CONTENTSCHAP.PAGEINTRODUCTION BY COULSON KERNAHAN9I.‘HUMBLY TO CONFESS’17II.BOOKS AND GARDENS27III.BOOKS THAT TEMPT37IV.‘OUTSIDE THEIR BOOKS’47V.BOOKS THAT CAPTIVATE55VI.PERSONALITIES IN ‘BOOKLAND’63VII.SECOND-HAND BOOKS73VIII.‘THE CULT OF THE BOOKPLATE’81IX.BEDSIDE BOOKS91X.OLD FRIENDS99XI.THROUGH ROSE-COLOURED SPECTACLES107XII.WITH NATURE117XIII.A PILGRIMAGE127XIV.FAREWELL137