1.The Liberation of Paris-I(Ernie Pyle) 1
2.The Liberation of Paris-II(Ernie Pyle) 5
3.The Beautiful Sea(T.F.Powys) 10
4.The Story of My Health(J.B.S.Haladane) 16
5.Ehtel Florey:Penicillin Pioneer(Lois Mattox Miller) 20
6.The Open Window(“Saki”) 25
7.Delights of Reading(John Lubbock) 30
8.Phantasy(George Macdonald) 33
9.The Old Brown Coat(Lord Dunsany) 36
10.Civilization Wants a Man(Arthur Mee) 41
11.Sealed Room-I(Bernhard Ingemann) 46
12.Sealed Room-II(Bernhard Ingemann) 50
13.Uncle Oliver s Letter to Tom Smith(Hosea W.Rood) 55
14.The Sight of Blood(John Hampson) 59
15.Milk for the Cat(Harold Monro) 65
16.The Delightful Game of Conversation(Gelett Burgess) 66
17.The Road-Waterer(Jerome K.Jerome) 71
18.The Harvest of the Air Tomorrow?(From The Children s Newspaper) 76
19.The Reaping Race-I(Liam O Flaherty) 79
20.The Reaping Race-II(Liam O Flaherty) 85
21.The Most Unforgettable Character I ve Met(Walter B.Pitkin) 89
22.The Sentinel(Francesco Soave) 94
23.Arrival at Penang(Sir Frank Swettenham) 99
24.Walking at Night(Bernard J.Farmer) 102
25.Diary of a Probation Officer(E.L.Packer) 106
26.Let It Rest(Carlo Gozzi) 112
27.Get Out!(The Editor of “Answers”) 115
28.Reunion in Paris(Alexander Woollcott) 118
29.The Way Out(Albert Einstein) 122
30.The Corn Planting-I(Sherwood Anderson) 127
31.The Corn Planting-II(Sherwood Anderson) 131
32.Bird Songs at Morning(The Editor of “Answers”) 135
33.Roosevelt and the English Birds-I(Viscount Grey of Fallodon) 138
34.Roosevelt and the English Birds-II(Viscount Grey of Fallodon) 142
35.Lines Written in Kensington Gardens(Matthew Arnold) 146
36.“How to Write a Short Story”-I(Albert Kinross) 147
37.“How to Write a Short Story”-II(Albert Kinross) 151
38.On Vanity and Vanities(Jerome K.Jerome) 156
39.Two Stanzas(Ivan Turgeniev) 159
40.What s in a Face?(John Brophy) 163
41.Park Scene(Daniel Kaliestein) 168
42.Mozart and the Grey Steward(Thornton Wilder) 175
43.The Hare-I(Grazia Deledda) 181
44.The Hare-II(Grazia Deledda) 184
45.The Diamond Maker-I(H.G.Wells) 188
46.The Diamond Maker-II(H.G.Wells) 191
47.A Boy I Knew(E.B.White) 195
48.Business Man-I(Lesley Storm) 201
49.Business Man-II(Lesley Storm) 207
50.If-(Rudyard Kipling) 213
NOTES 215