Introduction -- Kinsmen, friends and neighbors -- Symbols used in references -- Morning, noon and night -- An original relation to the universe -- A thread runs through all things -- Friendship, sex and other subtle antagonisms -- Our abused age -- The great man -- Art and artists -- American places -- England and elsewhere -- Portraits and appraisals -- Himself -- The way things are -- The world in brief -- On Emerson -- Biographical sketch -- Bibliography -- Index.