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The Castle in the Air 1 The Cradle 8 O Tempora Mutantur! 12 Piccadilly 15 The Old Clerk 19 The Garter 23 The Pilgrims of Pall Mall 30 The Russet Pitcher 34 The Enchanted Rose 39 Circumstance 42 A Wish 43 My Life is a-- 46 Vanity Fair 48 Bramble-Rise 51 Old Letters 56 Susannah 59 My Firstborn 63 The Widow's Mite 66 St George's, Hanover Square 68 A Sketch in Seven Dials 70 Miss Edith 72 A Glimpse of Gretna Green, in the Distance 75 The Four Seasons 78 Enigma 80 Enigma 81 To the Printer's Devil 83 NOTES 85