One: The sense of a period -- 1. A Balfourian age -- 2. From personality to personality -- 3. Continuities of form -- 4. The uncritical attitude -- 5. Edwardian best-sellers -- 6. Departure -- Two: Adventures abroad -- 7. The adventure and romance agency -- 8. Complications of imperialism -- 9. The black panther -- 10. Conrad and adventure -- Three: Coming home -- 11. The theme of recessional -- 12. Continental rescues and autumnal affairs -- 13. The backward hunt for the homely -- 14. This strange loneliness of millions in a crowd -- 15. The condition of England and the condition of fiction.
