A highly acclaimed collection of essays, sketches, and short stories presenting nearly every facet of the authors work.Up to the authors highest standard in a literary form that was most congenial to her(Times Literary Supplement (London))Exquisitely written(New Yorker)The riches of this book are overwhelming(Christian Science Monitor)Editorial Note by Leonard Woolf.Table of content:The Death of the MothEvening over Sussex: Reflections in a motor carThree picturesOld Mrs. GreyStreet hautingJones and WilkinsonTwelfth night at the Old VicMadame de SevigneThe humane artTwo antiquaries: Walpole and ColeThe Rev. William Cole: a letterThe historian and The GibbonReflections at SheffieldplaceThe man at the gateSara ColeridgeNot one of usHenry James- Within the Rim- The old order- The letters of Henry JamesGeorge MooreThe Novels of E.M. ForsterMiddlebrowThe art of biographyCraftsmanshipA letter to a young poetWhy?Professionsfor womenThoughts on peace in an air raid