PREFACE
UNADDRESSED LETTERS
I THE HILL OF SOLITUDE
II OF WORSHIP
III WEST AND EAST
IV A CLEVER MONGOOSE
V A BLUE DAY
VI OF LOVE, IN FICTION
VII THE JINGLING COIN
VIII A STRANGE SUNSET
IX OF LETTER-WRITING
X AT A FUNERAL
XI OF CHANGE AND DECAY
XII DAUGHTERS AND DESPOTISM
Preparation of Gentlemen for Matrimony
XIII HER FIANCÉ
XIV BY THE SEA
XV AN ILLUMINATION
XVI OF DEATH, IN FICTION
XVII A HAND AT ÉCARTÉ
XVIII THE GENTLE ART OF VEERING WITH THE WIND
XIX A REJOINDER
XX OF IMPORTUNITY
XXI OF COINCIDENCES
XXII OF A COUNTRY-HOUSE CUSTOM
XXIII A MERE LIE
XXIV TIGERS AND CROCODILES
XXV A ROSE AND A MOTH
XXVI A LOVE-PHILTRE
XXVII MOONSTRUCK
XXVIII THE “DEVI”
XXIX THE DEATH-CHAIN
XXX SCANDAL AND BANGLES
XXXI THE REPREHENSIBLE HABIT OF MAKING COMPARISONS
XXXII A CHALLENGE
XXXIII IN EXILE
XXXIV OF LOVE—NOT IN FICTION
XXXV OF OBSESSION
XXXVI OF PARADISE LOST
XXXVII “TO MARY, IN HEAVEN”
