILLICENT AND ANOTHER
XVIII. FRECKLES
XIX. ON CROMER BEACH
XX. DIMPLES
XXI. WILD FLOWERS AND LITTLE GIRLS
XXII. A LITTLE GIRL LOST
XXIII. A SPRAY OF SOUTHERNWOOD
XXIV. IN PORCHESTER CHURCHYARD
XXV. HOMELESS
XXVI. THE STORY OF A SKULL
XXVII. A STORY OF A WALNUT
XXVIII. A STORY OF A JACKDAW
XXIX. A WONDERFUL STORY OF A MACKEREL
XXX. STRANGERS YET
XXXI. THE RETURN OF THE CHIFF-CHAFF
XXXII. A WASP AT TABLE
XXXIII. WASPS AND MEN
XXXIV. IN CHITTERNE CHURCHYARD
XXXV. A HAUNTER OF CHURCHYARDS
XXXVI. THE DEAD AND THE LIVING
XXXVII. A STORY OF THREE POEMS
A TRAVELLER IN LITTLE THINGS
I
HOW I FOUND MY TITLE
It is surely a rare experience for an unclassified man, past middle
age, to hear himself accurately and aptly described for the first time
in his life by a perfect stranger!
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