pt. 1. Autobiographical talk (1954) -- The preface to In Parenthesis (1937) -- Wales and the crown (1953) -- Changes in the coronation service (1953) -- Weshness in Wales (1957) -- Welsh Wales (1958) -- Welsh poetry (1957) -- George Borrow and Wales (1954) -- pt. 2. Art and democracy (1942-43) -- Religion and the Muses (1941) -- The preface to The Anathemata (1951) -- Past and present (1953) -- Art and Sacrament (1955) -- The utiles, a note to 'Art and sacrament' (1958) -- pt. 3. The viae, the Roman roads in Britain (1955) -- The heritage of early Britain (1952) -- The Arthurian legend (1948) -- The myth of Arthur (1942) -- The eclipse of a hymn (1958) -- pt. 4. Abstract art (1950) -- A note on Mr. Berenson's views (1950) -- If and perhaps and but (1953) -- Christopher Smart (1939) -- Eric Gill as sculptor (1941) -- Eric Gill, an appreciation (1940) -- James Joyce's Dublin (1950).