TO ALL WHO LOVE THE COTTAGE IN THE BEECHWOODS

PREFACE

CONTENTS ON CHOOSING A NAME ON LETTER-WRITING ON READING IN BED

PEBBLES ON THE SHORE

ON CHOOSING A NAME

ON LETTER-WRITING

ON READING IN BED

ON CATS AND DOGS

"W.G."

ON SEEING VISIONS

ON BLACK SHEEP

THE VILLAGE AND THE WAR

ON RUMOUR

ON UMBRELLA MORALS

ON TALKING TO ONE'S SELF

ON BOSWELL AND HIS MIRACLE

ON SEEING OURSELVES

ON THE ENGLISH SPIRIT

ON FALLING IN LOVE

ON A BIT OF SEAWEED

ON LIVING AGAIN

TU-WHIT, TU-WHOO!

ON POINTS OF VIEW

ON BEER AND PORCELAIN

ON A CASE OF CONSCIENCE

ON THE GUINEA STAMP

ON THE DISLIKE OF LAWYERS

ON THE CHEERFULNESS OF THE BLIND

ON TAXING VANITY

ON THOUGHTS AT FIFTY

THE ONE-EYED CAT

ON THE PHILOSOPHY OF HATS

ON SEEING LONDON

ON CATCHING THE TRAIN

IN PRAISE OF CHESS

ON THE DOWNS

ON SHORT LEGS AND LONG LEGS

ON A PAINTED FACE

ON WRITING AN ARTICLE

ON A CITY THAT WAS

ON PLEASANT SOUNDS

ON SLACKENING THE BOW

ON THE INTELLIGENT GOLF BALL

ON A PRISONER OF WAR

ON THE WORLD WE LIVE IN

"I'M TELLING YOU"

ON COURAGE

ON SPENDTHRIFTS

ON A TOP-HAT

ON LOSING ONE'S MEMORY

ON WEARING A FUR-LINED COAT

IN PRAISE OF WALKING

ON REWARDS AND RICHES

ON TASTE

ON A HAWTHORN HEDGE

Title: Pebbles on the Shore

Author: Alpha of the Plough (Alfred George Gardiner)

Language: English

Produced by Brendan Lane and PG Distributed Proofreaders

PEBBLES ON THE SHORE

Alpha of the Plough

… collecting toys And trifles for choice matters, worth a sponge; As children gathering pebbles on the shore