| CHAP. | PAGE | |
| INTRODUCTION BY COULSON KERNAHAN | 9 | |
| I. | ‘HUMBLY TO CONFESS’ | 17 |
| II. | BOOKS AND GARDENS | 27 |
| III. | BOOKS THAT TEMPT | 37 |
| IV. | ‘OUTSIDE THEIR BOOKS’ | 47 |
| V. | BOOKS THAT CAPTIVATE | 55 |
| VI. | PERSONALITIES IN ‘BOOKLAND’ | 63 |
| VII. | SECOND-HAND BOOKS | 73 |
| VIII. | ‘THE CULT OF THE BOOKPLATE’ | 81 |
| IX. | BEDSIDE BOOKS | 91 |
| X. | OLD FRIENDS | 99 |
| XI. | THROUGH ROSE-COLOURED SPECTACLES | 107 |
| XII. | WITH NATURE | 117 |
| XIII. | A PILGRIMAGE | 127 |
| XIV. | FAREWELL | 137 |