Contents 3
1．Then and Now—by Harold Nicolson 3
2．A Last Visit from Aldous—by Julian Huxley 13
3．Tragedy and the Whole Truth—by Aldous Huxley 21
4．The Grey Beginnings—by Rachel Carson 33
5．Once More to the Lake—by E．B．White 44
6．On the Thruways—by John Steinbeck 55
7．Lucidity，Simplicity，Euphony—by W．Somerset Maugham 73
8．The Inner Ring—by C．S．Lewis 86
9．Portrait of an Actress—by Virginia Woolf 98
10．Memories of Christmas—by Dylan Thomas 110
11．The Hall-Marks of American—by H．L．Mencken 123
12．When Greek Meets Greek—by Graham Greene 138