Andrew Lang, best beloved for his series of fairy books, has collected here essays on wide ranging topics from golf and shaving to Thackeray’s Drawings and American Humour. These essays provide a glimpse into the world of this Scottish author and his world - Summary by Larry Wilson
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Chapters
- Chapter 1
Scotch Rivers
09:54 - Chapter 2
Salmon-Fishing
10:30 - Chapter 3
Winter Sports
08:15 - Chapter 4
Human Levitation
15:08 - Chapter 5
A Chinaman’s Marriage
08:15 - Chapter 6
Sieur de Montaigne
08:56 - Chapter 7
Thackeray’s Drawings
09:37 - Chapter 8
Golf
11:17 - Chapter 9
Art of Dining
09:50 - Chapter 10
American Humour
10:24 - Chapter 11
Suspended Animation
14:54 - Chapter 12
Breaking Up
08:10 - Chapter 13
On Shaving
10:35 - Chapter 14
Street Noises
14:25 - Chapter 15
Lending of Books
14:34 - Chapter 16
Club Bores
13:41 - Chapter 17
Phiz
08:41 - Chapter 18
Theory and Practice of Proposals
10:58 - Chapter 19
Master Samuel Pepys
08:44 - Chapter 20
Involuntary Bailees
08:36 - Chapter 21
Summer Nights
10:44 - Chapter 22
On Hypochondriacs
09:43 - Chapter 23
Thackeray’s London
08:21 - Chapter 24
Torrid Summer
09:23 - Chapter 25
Western Drolls
12:12 - Chapter 26
Show Sunday
11:20 - Chapter 27
The Dry Fly
08:54 - Chapter 28
Amateur Authors
08:17 - Chapter 29
Some Rare Things for Sale
10:38 - Chapter 30
Curiosity Hunting
10:28