Chaucer.--"The passionate pilgrim."--Shakespeare's lyrics.--Samuel Daniel.--William Browne.--Thomas Carew.--"Robinson Crusoe."--Lawrence Sterne.--Scott and Burns.--Charles Reade.--Henry Kingsley.--Alexander William Kinglake.--C. S. C. and J. K. S.--Robert Louis Stevenson.--M. Zola.--Selection.--Externals.--Club talk.--Excursionists in poetry.--The popular conception of a poet.--Poets on their own art.--The attitude of the public towards letters.--A case of bookstall censorship.--The poor little penny dreadful.--Ibsen's "Peer Gynt."--Mr. Swinburne's later manner.--A morning with a book.--Mr. John Davidson.--Björnsterne Björnson.--Mr. George Moore.--Mrs. Margaret L. Woods.--Mr. Hall Craine.--Mr. Anthony Hope.--"Trillby."--Mr. Stockton.--Bow-wow.--Of seasonal numbers