At the Gasthof zum Ochsen
Mr. Conrad's New Preface
The Little House
Tadpoles
Magic in Salamis
Consider the Commuter
The Permanence of Poetry
Books of the Sea
Fallacious Meditations on Criticism
Letting Out the Furnace
By the Fireplace
A City Note-Book
Thoughts in the Subway
Dempsey _vs._ Carpentier
A Letter to a Sea Captain



PLUM PUDDING



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THE PERFECT READER


On Christmas Eve, while the Perfect Reader sits in his armchair