The profession of poet.--Concerning fairy-tales.--The laurel of gossip.--Clouds.--Concerning a woman's smile.--Citizens of nature.--The human need of Coney Island.--The dream children of literature.--Books as doctors.--On the lovableness of lords.--The world and the lover.--On airships and the soul of man.--The word business.--Grant Allen.--Tennyson (1809-1909).--Four notes on George Meredith.--Re-reading Hawthorne.--A note on Maurice Hewlett.--A note on Stephen Phillips.--A vivisectionist of literature.--Anatole France in English dress.--William Watson and his poetry.--A day at home with Björnson.--Sydney Lanier: an English appreciation.