Seen from the line -- Disappearing London -- Surprises -- Thackeray at the Punch table -- A London sympostum -- Insulence -- A good poet -- Wordsworth pour rire -- Old Crome's Hobbema -- Persons of quality -- The jolly good fellows -- Thoughts on magic -- Tom Girtin -- My walks abroad -- Unlikely conversations -- The provincial editor's letter-bag -- Tracts that took the wrong turning -- Wayside notes -- The four-penny box -- The worst prelude to adventure.