INTRODUCTION vii
The Castle in the Air 1
The Cradle 8
O Tempora Mutantur! 12
Piccadilly 15
The Old Clerk 19
The Garter 23
The Pilgrims of Pall Mall 30
The Russet Pitcher 34
The Enchanted Rose 39
Circumstance 42
A Wish 43
My Life is a-- 46
Vanity Fair 48
Bramble-Rise 51
Old Letters 56
Susannah 59
My Firstborn 63
The Widow's Mite 66
St George's, Hanover Square 68
A Sketch in Seven Dials 70
Miss Edith 72
A Glimpse of Gretna Green, in the Distance 75
The Four Seasons 78
Enigma 80
Enigma 81
To the Printer's Devil 83
NOTES 85