Fifty-one essays - crowds, the end of the 'Tour de France', dinners, cafes, 'Physical Culture and Women', 'Should One Say It?', 'In the Train', 'On Being a Cat', 'There's a Shortage of Women'; first published in 'Le Matin' between 1911 and 1914; translated by Margaret Crosland and David Le Vay, introduction by Margaret Crosland.