A GREETING ix
REASSURANCE 3
THE GREAT ADVENTURE 4
THE BEATIFIC VISION 5
FACES 6
THE OBSERVER 7
CHAOS 8
THE GHOST 9
THE HOUR-GLASS 10
THE LATCHKEY 11
GOOD PRACTICE 12
EVASION 13
DINING OUT 14
WHAT'S WRONG 15
AT SOLEMN MUSIC 17
THE GOAT 18
SELF-CONTROL 19
THE COMMUNION OF SOULS 20
WAXWORKS 21
ADJECTIVES 22
WHERE? 23
IN THE STREET 24
THE ABBEY AT NIGHT 25
DESPERANCE 26
CHAIRS 27
A GRIEVANCE 28
THE MOON 29
LONGEVITY 30
IN THE BUS 31
JUSTIFICATION 32
THE SAYING OF A PERSIAN POET 33
MONOTONY 34
DAYDREAM 35
PROVIDENCE 36
ACTION 37
WAITING 38
THE WRONG WORD 40
IONS 41
A FIGURE OF SPEECH 42
A SLANDER 43
SYNTHESIS 44
THE AGE 45
COMFORT 46
APPEARANCE AND REALITY 47
LONELINESS 48
THE WELSH HARP 49
MISAPPREHENSION 51
THE LIFT 52
SLOAN STREET 53
REGENT'S PARK 54
THE AVIARY 55
ST. JOHN'S WOOD 56
THE GARDEN SUBURB 57
SUNDAY CALLS 59
AN ANOMALY 60
THE LISTENER 61
ABOVE THE CLOUDS 62
THE BUBBLE 63
CAUTION 64
DESIRES 65
MOMENTS 66
THE EPITAPH 67
INTERRUPTION 68
THE EAR-TRUMPET 70
GUILT 71
CADOGAN GARDENS 72
THE RESCUE 73
CHARM 74
CARAVANS 75
THE SUBURBS 76
THE CONCERTO 77
SOMEWHERE 78
THE PLATITUDE 79
THE FETISH 80
THE ECHO 81
THE SCAVENGER 82
THE HOT-BED 83
APHASIA 84
MAGIC 85
MRS. BACKE 86
WHISKERS 87
THE SPELLING LESSON 88
JEUNESSE 89
HANGING ON 90
SUPERANNUATION 91
AT THE CLUB 92
DELAY 93
SMILES 94
THE DAWN 95
THE PEAR 96
INSOMNIA 97
READING PHILOSOPHY 98
MORAL TRIUMPH 99
A VOW 100
THE SPRINGS OF ACTION 101
IN THE CAGE 102
SHRINKAGE 103
VOICES 104
EVANESCENCE 105
COMPLACENCY 106
MY PORTRAIT 107
THE RATIONALIST 108
THOUGHTS 109
PHRASES 110
DISENCHANTMENT 111
ASK ME NO MORE 112
FAME 113
NEWS ITEMS 114
JOY 115
IN ARCADY 116
WORRIES 117
THINGS TO WRITE 118
PROPERTY 119
IN A FIX 120
VERTIGO 122
THE EVIL EYE 123
THE EPITHET 124
THE GARDEN PARTY 125
WELTSCHMERZ 126
BOGEYS 127
LIFE-ENHANCEMENT 129
ECLIPSE 130
THE PYRAMID 131
THE FULL MOON 132
LUTON 133
THE DANGER OF GOING TO CHURCH 134
THE SONNET 136
WELTANSCHAUUNG 137
THE ALIEN 138
HYPOTHESES 139
THE ARGUMENT 140