"Many of the papers ... first appeared in the columns of the Daily Telegraph."--Introd. note.
Contents:
Bohemia past and present.--Some memories of Millais.--At home with Alma-Tadema.--With Rosetti in Cheyne Walk.--Edward Burne-Jones.--James M'Neil Whistler.--The English school of painting at the Roman exhibition.--With George Meredith on Box Hill.--The legend of Parsifal.--Sex in tragedy.--Henry Irving.--A sense of humour.--Sitting at a play.--Sir Arthur Sullivan.--The junior of the circuit.--By the side of a stream.--Index.