ANONYMOUS: The Gentle Reader 14 King David and the Gardener 198 Sabbath Bells 275 From the Greek Anthology 313 Letter from an Indian Gentleman to an English Friend 324 A Babu Letter 327 Mary Powell 341 A Tur'ble Chap 374 After Mr. Masefield 384 Hits and Misses 443 The Broken Window 443 BAGEHOT, WALTER: Letters 212 BALMANNO, MRS.: Charles and his Sister 193 BETHAM, M.M.: Miss Pate 190 BOSWELL: Dr. Johnson at Court 346 BROOKFIELD, W.H.: Mr. Brookfield in his Youth 376 BROWN, T.E.: Letters of T.E. Brown 85 BUTLER, SAMUEL: Clergyman and Chickens 15 Melchisedec 15 Eating and Proselytising 15 Sea-sickness 17 Assimilation and Persecution 17 Night-shirts and Babies 17 Does Mamma Know? 18 Croesus and his Kitchen-maid 19 Adam and Eve 24 Fire 24 The Electric Light in its Infancy 25 New-laid Eggs 25 Snapshotting a Bishop 26 BYRON: Apples 359 CALVERLEY, CHARLES: Visions 99 The Schoolmaster Abroad with his Son 174 Motherhood 257 "Forever" 337 CARLYLE: Richter 1 CARROLL, LEWIS: The Author of "Alice" 378 CHESTERTON, G.K.: The Wisdom of G.K.C. 140 COBBETT, WILLIAM: His Marriage 230 Life at Botley 233 His Children 237 DAUDET, ALPHONSE: Tartarin de Tarascon 176 DICKENS, CHARLES: Shy Neighbourhoods 70 The Calais Night-boat 200 Mr. Testator 329