Originally published as The Snail-Watcher and Other Stories

• The Snail-Watcher
• The Birds Poised to Fly
• The Terrapin
• When the Fleet Was In at Mobile
• The Quest for Blank Claveringi
• The Cries of Love
• Mrs. Afton, Among Thy Green Braes
• The Heroine
• Another Bridge to Cross
• The Barbarians
• The Empty Birdhouse