Biographical Preface . . vii
Introduction . . xi
Note on the Text . . xxvi
Select Bibliography . . xxviii
A Chronology of Virginia Woolf . . xxxiii

SELECTED ESSAYS 
The Decay of Essay-Writing . . 3
Modern Fiction . . 6
The Modern Essay . . 13
How it Strikes a Contemporary . . 23
Mr Bennett and Mrs Brown . . 32
Character in Fiction . . 37
'Impassioned Prose' . . 55
How Should One Read a Book? . . 63
Poetry, Fiction and the Future . . 74
Craftsmanship . . 85

LIFE-WRITING 
The New Biography . . 95
On Being Ill . . 101
Leslie Stephen . . 111
The Art of Biography . . 116

WOMEN AND FICTION 
The Feminine Note in Fiction . . 127
Women Novelists . . 129
Women and Fiction . . 132
Professions for Women . . 140
Memories of a Working Women's Guild . . 146
Why? . . 160

LOOKING ON 
Thunder at Wembley . . 169
The Cinema . . 172
Street Haunting: A London Adventure . . 177
The Sun and the Fish . . 188
The Docks of London . . 193
Oxford Street Tide . . 199
Evening over Sussex: Reflections in a Motor Car . . 204 
Flying over London . . 207
Why Art Today Follows Politics . . 213
Thoughts on Peace in an Air Raid . . 216

Explanatory Notes . . 221