In a Barber's Shop 1
Do You Enjoy the Telephone? 5
Getting and Losing 8
A Sick Man's Thoughts 11
Buying Second-Hand Books 15
Owning a Watch 18
My Ideal Husband 21
The Death of a Moth 24
On Gambling 27
In Those Days 30
Talking Shop 33
How Old Are You? 36
Sour Grapeism 39
Snow-Bound 42
Writing for Others 45
Lions and Lionism 47
Simply Cannot 50
What do Women Desire Most? 53
A Kitten 56
No Longer a Boy 59
Pleasing Everybody 62
Practical Jokes 65
When the Cat Comes Home 69
Some Cases of Misunderstanding 72
A Tribute to Mah-Jongg 75
Deaths of Old people 79
A Sort of False Pride 82
Co-Education 85
Love of New Names 88
Doctors 91
Money Is Time 94
Artificial Speech 97
The Importance of Learning Wen-Li 100
A Strange Dream 103
A"Model"Friendly Letter 106
Personal Magnetism 109
On Mixing English and Chinese Words in Conversation 111
"Because of"and"in Spite of" 114
A Letter to a Friend Who Is Seeking Employment 117
Poetry and Poverty 120
Hearing Speeches 123
The General Talker 126
"We Have No Cause to be Proud" 129
How to Keep Fit 132
Author Worship 135
The Sweetness of Dishonesty 138
What Is English Composition? 141
The Muffin Man 144
A Dying Girl and Her Lover 147
A Lover's Questions to the Moon 151
To Stand and Stare 155
Three Sonnets to Sleep 158
Advice to a Lover 161
"A Favourite Has No Friend!" 164
Eating and Reading 167
Heart and Body 170
Present in Absence 172
The Beauty of the Body 175
To Proud Girls 178
"Whom the Gods Love Die Young" 181
What do You Want? 184
On Winter Nights 188