CONTENTS An Open Letter to a Young Diplomatist On Pedants On Atheism On Fame On Rest On Discovery On Inns On Rows The Pleasant Place On Omens The Book The Servants of the Rich The Joke The Spy The Young People Ethandune The Death of Robert the Strong The Crooked Streets The Place Apart The Ebro Plain The Little River Some Letters of Shakespeare's Time On Acquaintance with the Great On Lying The Dupe The Love of England The Storm The Valley A Conversation in Andorra Paris and the East The Human Charlatan The Barbarians On Knowing the Past The Higher Criticism The Fanatic A Leading Article The Obituary Notice The "Merry Rome" Column Open Letter to a Young Parasite On Dropping Anchor