Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. List of Illustrations ix
4. Acknowledgments xi
5. Introduction 1
6. 1 A History of Description, a Foundling 7
7. 2 Traveling Spaces 41
8. 3 Seeing Things 70
9. 4 Writing Things 96
10. 5 Implied Spaces 123
11. 6 Worlds of Goods 149
12. 7 Arranging Things 177
13. 8 The Foundling as Heir 201
14. Afterword: Humphry Repton 231
15. Notes 237
16. Bibliography 269
17. Index 303