Contents

Biographical Statement ..... i

I. Lord, What is -Man ?...... 9

II. Elementary Morality...... 24

III. The Germs of Ercwhon and of Life and Habit . 39

IV. Memory and Design...... 56

V. Vibrations ....*... 66

VI. Mind and Matter...... 74

VII. On the Making of Music, Pictures and Books . . 9?

VIII. Handel and Music . , . , . . no

IX. A Painter's Views on Painting . . . 135

X. The Position of a Homo Unius Libri . . • 155

- XI. Cash and Credit....... j6S

XII. The Enfant Terrible of Literature , . .183

XIII. Unprofessional Sermons ..... 200

XIV. Higgledy-Piggledy...... 215

XV. Titles and Subjects ...... 229

XVI. Written Sketches....... 237

XVII. Material for a Projected Sequel to Alps ami

Sanctuaries ....... 259

XVIII. Material for Ercwhon Revisited . 288

XIX. Truth and Convenience * * • . 297