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• iv • Preface (In a Canadian Canoe, The Nine Muses Minus One, and Other Stories) • essay by Barry Pain
• 1 • On Art and Sardines—But More Especially Sardines • [In a Canadian Canoe • 1] • short story by Barry Pain
• 8 • On Exaltation: Together with an Anecdote from the Entertainments of Kapnides • [In a Canadian Canoe • 2] • short story by Barry Pain
• 15 • On Self-Deception: Together with the Dream of the Dean's Preparations • [In a Canadian Canoe • 3] • short story by Barry Pain
• 22 • On Reflection: to Which Is Added the Story of the Tin Heart • [In a Canadian Canoe • 4] • short story by Barry Pain
• 29 • A Storm on the Backs and a Story of Three • [In a Canadian Canoe • 5] • short story by Barry Pain
• 37 • On Loafing: Together with a Second Anecdote from the Entertainments of Kapnides • [In a Canadian Canoe • 6] • short story by Barry Pain
• 44 • On Causes: with an Excursus on Luck • [In a Canadian Canoe • 7] • short story by Barry Pain
• 51 • On Solitude: with a Third Anecdote from the "Entertainments" of Kapnides • [In a Canadian Canoe • 8] • short story by Barry Pain
• 58 • On Associations: Together with a Last Anecdote from the "Entertainments" of Kapnides • [In a Canadian Canoe • 9] • short story by Barry Pain
• 66 • Clio's Story: Charles Marius • [The Nine Muses Minus One • 1] • short story by Barry Pain
• 75 • Euterpe's Story: The Girl and the Minstrel • [The Nine Muses Minus One • 2] • short story by Barry Pain
• 83 • Terpsichore's Story: The Under-Study • [The Nine Muses Minus One • 3] • short story by Barry Pain
• 90 • Melpomene's Story: The Cursed Pig • [The Nine Muses Minus One • 4] • short story by Barry Pain
• 97 • Polymnia's Story: An Hour of Death • [The Nine Muses Minus One • 5] • short story by Barry Pain
• 105 • Calliope's Story: The Last Straw • [The Nine Muses Minus One • 6] • short story by Barry Pain
• 113 • Thalia's Story: The Camel Who Never Got Started • [The Nine Muses Minus One • 7] • short story by Barry Pain
• 121 • Urania's Story: Number One Hundred and Three • [The Nine Muses Minus One • 8] • short story by Barry Pain
• 129 • The Celestial Grocery: A Fantasia • short story by Barry Pain
• 150 • "Bill": The Story of a Boy Whom the God's Loved • short story by Barry Pain
• 164 • The Girl and the Beetle: A Story of Here and Hereafter • novelette by Barry Pain