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Biographical Statement

1

I.

Lord, What is Man?

9

II.

Elementary Morality

24

III.

The Germs of Erewhon and of Life and Habit

39

IV.

Memory and Design

56

V.

Vibrations

66

VI.

Mind and Matter

74

VII.

On the Making of Music, Pictures and Books

93

VIII.

Handel and Music

110

IX.

A Painter’s Views on Painting

135

X.

The Position of a Homo Unius Libri

155

XI.

Cash and Credit

168

XII.

The Enfant Terrible of Literature

183

XIII.

Unprofessional Sermons

200

XIV.

Higgledy-Piggledy

215

XV.

Titles and Subjects

229

XVI.

Written Sketches

237

XVII.

Material for a Projected Sequel to Alps and Sanctuaries

259

XVIII.

Material for Erewhon Revisited

288

XIX.

Truth and Convenience

297

XX.

First Principles

309

XXI.

Rebelliousness

332

XXII.

Reconciliation

346

XXIII.

Death

353

XXIV.

The Life of the World to Come

360

XXV.

Poems

379