1. In the Mean Time 2. Origins: The Education of an Atheist 23. Sea-Going 4. The Romans in Athens: Salzburg and Berlin 5. Return to Berlin 6. What Ivory Tower? 7. In Defense of Poesie and Bullfighting 8. Searching for Santayana 9. Brutality in Biography 10. Retiring Abroad 11. Patriots, Expatriates, and Scoundrels 12. Notes on a War. Coda: Closet Space

"The great virtue of McCormick's memoirs is their blunt honesty