Vignettes: The portraits of Burns, The love eipisode of William Pitt, Nelson, Robert Louis Stevenson, Cecil Rhodes. Scottish history and character: Scottish history, The union of England and Scotland, The partriotism of a Scot, The formation of a Scottish character, The struldbrug, The Scots greys. The service of the state: The service of the state, Statesmen and bookmen, Questions of empire, The press of the empire. Genius loci: Eton, The royal palace of Whitehall, Epsom, The turf, The political aspect of Buckinghamshire