The spice of life and other essays

 Part one: literature in general

 Sentimental literature

 Humour

 Fiction as food

 The soul in every legend

 Part two: particular books and writers

 The macbeths

 The tragedy of king lear

 The everlasting nights

 And so to bed

 As large as life in dickens

 Disputes on dickens

 Charlotte bronte as a romantic

 Part three: thought and belief

 The camp and the cathedral

 The religious aspect of westminster abbey

 Part four: at home and abroad

 On holidays

 The peasant

 The lost railway station

 Bethlehem and the great cities

 The sacredness of sites

 Scipio and the children

 The real issue

 Part five: the spice of life

 The comic constable

 On fragments

 The spice of life

 Essays on literature in general

 On particular books and writers

 Thought and belief

 At home and abroad

 The spice of life

 The spice of life.

PART FIVE: THE SPICE OF LIFE