Contents

– Introduction by Tim Parks –

vii

– We Reach the Same End by Discrepant

Means –

1

– On Fear –

7

– On the Power of the Imagination –

12

– On the Cannibals –

30

– On the Custom of Wearing Clothing –

51

– On Smells –

57

– On the Length of Life –

61

– On the Inconstancy of Our Actions –

66