First and Last
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1. On Weighing Anchor2. The Reveillon3. On Cheeses4. The Captain of Industry5. The Inventor6. The Views of England7. The Lunatic8. The Inheritance of Humour9. The Old Gentleman’s Opinions10. On Historical Evidence11. The Absence of the Past12. St. Patrick13. The Lost Things14. On the Reading of History15. The Victory16. Reality17. On the Decline of the Book: [And Especially of the Historical Book]18. José Maria de Heredia19. Normandy and the Normans20. The Old Things21. The Battle of Hastings. Related in the Manner of Oxford and Dedicated to that University22. The Roman Roads in Picardy23. The Reward of Letters24. The Eye-Openers25. The Public26. On Entries27. Companions of Travel28. On the Sources of Rivers29. On Error30. The Great Sight31. The Decline of a State32. On Past Greatness33. Mr. The Duke: The Man of Malplaquet34. The Game of Cards35. “King Lear”36. The Excursion37. The Tide38. On a Great Wind39. The Letter40. The Regret41. The End Of The World