After the success of The Amenities of Book-Collecting, the author tried his hand at a more personal style. In this 1921 collection are "What Is the Matter with the Bookshop?" A Slogan for Booksellers," 'Tis Not for Mortals to Command Success', "Meditations on a Quarto Hamlet", Living Twenty-Five Hours a Day, "A Sane View of William Blake", and "My Old Lady, London", among others.