High and ghostly matters -- Bryan -- Conrad -- Beethoven -- Three American immortals -- The husbandman -- The politician -- Totentanz -- Birth control -- Lovely letters -- Portrait of an immortal soul -- Types of men -- Memorial service -- On living in Baltimore -- catechism.
Note
"These essays are all taken from the first five volumes of my series of 'Prejudices' ... A similar selection, bearing the same title but in two volumes, is published in England ... But the English and American collections are not identical."--Note.