SHORT STORIES 1
THE LUNCHEON＆by W．Somerset Maugham 1
NINE NEEDLES＆by James Thurber 9
THE GLOVE＆by R．U．Joyce 16
MORNINGS AT SEVEN＆by Bernard Hollowood 23
ACME＆by John Galsworthy 27
POST HASTE＆by Colin Howard 37
THE DANCING PARTNER＆by Jerome K．Jerome 43
THE HAPPY PRINCE＆by Oscar Wilde 53
THE PEARL OF LOVE＆by H．G．Wells 69
PLAY 78
THE NEVER-NEVER NEST＆by Cedric Mount 78
THE DEATH TRAP＆by＂Saki＂(H．H．Munro) 84
IF I WERE YOU＆by Douglas James 92
FRIDAY MORNING－A RADIO DRAMA＆by Val Gielgud 100
FROM THE NOVELISTS 124
THE BEAR＆from The Cloister and the Hearth,by Charles Reade 124
BARKIS PROPOSES TO PEGGOTTY＆from David Copperfield,by Charles Dickens 131
BECKY AND AMELIA LEAVE SCHOOL＆from Vanity Fair,by W．M．Thackeray 144
THE TRIAL OF FERGUS MACIVOR＆from Waverley,by Sir Walter Scott 151
LAVENGRO TALKS WITH JASPER PETULENGRO＆from Lavengro,by George Borrow 158
A MAD TEA-PARTY＆from Alice in Wonderland,by Lewi s Carroll 159
POEMS 170
THE HIGHWAYMAN＆by Alfred Noyes 170
ABOU BEN ADHEM＆by Leigh Hunt 176
LUCY＆by William Wordsworth 178
HOME THEY BROUGHT HER WARRIOR DEAD＆by Alfred,Lord Tennyson 179
ULYSSES＆by Alfred,Lord Tennyson 180
MEMORABILIA＆by Robert Browning 185
THE PATRIOT＆by Robert Browning 186
THE DESTRUCTION OF SENNACHERIB＆by Lord Byron 188
A JACOBITE＇S EPITAPH＆by Lord Macaulay 191
ESSAYS 193
BACK TO THE DESK＆by Robert Lynd 193
THE LAUNCHING OF THE＂QUEEN MARY＂＆by J．B．Priestley 199
I AM A HIGH BROW＆by Aldous Huxley 206
I AM A LOW BROW＆by Gilbert Frankau 213
SAD SECRETARY＆by Ivor Brown 219
CONVERSATIONS 225
MRS CAUDLE LECTURES HER HUSBAND＆by Douglas Jerrold 225
WHERE DOES INVENTION LEAD?＂A CONVERSATION IN A TRAIN＂＆by Eimar O＇Duffy 230
NOTE ON SUGGESTED ORDER OF READING 243
INDEX OF EXERCISES 245