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SOME MEMORIES

My Remarkable Uncle A PERSONAL DOCUMENT

The Old Farm and the New Frame

The Struggle to make us Gentlemen

(A MEMORY OF MY OLD SCHOOL)

LITERARY STUDIES

The British Soldier

The Mathematics of the Lost Chord

The Passing of the Kitchen

Come Back to School

What’s in a Name? CURIOSITIES OF BOOK TITLES

Who Canonizes the Classics?

Among the Antiques AN ADVENTURE AT AFTERNOON TEA

SPORTING SECTION

What is a Sport?

Why do we Fish? THE COMPLETE PHILOSOPHY OF THE ANGLER

When Fellers Go Fishing

Eating Air A DISCOURSE ON THE MAGIC OF EATING OUT OF DOORS

STUDIES IN HUMOUR

The Saving Grace of Humour IS THERE ANY?

Laughing off our History

War and Humour

MEMORIES OF CHRISTMAS

Christmas Rapture PRE-WAR

Christmas Shopping PRE-WAR

War-time Santa Claus

War-time Christmas

GOODWILL STUFF

Cricket for Americans

Our American Visitors AS SEEN FROM CANADA

A Welcome to a Visiting American AT THE CANADIAN NATIONAL EXHIBITION

Why is the United States?

The Transit of Venus A COLLEGE STORY

Migration in English Literature A STUDY OF ENGLAND AND AMERICA

Three Score and Ten THE BUSINESS OF GROWING OLD

Index: There is no Index

L’Envoi: A Salutation Across the Sea