Contents: Preface, Sam Smiles and Simon Shaw-Miller; Introduction: the perception and study of Palmer's work in the later 20th and early 21st centuries, William Vaughan; Samuel Palmer's Houndsditch days, William Vaughan; Ancients and moderns: Samuel Palmer and the 'progress of watercolours', 1822-1833, Greg Smith; 'This very unstudent-like student': Palmer and the education of the artist, Martin Postle; 'Dreaming of the marriage of the land and sea': Samuel Palmer and the coast, Christiana Payne; Samuel Palmer: poetry, printmaking and illustration, Paul Goldman; From the valley of vision to the M25: Samuel Palmer and modern culture, Sam Smiles; Palmer and the dark pastoral in English music of the 20th century, Simon Shaw-Miller; Bibliography; Index.