Foreword 9
Ⅰ MAINLY MEN AND WOMEN 13
My Friend Dmesticus 15
The Glass of Fashion 22
Am Not I Your Rosalind？ 26
The Princess and the Tin Box 41
How to Name a Dog 44
Thix 49
The Waters of the Moon 57
Exhibit X 63
The Lady on the Bookcase 70
The Ordeal of Mr Matthews 79
The Dewey Dewey Fog 87
A Guide to the Literary Pilgrimage 90
Prehistoric Animals of the Middle West 97
Here Come the Tigers 103
Look Homeward，Jeannie 113
A Call on Mrs Forrester 118
The Beast in the Dingle 125
Ⅱ LESS ALARMING CREATURES 143
A New Natural History 145
Extinct Animals of Bermuda 163
A Gallery of Real Creatures 166
Ⅲ SOAPLAND 183
Ⅰ - O Pioneers！ 185
Ⅱ - Ivorytown，Rinsoville，Anacinburg，and Crisco Corners 199
Ⅲ - Sculptors in Ivory 212
Ⅳ - The Invisible People 223
Ⅴ - The Listening Women 236
Ⅳ A SHEAF OF DRAWINGS 245
The Patient 247
A Miscellany 252
The Olden Time 264
Ⅴ TIME EXPOSURES 269