Includes bibliographical references (p. xxviii-xxix).

A modern lover -- The old Adam -- Her turn -- Strike-pay -- The witch à la mode -- New Eve and old Adam -- A prelude -- Love among the haystacks -- A chapel and a hay hut among the mountains -- Once -- A fly in the ointment -- Lessford's rabbits -- A lesson on a tortoise -- The Prussian officer -- The thorn in the flesh -- Daughters of the vicar -- A fragment of stained glass -- The shades of spring -- Second best -- The shadow in the rose garden -- Goose fair -- The white stocking -- A sick collier -- The christening -- Odour of chrysanthemums -- England, my England -- Tickets, please -- The blind man -- Monkey nuts -- Wintry peacock -- You touched me -- Samson and Delilah -- The thimble -- The mortal coil -- The primrose path -- The horse dealer's daughter -- Delilah and Mr. Bircumshaw -- Fanny and Annie -- The ladybird -- The fox -- The captain's doll -- St. Mawr -- The princess -- Two blue birds -- Sun -- The woman who rode away -- Smile -- The border line -- Jimmy and the desperate woman -- The last laugh -- In love -- Glad ghosts -- None of that -- The man who loved islands -- The lovely lady -- Rawdon's roof -- The rocking-horse winner -- Mother and daughter -- The blue moccasins -- Things -- The virgin and the gipsy -- The man who died.