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FRANCIS BACON
  Of Studies
  Of Ambition
  Of Travel

JEREMY TAYLOR
  On Death

OLIVER GOLDSMITH
  The Man in Black
  Beau Tibbs
  A Party in Vauxhall Gardens
  National Prejudices

JOSEPH ADDISON
  The Tombs in Westminster Abbey
  A Vision of Justice
  Ladies’ Head-dress
  The Exercise of the Fan
  Sunday in the Country
  On the Cries of London
  A Citizen’s Diary

RICHARD STEELE
  Recollections of Childhood
  A Prize Fight

CHARLES LAMB
  Old China
  Imperfect Sympathies
  Poor Relations
  The Convalescent
  The Superannuated Man
  In Praise of Chimney-sweeps

WILLIAM HAZLITT
  On Going a Journey
  On the Ignorance of the Learned
  ON Familiar Style

THOMAS DE QUINCEY
  On the Knocking at the Gate in Macbeth

LEIGH HUNT
  Getting Up on Cold Mornings
  A Few Thoughts on Sleep

ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON
  Walking Tours
  An Apology for Idlers
  A Plea for Gas Lamps

G K CHESTERTON
  A Defence of Nonsense
  A Piece of Chalk
  A Defence of Penny Dreadfuls

HILAIRE BELLOC
  The Crooked Streets
  A Conversation with a Cat

MAURICE HEWLETT
  The Maypole and the Column

E V LUCAS
  A Funeral
  The Town Week

ARTHUR CLUTTON-BROCK
  The Defects of English Prose
  Edward Thomas
  Broken Memories

A A MILNE
  A Village Celebration
  Golden Fruit

J B PRIESTLEY
  On Doing Nothing

IVOR BROWN
  A Sentimental Journey

JAMES AGATE
  Likes and Dislikes

ALDOUS HUXLEY
  Tragedy and the Whole Truth
  Selected Snobberies

NEVILLE CARDUS
  ‘W.G.’

ROBERT LYND
  The Darkness