Table of Contents

1. Four months in 1940 (Winston Churchill); 2. England expects (Lord Nelson); 3. A pound of flesh (William Shakespeare); 4. The death of a king (John Buchan); 5. The Great Proconsul (Lord Macaulay); 6. Rebellion in England (Lord Macaulay); 7. A pure woman (Thomas Hardy); 8. The trial of a knave (Lewis Carroll); 9. Seeking Salvation (John Bunyan); 10. Preaching Christianity (Acts of the Apostles); 11. Thick fog (Charles Dickens); 12. The middle-aged lady (Charles Dickens); 13. The power of the press (Anthony Trollope); 14. The impudent imposter (Lord Maugham); 15. The Empire-Builder (Basil Williams); 16. A country gentleman's recreation (Izaak Walton); 17. A curate's observations (Gilbert White); 18. Set in our North Downs (William Cobbett and others); 19. Sisters and suitors (Jane Austen); 20. Mediaeval characters (Geoffrey Chaucer); Epilogue; Index