一、序 二、前言 三、观风 ROGER ASCHAM Seeing the Wind 四、头脑中的幻像 FRANCIS BACON Idols of the Mind 五、想象 THOMAS HOBBES Imagination 六、死得崇高 JEREMY TAYLOR Holy Dying 七、谈话的诀窍 JONATHAN SWIFT Hints Toward an Essay on Conversation 八、金字塔 SAMUES JOHNSON The Pyramids 九、雅趣和激情之精妙 DAVID HUME Delicacy of Taste and Delicacy of Passion 十、职业的回报 ADAM SMITH The Rewards of the Professions 十一、探索完美 SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS The Contemplation of Excellence 十二、民族偏见 OLIVER GOLDSMITH On National Prejudices 十三、回首往事 EDWARD GIBBON A Retrospect 十四、博士作乐 JAMES BOSWELL The Doctor Has a Frolic 十五、薄伽丘的梦别 WALTER S. LANDOR The Dream of Boccaccio 十六、特征 WILLIAM HAZLITT Characteristics 十七、梦幻 THOMAS DE QUINCEY Dreams 十八、论生命 PERCY B. SHELLEY Of Life 十九、幸福 THOMAS CARLYLE Happiness 二十、雅典，希腊的明眸 JOHN H.NEOMAN Athens,the Eye of Greece