CONTENTS

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The School for Sympathy 1
On the Track of Vermeer 7
The Fool’s Paradise 45
Consolers of Genius 50
An American Hero 60
Mr. Hastings 66
Thoughts on Tan 73
On Leaving one’s Beat 77
The Deer Park 82
The Rarities 87
The Owl 94
The Unusual Morning 100
The Embarrassed Eliminators 105
A Friend of the Town 115
Gypsy 120
A Sale 125
A Georgian Town 141
Mus Penfold—and Billy 147
Theologians at the Mitre 158
The Windmill 178
A Glimpse of Civilization 183
Her Royal ’Tumnal Tintiness 188
Five Characters—
I. The Kind Red Lioness 195
II. A Darling of the Gods 198
III. The Nut 201
IV. The Master of the New Suburb 202
V. The Second Fiddle 207
Without Souls—
I. The Builders 212
II. Bush’s Grievance 216
III. A London Landmark 218
The Interviewer’s Bag—
I. The Autographer 221
II. The Equalizer 223
III. A Hardy Annual 224
IV. Another of Our Conquerors 226
V. A Case for Loyola 230
The Letter N—A Tragedy in High Life 233
The New Chauffeur 240
The Fir-tree: Revised Version 243
The Life Spherical 250
Four Fables—
I. The Stopped Clock 254
II. Truth and Another 255
III. The Exemplar 255
IV. The Good Man and Cupid 256