The inn of the Margeride -- The men of the desert -- The Ebro plain -- The return to England -- The death of the ship -- On rest -- The pleasant place -- The Roman road -- On inns -- A conversation with a cat -- The servants of the rich -- On lying -- The sonnets of Milton -- On a lost manuscript -- On the tears of the great -- Talking (and singing) of the Nordic man -- A Chinese "litany of odd numbers" -- On the approach of an awful doom -- On thinking -- The love of England -- The Griffin -- The mowing of a field -- The portrait of a child -- The good woman -- On translation.