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Father Brown Stories
THE INNOCENCE OF FATHER BROWN
CONTENTS
The Blue Cross
The Secret Garden
The Queer Feet
The Flying Stars
The Invisible Man
The Honour of Israel Gow
The Wrong Shape
The Sins of Prince Saradine
The Hammer of God
The Eye of Apollo
The Sign of the Broken Sword
The Three Tools of Death
THE WISDOM OF FATHER BROWN
CONTENTS
The Absence of Mr Glass
The Paradise of Thieves
The Duel of Dr Hirsch
The Man in the Passage
The Mistake of the Machine
The Head of Caesar
The Purple Wig
The Perishing of the Pendragons
The God of the Gongs
The Salad of Colonel Cray
The Strange Crime of John Boulnois
The Fairy Tale of Father Brown
THE INCREDULITY OF FATHER BROWN
CONTENTS
The Resurrection of Father Brown
The Arrow of Heaven
The Oracle of the Dog
The Miracle of Moon Crescent
The Curse of the Golden Cross
The Dagger with Wings
The Doom of the Darnaways
The Ghost of Gideon Wise
THE SECRET OF FATHER BROWN
CONTENTS
The Secret of Father Brown
The Mirror of the Magistrate
The Man With Two Beards
The Song of the Flying Fish
The Actor and the Alibi
The Vanishing of Vaudrey
The Worst Crime in the World
The Red Moon of Meru
The Chief Mourner of Marne
The Secret of Flambeau
THE SCANDAL OF FATHER BROWN
CONTENTS
The Scandal of Father Brown
The Quick One
The Blast of the Book
The Green Man
The Pursuit of Mr Blue
The Crime of the Communist
The Point of a Pin
The Insoluble Problem
The Vampire of the Village
UNCOLLECTED FATHER BROWN STORIES
CONTENTS
The Donnington Affair
PEMBERTON’S CHALLENGE
FATHER BROWN’S SOLUTION
The Mask of Midas
Index of Father Brown Stories
The Complete Father Brown Stories
The Novels
THE NAPOLEON OF NOTTING HILL
CONTENTS
BOOK I
Chapter I - Introductory Remarks on the Art of Prophecy
Chapter II - The Man in Green
Chapter III - The Hill of Humour
BOOK II
Chapter I - The Charter of the Cities
Chapter II - The Council of the Provosts
Chapter III - Enter a Lunatic
Book III
Chapter I - The Mental Condition of Adam Wayne
Chapter II - The Remarkable Mr. Turnbull
Chapter III - The Experiment of Mr. Buck
Book IV
Chapter I - The Battle of the Lamps
Chapter II - The Correspondent of the Court Journal
Chapter III - The Great Army of South Kensington
Book V
Chapter I - The Empire of Notting Hill
Chapter II - The Last Battle
Chapter III - Two Voices
THE MAN WHO WAS THURSDAY
CONTENTS
THE MAN WHO WAS THURSDAY
CHAPTER I. THE TWO POETS OF SAFFRON PARK
CHAPTER II. THE SECRET OF GABRIEL SYME
CHAPTER III. THE MAN WHO WAS THURSDAY
CHAPTER IV. THE TALE OF A DETECTIVE
CHAPTER V. THE FEAST OF FEAR
CHAPTER VI. THE EXPOSURE
CHAPTER VII. THE UNACCOUNTABLE CONDUCT OF PROFESSOR DE WORMS
CHAPTER VIII. THE PROFESSOR EXPLAINS
CHAPTER IX. THE MAN IN SPECTACLES
CHAPTER X. THE DUEL
CHAPTER XI. THE CRIMINALS CHASE THE POLICE
CHAPTER XII. THE EARTH IN ANARCHY
CHAPTER XIII. THE PURSUIT OF THE PRESIDENT
CHAPTER XIV. THE SIX PHILOSOPHERS
CHAPTER XV. THE ACCUSER
THE BALL AND THE CROSS
CONTENTS
I. A DISCUSSION SOMEWHAT IN THE AIR
II. THE RELIGION OF THE STIPENDIARY MAGISTRATE
III. SOME OLD CURIOSITIES
IV. A DISCUSSION AT DAWN
V. THE PEACEMAKER
VI. THE OTHER PHILOSOPHER
VII. THE VILLAGE OF GRASSLEY-IN-THE-HOLE
VIII. AN INTERLUDE OF ARGUMENT
IX. THE STRANGE LADY
X. THE SWORDS REJOINED
XI. A SCANDAL IN THE VILLAGE
XII. THE DESERT ISLAND
XIII. THE GARDEN OF PEACE
XIV. A MUSEUM OF SOULS
XV. THE DREAM OF MACIAN
XVI. THE DREAM OF TURNBULL
XVII. THE IDIOT
XVIII. A RIDDLE OF FACES
XIX. THE LAST PARLEY
XX. DIES IRAE
MANALIVE
CONTENTS
Part I: The Enigmas of Innocent Smith
Chapter I
Chapter II
Chapter III
Chapter IV
Chapter V
Part II: The Explanations of Innocent Smith
Chapter I
Chapter II
Chapter III
Chapter IV
Chapter V
THE FLYING INN
CONTENTS
Chapter I: A Sermon on Inns
Chapter II: The End of Olive Island
Chapter III: The Sign of “The Old Ship”
Chapter IV: The Inn Finds Wings
Chapter V: The Astonishment of the Agent
Chapter VI: The Hole in Heaven
Chapter VII: The Society of Simple Souls
Chapter VIII: Vox Populi Vox Dei
Chapter IX: The Higher Criticism and Mr. Hibbs
Chapter X: The Character of Quoodle
Chapter XI: Vegetarianism in the Drawing-Room
Chapter XII: Vegetarianism in the Forest
Chapter XIII: The Battle of the Tunnel
Chapter XIV: The Creature That Man Forgets
Chapter XV: The Songs of the Car Club
Chapter XVI: The Seven Moods of Dorian
Chapter XVII: The Poet in Parliament
Chapter XVIII: The Republic of Peaceways
Chapter XIX: The Hospitality of the Captain
Chapter XX: The Turk and the Futurists
Chapter XXI: The Road to Roundabout
Chapter XXII: The Chemistry of Mr. Crooke
Chapter XXIII: The March on Ivywood
Chapter XXIV: The Enigmas of Lady Joan
Chapter XXV: The Finding of the Superman
THE RETURN OF DON QUIXOTE
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I
CHAPTER II
CHAPTER III
CHAPTER IV
CHAPTER V
CHAPTER VI
CHAPTER VII
CHAPTER VIII
CHAPTER IX
CHAPTER X
CHAPTER XI
CHAPTER XII
CHAPTER XIII
CHAPTER XIV
CHAPTER XV
CHAPTER XVI
CHAPTER XVII
CHAPTER XVIII
CHAPTER XIX
Short Story Collections
THE CLUB OF QUEER TRADES
CONTENTS
The Tremendous Adventures of Major Brown
The Painful Fall of a Great Reputation
The Awful Reason of the Vicar’s Visit
The Singular Speculation of the House-Agent
The Noticeable Conduct of Professor Chadd
The Eccentric Seclusion of the Old Lady
THE MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH AND OTHER STORIES
CONTENTS
THE FACE IN THE TARGET
THE VANISHING PRINCE
THE SOUL OF THE SCHOOLBOY
THE BOTTOMLESS WELL
THE FAD OF THE FISHERMAN
THE HOLE IN THE WALL
THE TEMPLE OF SILENCE
THE VENGEANCE OF THE STATUE
TALES OF THE LONG BOW
CONTENTS
The Unpresentable Appearance of Colonel Crane
The Improbable Success of Mr. Owen Hood
The Unobtrusive Traffic of Captain Pierce
The Elusive Companion of Parson White
The Exclusive Luxury of Enoch Oates
The Unthinkable Theory of Professor Green
The Unprecedented Architecture of Commander Blair
The Ultimate Ultimatum of the League of the Long Bow
THE POET AND THE LUNATICS
CONTENTS
THE FANTASTIC FRIENDS
THE YELLOW BIRD
THE SHADOW OF THE SHARK
THE CRIME OF GABRIEL GALE
THE FINGER OF STONE
THE HOUSE OF THE PEACOCK
THE PURPLE JEWEL
THE ASYLUM OF ADVENTURE
FOUR FAULTLESS FELONS
CONTENTS
PROLOGUE OF THE PRESSMAN
THE MODERATE MURDERER
THE HONEST QUACK
THE ECSTATIC THIEF
THE LOYAL TRAITOR
EPILOGUE OF THE PRESSMAN
THE PARADOXES OF MR. POND
CONTENTS
THE THREE HORSEMEN OF APOCALYPSE
THE CRIME OF CAPTAIN GAHAGAN
WHEN DOCTORS AGREE
POND THE PANTALOON
THE UNMENTIONABLE MAN
RING OF LOVERS
THE TERRIBLE TROUBADOUR
A TALL STORY
UNCOLLECTED SHORT STORIES
CONTENTS
THE SHOP OF GHOSTS
TELEGRAPH POLES
THE TREES OF PRIDE
FOR LOVERS ONLY
THE DISADVANTAGE OF HAVING TWO HEADS
The Short Stories
LIST OF SHORT STORIES IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER
LIST OF SHORT STORIES IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER
The Plays
MAGIC
CONTENTS
THE CHARACTERS
THE PRELUDE
ACT I
ACT II
ACT III
THE JUDGMENT OF DR. JOHNSON
CONTENTS
FOREWORD
NOTE
CHARACTERS
ACT I
ACT II
ACT III
THE TURKEY AND THE TURK
CAST
The Poetry Collections
GREYBEARDS AT PLAY
CONTENTS
GREYBEARDS AT PLAY
A DEDICATION TO E.C.B.
THE ONENESS OF THE PHILOSOPHER WITH NATURE.
OF THE DANGERS ATTENDING ALTRUISM ON THE HIGH SEAS
MORAL
ON THE DISASTROUS SPREAD OF ÆSTHETICISM IN ALL CLASSES
ENVOY
THE WILD KNIGHT AND OTHER POEMS
CONTENTS
NOTE
BY THE BABE UNBORN
THE WORLD’S LOVER
THE SKELETON
A CHORD OF COLOUR
THE HAPPY MAN
THE UNPARDONABLE SIN
A NOVELTY
ULTIMATE
THE DONKEY
THE BEATIFIC VISION
THE HOPE OF THE STREETS
ECCLESIASTES
THE SONG OF THE CHILDREN
THE FISH
GOLD LEAVES
THOU SHALT NOT KILL
A CERTAIN EVENING
A MAN AND HIS IMAGE
THE MARINER
THE TRIUMPH OF MAN
CYCLOPEAN
JOSEPH
MODERN ELFLAND
ETERNITIES
A CHRISTMAS CAROL
ALONE
KING’S CROSS STATION
THE HUMAN TREE
TO THEM THAT MOURN
THE OUTLAW
BEHIND
THE END OF FEAR
THE HOLY OF HOLIES
THE MIRROR OF MADMEN
E.C.B.
THE DESECRATERS
AN ALLIANCE
THE ANCIENT OF DAYS
THE LAST MASQUERADE
THE EARTH’S SHAME
VANITY
THE LAMP POST
THE PESSIMIST
A FAIRY TALE
A PORTRAIT
FEMINA CONTRA MUNDUM
TO A CERTAIN NATION
THE PRAISE OF DUST
THE BALLAD OF THE BATTLE OF GIBEON
VULGARISED
THE BALLAD OF GOD-MAKERS
AT NIGHT
THE WOOD-CUTTER
ART COLOURS
THE TWO WOMEN
THE WILD KNIGHT
THE WILD KNIGHT
GOOD NEWS
THE BALLAD OF THE WHITE HORSE
CONTENTS
PREFATORY NOTE
DEDICATION
BOOK I. THE VISION OF THE KING
BOOK II. THE GATHERING OF THE CHIEFS
BOOK III. THE HARP OF ALFRED
BOOK IV. THE WOMAN IN THE FOREST
BOOK V. ETHANDUNE: THE FIRST STROKE
BOOK VI. ETHANDUNE: THE SLAYING OF THE CHIEFS
BOOK VII. ETHANDUNE: THE LAST CHARGE
BOOK VIII. THE SCOURING OF THE HORSE
POEMS
CONTENTS
THREE DEDICATIONS
TO EDMUND CLERIHEW BENTLEY
TO HILAIRE BELLOC
TO M. E. W.
WAR POEMS
LEPANTO
THE MARCH OF THE BLACK MOUNTAIN 1913
BLESSED ARE THE PEACEMAKERS
THE WIFE OF FLANDERS
THE CRUSADER RETURNS FROM CAPTIVITY
LOVE POEMS
GLENCOE
LOVE’S TRAPPIST
CONFESSIONAL
MUSIC
THE DELUGE
THE STRANGE MUSIC
THE GREAT MINIMUM
THE MORTAL ANSWERS
A MARRIAGE SONG
BAY COMBE
RELIGIOUS POEMS
THE WISE MEN
THE HOUSE OF CHRISTMAS
A SONG OF GIFTS TO GOD
THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN
A HYMN FOR THE CHURCH MILITANT
THE BEATIFIC VISION
THE TRUCE OF CHRISTMAS
A HYMN
A CHRISTMAS SONG FOR THREE GUILDS
THE NATIVITY
A CHILD OF THE SNOWS
A WORD
RHYMES FOR THE TIMES
ANTICHRIST, OR THE REUNION OF CHRISTENDOM: AN ODE
THE REVOLUTIONIST: OR LINES TO A STATESMAN
THE SHAKESPEARE MEMORIAL
THE HORRIBLE HISTORY OF JONES
THE NEW FREETHINKER
IN MEMORIAM P.D.
SONNET WITH THE COMPLIMENTS OF THE SEASON
A SONG OF SWORDS
A SONG OF DEFEAT
SONNET
AFRICA
THE DEAD HERO
AN ELECTION ECHO 1906
THE SONG OF THE WHEELS
THE SECRET PEOPLE
MISCELLANEOUS POEMS
LOST
BALLAD OF THE SUN
TRANSLATION FROM DU BELLAY
THE HIGHER UNITY
THE EARTH’S VIGIL
ON RIGHTEOUS INDIGNATION
WHEN I CAME BACK TO FLEET STREET
A CIDER SONG
THE LAST HERO
BALLADES
BALLADE D’UNE GRANDE DAME
A BALLADE OF AN ANTI-PURITAN
A BALLADE OF A BOOK-REVIEWER
A BALLADE OF SUICIDE
A BALLADE OF THE FIRST RAIN
WINE, WATER AND SONG
CONTENTS
The Englishman
Wine and Water
The Song Against Grocers
The Rolling English Road
The Song of Quoodle
Pioneers, O Pioneers
The Logical Vegetarian
The Saracen’s Head
The Good Rich Man
The Song Against Songs
Me Heart
The Song of the Oak
The Road to Roundabout
The Song of the Strange Ascetic
The Song of Right and Wrong
Who Goes Home?
THE BALLAD OF ST. BARBARA AND OTHER POEMS
CONTENTS
TO F. C. IN MEMORIAM PALESTINE, ‘19
THE BALLAD OF ST. BARBARA
ELEGY IN A COUNTRY CHURCHYARD
THE SWORD OF SURPRISE
A WEDDING IN WAR-TIME
THE MYSTERY
THE MYTH OF ARTHUR
THE OLD SONG
THE TRINKETS
THE PHILANTHROPIST
ON THE DOWNS
THE RED SEA
FOR A WAR MEMORIAL
MEMORY
THE ENGLISH GRAVES
NIGHTMARE
A SECOND CHILDHOOD
MEDIÆVALISM
POLAND
THE HUNTING OF THE DRAGON
SONNET
FANTASIA
A CHRISTMAS CAROL
TO CAPTAIN FRYATT
FOR FOUR GUILDS
THE CONVERT
SONGS OF EDUCATION
GLORIA IN PROFUNDIS
GLORIA IN PROFUNDIS
UBI ECCLESIA
UBI ECCLESIA
THE GRAVE OF ARTHUR
THE GRAVE OF ARTHUR
The Poems
LIST OF POEMS IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER
LIST OF POEMS IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER
The Non-Fiction
THE DEFENDANT
CONTENTS
IN DEFENCE OF A NEW EDITION
THE DEFENDANT
INTRODUCTION
A DEFENCE OF PENNY DREADFULS
A DEFENCE OF RASH VOWS
A DEFENCE OF SKELETONS
A DEFENCE OF PUBLICITY
A DEFENCE OF NONSENSE
A DEFENCE OF PLANETS
A DEFENCE OF CHINA SHEPHERDESSES
A DEFENCE OF USEFUL INFORMATION
A DEFENCE OF HERALDRY
A DEFENCE OF UGLY THINGS
A DEFENCE OF FARCE
A DEFENCE OF HUMILITY
A DEFENCE OF SLANG
A DEFENCE OF BABY-WORSHIP
A DEFENCE OF DETECTIVE STORIES
A DEFENCE OF PATRIOTISM
ROBERT BROWNING
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I
BROWNING IN EARLY LIFE
CHAPTER II
EARLY WORKS
CHAPTER III
BROWNING AND HIS MARRIAGE
CHAPTER IV
BROWNING IN ITALY
CHAPTER V
BROWNING IN LATER LIFE
CHAPTER VI
BROWNING AS A LITERARY ARTIST
CHAPTER VII
THE RING AND THE BOOK
CHAPTER VIII
THE PHILOSOPHY OF BROWNING
TWELVE TYPES
CONTENTS
CHARLOTTE BRONTË
WILLIAM MORRIS AND HIS SCHOOL
THE OPTIMISM OF BYRON
POPE AND THE ART OF SATIRE
FRANCIS
ROSTAND
CHARLES II
STEVENSON
THOMAS CARLYLE
TOLSTOY AND THE CULT OF SIMPLICITY
SAVONAROLA
THE POSITION OF SIR WALTER SCOTT
HERETICS
CONTENTS
I. Introductory Remarks on the Importance of Orthodoxy
II. On the negative spirit
III. On Mr. Rudyard Kipling and Making the World Small
IV. Mr. Bernard Shaw
V. Mr. H. G. Wells and the Giants
VI. Christmas and the Aesthetes
VII. Omar and the Sacred Vine
VIII. The Mildness of the Yellow Press
IX. The Moods of Mr. George Moore
X. On Sandals and Simplicity
XI Science and the Savages
XII Paganism and Mr. Lowes Dickinson
XIII. Celts and Celtophiles
XIV On Certain Modern Writers and the Institution of the Family
XV On Smart Novelists and the Smart Set
XVI On Mr. McCabe and a Divine Frivolity
XVII On the Wit of Whistler
XVIII The Fallacy of the Young Nation
XIX Slum Novelists and the Slums
XX. Concluding Remarks on the Importance of Orthodoxy
VARIED TYPES
CONTENTS
CHARLOTTE BRONTË
WILLIAM MORRIS AND HIS SCHOOL
OPTIMISM OF BYRON
POPE AND THE ART OF SATIRE
FRANCIS
ROSTAND
CHARLES II
STEVENSON
THOMAS CARLYLE
TOLSTOY AND THE CULT OF SIMPLICITY
SAVONAROLA
THE POSITION OF SIR WALTER SCOTT
BRET HARTE
ALFRED THE GREAT
MAETERLINCK
RUSKIN
QUEEN VICTORIA
THE GERMAN EMPEROR
TENNYSON
ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING
CHARLES DICKENS
CONTENTS
PART ONE
CHAPTER I
THE DICKENS PERIOD
CHAPTER II
THE BOYHOOD OF DICKENS
CHAPTER III
THE YOUTH OF DICKENS
CHAPTER IV
“THE PICKWICK PAPERS”
CHAPTER V
THE GREAT POPULARITY
CHAPTER VI
DICKENS AND AMERICA
PART TWO
CHAPTER VII
DICKENS AND CHRISTMAS
CHAPTER VIII
THE TIME OF TRANSITION
CHAPTER IX
LATER LIFE AND WORKS
CHAPTER X
THE GREAT DICKENS CHARACTERS
CHAPTER XI
ON THE ALLEGED OPTIMISM OF DICKENS
CHAPTER XII
A NOTE ON THE FUTURE OF DICKENS
ALL THINGS CONSIDERED
CONTENTS
THE CASE FOR THE EPHEMERAL
COCKNEYS AND THEIR JOKES
THE FALLACY OF SUCCESS
ON RUNNING AFTER ONE’S HAT
THE VOTE AND THE HOUSE
CONCEIT AND CARICATURE
PATRIOTISM AND SPORT.
AN ESSAY ON TWO CITIES.
FRENCH AND ENGLISH
THE ZOLA CONTROVERSY
OXFORD FROM WITHOUT
WOMAN
THE MODERN MARTYR
ON POLITICAL SECRECY
EDWARD VII. AND SCOTLAND
THOUGHTS AROUND KOEPENICK
THE BOY
LIMERICKS AND COUNSELS OF PERFECTION
ANONYMITY AND FURTHER COUNSELS
ON THE CRYPTIC AND THE ELLIPTIC
THE WORSHIP OF THE WEALTHY
SCIENCE AND RELIGION
THE METHUSELAHITE
SPIRITUALISM
THE ERROR OF IMPARTIALITY
FAIRY TALES
TOM JONES AND MORALITY
THE MAID OF ORLEANS
A DEAD POET
CHRISTMAS
TREMENDOUS TRIFLES
CONTENTS
PREFACE
I. Tremendous Trifles
II. A Piece of Chalk
III. The Secret of a Train
IV. The Perfect Game
V. The Extraordinary Cabman
VI. An Accident
VII. The Advantages of Having One Leg
VIII. The End of the World
IX. In the Place de La Bastille
X. On Lying in Bed
XI. The Twelve Men
XII. The Wind and the Trees
XIII. The Dickensian
XIV. In Topsy-Turvy Land
XV. What I Found in My Pocket
XVI. The Dragon’s Grandmother
XVII. The Red Angel
XVIII. The Tower
XIX. How I Met the President
XX. The Giant
XXI. A Great Man
XXII. The Orthodox Barber
XXIII. The Toy Theatre
XXIV. A Tragedy of Twopence
XXV. A Cab Ride Across Country
XXVI. The Two Noises
XXVII. Some Policemen and a Moral
XXVIII. The Lion
XXIX. Humanity: an Interlude
XXX. The Little Birds Who Won’t Sing
XXXI. The Riddle of the Ivy
XXXII. The Travellers in State
XXXIII. The Prehistoric Railway Station
XXXIV. The Diabolist
XXXV. A Glimpse of My Country
XXXVI. A Somewhat Improbable Story
XXXVII. The Shop Of Ghosts
XXXVIII. The Ballade of a Strange Town
XXXIX. The Mystery of a Pageant
ORTHODOXY
CONTENTS
I INTRODUCTION IN DEFENCE OF EVERYTHING ELSE
II THE MANIAC
III THE SUICIDE OF THOUGHT
IV THE ETHICS OF ELFLAND
V THE FLAG OF THE WORLD
VI THE PARADOXES OF CHRISTIANITY
VII THE ETERNAL REVOLUTION
VIII THE ROMANCE OF ORTHODOXY
IX AUTHORITY AND THE ADVENTURER
WHAT’S WRONG WITH THE WORLD
CONTENTS
PART ONE. THE HOMELESSNESS OF MAN
I. THE MEDICAL MISTAKE
II. WANTED, AN UNPRACTICAL MAN
III. THE NEW HYPOCRITE
IV. THE FEAR OF THE PAST
V. THE UNFINISHED TEMPLE
VI. THE ENEMIES OF PROPERTY
VII. THE FREE FAMILY
VIII. THE WILDNESS OF DOMESTICITY
IX. HISTORY OF HUDGE AND GUDGE
X. OPPRESSION BY OPTIMISM
XI. THE HOMELESSNESS OF JONES
PART TWO. IMPERIALISM, OR THE MISTAKE ABOUT MAN
I. THE CHARM OF JINGOISM
II. WISDOM AND THE WEATHER
III. THE COMMON VISION
IV. THE INSANE NECESSITY
PART THREE. FEMINISM, OR THE MISTAKE ABOUT WOMAN
I. THE UNMILITARY SUFFRAGETTE
II. THE UNIVERSAL STICK
III. THE EMANCIPATION OF DOMESTICITY
IV. THE ROMANCE OF THRIFT
V. THE COLDNESS OF CHLOE
VI. THE PEDANT AND THE SAVAGE
VII. THE MODERN SURRENDER OF WOMAN
VIII. THE BRAND OF THE FLEUR-DE-LIS
IX. SINCERITY AND THE GALLOWS
X. THE HIGHER ANARCHY
XI. THE QUEEN AND THE SUFFRAGETTES
XII. THE MODERN SLAVE
PART FOUR. EDUCATION: OR THE MISTAKE ABOUT THE CHILD
I. THE CALVINISM OF TO-DAY
II. THE TRIBAL TERROR
III. THE TRICKS OF ENVIRONMENT
IV. THE TRUTH ABOUT EDUCATION
V. AN EVIL CRY
VI. AUTHORITY THE UNAVOIDABLE
VII. THE HUMILITY OF MRS. GRUNDY
VIII. THE BROKEN RAINBOW
IX. THE NEED FOR NARROWNESS
X. THE CASE FOR THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS
XI. THE SCHOOL FOR HYPOCRITES
XII. THE STALENESS OF THE NEW SCHOOLS
XIII. THE OUTLAWED PARENT
XIV. FOLLY AND FEMALE EDUCATION
PART FIVE. THE HOME OF MAN
I. THE EMPIRE OF THE INSECT
II. THE FALLACY OF THE UMBRELLA STAND
III. THE DREADFUL DUTY OF GUDGE
IV. A LAST INSTANCE
V. CONCLUSION
THREE NOTES
I. ON FEMALE SUFFRAGE
II. ON CLEANLINESS IN EDUCATION
III. ON PEASANT PROPRIETORSHIP
GEORGE BERNARD SHAW
CONTENTS
Introduction to the First Edition
The Problem of a Preface
The Irishman
The Puritan
The Progressive
The Critic
The Dramatist
The Philosopher
The Later Phases
APPRECIATIONS AND CRITICISMS OF THE WORKS OF CHARLES DICKENS
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
LITTLE DORRIT
REPRINTED PIECES
OUR MUTUAL FRIEND
DAVID COPPERFIELD
CHRISTMAS BOOKS
TALE OF TWO CITIES
BARNABY RUDGE
THE UNCOMMERCIAL TRAVELLER
SKETCHES BY BOZ
PICKWICK PAPERS
NICHOLAS NICKLEBY
OLIVER TWIST
OLD CURIOSITY SHOP
BARNABY RUDGE
AMERICAN NOTES
PICTURES FROM ITALY
MARTIN CHUZZLEWIT
CHRISTMAS BOOKS
DOMBEY AND SON
DAVID COPPERFIELD
CHRISTMAS STORIES
BLEAK HOUSE
CHILD’S HISTORY OF ENGLAND
HARD TIMES
LITTLE DORRIT
A TALE OF TWO CITIES
GREAT EXPECTATIONS
OUR MUTUAL FRIEND
EDWIN DROOD
MASTER HUMPHREY’S CLOCK
REPRINTED PIECES
ALARMS AND DISCURSIONS
CONTENTS
Introductory: On Gargoyles
The Surrender of a Cockney
The Nightmare
The Telegraph Poles
A Drama of Dolls
The Man and His Newspaper
The Appetite of Earth
Simmons and the Social Tie
Cheese
The Red Town
The Furrows
The Philosophy of Sight-seeing
A Criminal Head
The Wrath of the Roses
The Gold of Glastonbury
The Futurists
Dukes
The Glory of Grey
The Anarchist
How I found the Superman
The New House
The Wings of Stone
The Three Kinds of Men
The Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds
The Field of Blood
The Strangeness of Luxury
The Triumph of the Donkey
The Wheel
Five Hundred and Fifty-five
Ethandune
The Flat Freak
The Garden of the Sea
The Sentimentalist
The White Horses
The Long Bow
The Modern Scrooge
The High Plains
The Chorus
A Romance of the Marshes
A MISCELLANY OF MEN
CONTENTS
THE SUFFRAGIST
THE POET AND THE CHEESE
THE THING
THE MAN WHO THINKS BACKWARDS
THE NAMELESS MAN
THE GARDENER AND THE GUINEA
THE VOTER AND THE TWO VOICES
THE MAD OFFICIAL
THE ENCHANTED MAN
THE SUN WORSHIPPER
THE WRONG INCENDIARY
THE FREE MAN
THE HYPOTHETICAL HOUSEHOLDER
THE PRIEST OF SPRING
THE REAL JOURNALIST
THE SENTIMENTAL SCOT
THE SECTARIAN OF SOCIETY
THE FOOL
THE CONSCRIPT AND THE CRISIS
THE MISER AND HIS FRIENDS
THE MYSTAGOGUE
THE RED REACTIONARY
THE SEPARATIST AND SACRED THINGS
THE MUMMER
THE ARISTOCRATIC ‘ARRY
THE NEW THEOLOGIAN
THE ROMANTIC IN THE RAIN
THE FALSE PHOTOGRAPHER
THE SULTAN
THE ARCHITECT OF SPEARS
THE MAN ON TOP
THE OTHER KIND OF MAN
THE MEDIAEVAL VILLAIN
THE DIVINE DETECTIVE
THE ELF OF JAPAN
THE CHARTERED LIBERTINE
THE CONTENTED MAN
THE ANGRY AUTHOR: HIS FAREWELL
THE VICTORIAN AGE IN LITERATURE
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER I
THE VICTORIAN COMPROMISE AND ITS ENEMIES
CHAPTER II
THE GREAT VICTORIAN NOVELISTS
CHAPTER III
THE GREAT VICTORIAN POETS
CHAPTER IV
THE BREAK-UP OF THE COMPROMISE
THE APPETITE OF TYRANNY
CONTENTS
THE FACTS OF THE CASE
THE WAR ON THE WORD
THE REFUSAL OF RECIPROCITY
THE APPETITE OF TYRANNY
THE ESCAPE OF FOLLY
LETTERS TO AN OLD GARIBALDIAN
THE CRIMES OF ENGLAND
CONTENTS
I - Some Words to Professor Whirlwind
II - The Protestant Hero
III - The Enigma of Waterloo
IV - The Coming of the Janissaries
V - The Lost England
VI - Hamlet and the Danes
VII - The Midnight of Europe
VIII - The Wrong Horse
IX - The Awakening of England
X - The Battle of the Marne
LORD KITCHENER
UTOPIA OF USURERS AND OTHER ESSAYS
CONTENTS
A SONG OF SWORDS
UTOPIA OF USURERS
I. Art and Advertisement
II. Letters and the New Laureates
III. Unbusinesslike Business
IV. The War on Holidays
V. THE CHURCH OF THE SERVILE STATE
VI. SCIENCE AND THE EUGENISTS
VII. THE EVOLUTION OF THE PRISON
VIII. THE LASH FOR LABOUR
IX. THE MASK OF SOCIALISM
THE ESCAPE
THE NEW RAID
THE NEW NAME
A WORKMAN’S HISTORY OF ENGLAND
THE FRENCH REVOLUTION AND THE IRISH
LIBERALISM: A SAMPLE
THE FATIGUE OF FLEET STREET
THE AMNESTY FOR AGGRESSION
REVIVE THE COURT JESTER
THE ART OF MISSING THE POINT
THE SERVILE STATE AGAIN
THE EMPIRE OF THE IGNORANT
THE SYMBOLISM OF KRUPP
THE TOWER OF BEBEL
A REAL DANGER
THE DREGS OF PURITANISM
THE TYRANNY OF BAD JOURNALISM
THE POETRY OF THE REVOLUTION
A SHORT HISTORY OF ENGLAND
CONTENTS
I
INTRODUCTION
II
THE PROVINCE OF BRITAIN
III
THE AGE OF LEGENDS
IV
THE DEFEAT OF THE BARBARIANS
V
ST. EDWARD AND THE NORMAN KINGS
VI
THE AGE OF THE CRUSADES
VII
THE PROBLEM OF THE PLANTAGENETS
VIII
THE MEANING OF MERRY ENGLAND
IX
NATIONALITY AND THE FRENCH WARS
X
THE WAR OF THE USURPERS
XI
THE REBELLION OF THE RICH
XII
SPAIN AND THE SCHISM OF NATIONS
XIII
THE AGE OF THE PURITANS
XIV
THE TRIUMPH OF THE WHIGS
XV
THE WAR WITH THE GREAT REPUBLICS
XVI
ARISTOCRACY AND THE DISCONTENTS
XVII
THE RETURN OF THE BARBARIAN
XVIII
CONCLUSION
IRISH IMPRESSIONS
CONTENTS
I - Two Stones in a Square
II - The Root of Reality
III - The Family and the Feud
IV - The Paradox of Labour
V - The Englishman in Ireland
VI - The Mistake of England
VII - The Mistake of Ireland
VIII - An Example and a Question
IX - Belfast and the Religious Problem
THE SUPERSTITION OF DIVORCE
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTORY NOTE
I
THE SUPERSTITION OF DIVORCE (1)
II
THE SUPERSTITION OF DIVORCE (2)
III
THE SUPERSTITION OF DIVORCE (3)
IV
THE SUPERSTITION OF DIVORCE (4)
V
THE STORY OF THE FAMlLY
VI
THE STORY OF THE VOW
VII
THE TRAGEDIES OF MARRlAGE
VIII
THE VISTA OF DIVORCE
IX
CONCLUSION
THE NEW JERUSALEM
CONTENTS
PREFACE
CHAPTER I
THE WAY OF THE CITIES
CHAPTER II
THE WAY OF THE DESERT
CHAPTER III
THE GATES OF THE CITY
CHAPTER IV
THE PHILOSOPHY OF SIGHT-SEEING
CHAPTER V
THE STREETS OF THE CITY
CHAPTER VI
THE GROUPS OF THE CITY
CHAPTER VII
THE SHADOW OF THE PROBLEM
CHAPTER VIII
THE OTHER SIDE OF THE DESERT
CHAPTER IX
THE BATTLE WITH THE DRAGON
CHAPTER X
THE ENDLESS EMPIRE
CHAPTER XI
THE MEANING OF THE CRUSADE
CHAPTER XII
THE FALL OF CHIVALRY
CHAPTER XIII
THE PROBLEM OF ZIONISM
CONCLUSION
WHAT I SAW IN AMERICA
CONTENTS
What is America?
A Meditation in a New York Hotel
A Meditation in Broadway
Irish and other Interviewers
Some American Cities
In the American Country
The American Business Man
Presidents and Problems
Prohibition in Fact and Fancy
Fads and Public Opinion
The Extraordinary American
The Republican in the Ruins
Is the Atlantic Narrowing?
Lincoln and Lost Causes
Wells and the World State
A New Martin Chuzzlewit
The Spirit of America
The Spirit of England
The Future of Democracy
EUGENICS AND OTHER EVILS
CONTENTS
TO THE READER
PART ONE
THE FALSE THEORY
I
WHAT IS EUGENICS?
II
THE FIRST OBSTACLES
III
THE ANARCHY FROM ABOVE
IV
THE LUNATIC AND THE LAW
V
THE FLYING AUTHORITY
VI
THE UNANSWERED CHALLENGE
VII
THE ESTABLISHED CHURCH OF DOUBT
VIII
A SUMMARY OF A FALSE THEORY
PART TWO
THE REAL AIM
I
THE IMPOTENCE OF IMPENITENCE
II
TRUE HISTORY OF A TRAMP
III
TRUE HISTORY OF A EUGENIST
IV
THE VENGEANCE OF THE FLESH
V
THE MEANNESS OF THE MOTIVE
VI
THE ECLIPSE OF LIBERTY
VII
THE TRANSFORMATION OF SOCIALISM
VIII
THE END OF THE HOUSEHOLD GOD
IX
A SHORT CHAPTER
ST. FRANCIS
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I
THE PROBLEM OF ST. FRANCIS
CHAPTER II
THE WORLD ST. FRANCIS FOUND
CHAPTER III
FRANCIS THE FIGHTER
CHAPTER IV
FRANCIS THE BUILDER
CHAPTER V
LE JONGLEUR DE DIEU
CHAPTER VI
THE LITTLE POOR MAN
CHAPTER VII
THE THREE ORDERS
CHAPTER VIII
THE MIRROR OF CHRIST
CHAPTER IX
MIRACLES AND DEATH
CHAPTER X
THE TESTAMENT OF ST. FRANCIS
FANCIES VERSUS FADS
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
THE ROMANCE OF RHYME
HAMLET AND THE PSYCHO-ANALYST
THE MEANING OF MOCK TURKEY
SHAKESPEARE AND THE LEGAL LADY
ON BEING AN OLD BEAN
THE FEAR OF THE FILM
WINGS AND THE HOUSEMAID
THE SLAVERY OF FREE VERSE
PROHIBITION AND THE PRESS
THE MERCY OF MR. ARNOLD BENNETT
A DEFENCE OF DRAMATIC UNITIES
THE BOREDOM OF BUTTERFLIES
THE TERROR OF A TOY
FALSE THEORY AND THE THEATRE
THE SECRET SOCIETY OF MANKIND
THE SENTIMENTALISM OF DIVORCE
STREET CRIES AND STRETCHING THE LAW
WHY REFORMS GO WRONG
THE INNOCENCE OF THE CRIMINAL
THE PRUDERY OF THE FEMINISTS
HOW MAD LAWS ARE MADE
THE PAGODA OF PROGRESS
THE MYTH OF THE “MAYFLOWER”
MUCH TOO MODERN HISTORY
THE EVOLUTION OF SLAVES
IS DARWIN DEAD?
TURNING INSIDE OUT
STRIKES AND THE SPIRIT OF WONDER
A NOTE ON OLD NONSENSE
MILTON AND MERRY ENGLAND
THE EVERLASTING MAN
CONTENTS
Prefatory Note
Introduction The Plan Of This Book
Part I On the Creature Called Man
I. The Man in the Cave
II. Professors and Prehistoric Men
III. The Antiquity of Civilisation
IV. God and Comparative Religion
V. Man and Mythologies
VI. The Demons and the Philosophers
VII. The War of the Gods and Demons
VIII. The End of the World
Part II On the Man Called Christ
I. The God in the Cave
II. The Riddles of the Gospel
III. The Strangest Story in the World
IV. The Witness of the Heretics
V. The Escape from Paganism
VI. The Five Deaths of the Faith
Conclusion The Summary Of This Book
Appendix I. On Prehistoric Man
Appendix II. On Authority and Accuracy
WILLIAM COBBETT
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I
THE REVIVAL OF COBBETT
CHAPTER II
A SELF-MADE MAN
CHAPTER II
THE TRAGEDY OF THE PATRIOT
CHAPTER IV
REVOLUTION AND THE BONES OF PAINE
CHAPTER V
THE AMATEUR HISTORIAN
CHAPTER VI
THE RURAL RIDER
CHAPTER VII
LAST DAYS AND DEATH
THE CATHOLIC CHURCH AND CONVERSION
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I: INTRODUCTORY: A NEW RELIGION
CHAPTER II: THE OBVIOUS BLUNDERS
CHAPTER III: THE REAL OBSTACLES
CHAPTER IV: THE WORLD INSIDE OUT
CHAPTER V: THE EXCEPTION PROVES THE RULE
CHAPTER VI: A NOTE ON PRESENT PROSPECTS
THE OUTLINE OF SANITY
CONTENTS
I THE BEGINNING OF THE QUARREL
II THE PERIL OF THE HOUR
III THE CHANCE OF RECOVERY
IV ON A SENSE OF PROPORTION
SOME ASPECTS OF BIG BUSINESS
I THE BLUFF OF THE BIG SHOPS
II A MISUNDERSTANDING ABOUT METHOD
III A CASE IN POINT
IV THE TYRANNY OF TRUSTS
SOME ASPECTS OF THE LAND
I THE SIMPLE TRUTH
II VOWS AND VOLUNTEERS
III THE REAL LIFE ON THE LAND
SOME ASPECTS OF MACHINERY
I THE WHEEL OF FATE
II THE ROMANCE OF MACHINERY
III THE HOLIDAY OF THE SLAVE
IV THE FREE MAN AND THE FORD CAR
A NOTE ON EMIGRATION
I THE NEED OF A NEW SPIRIT
II THE RELIGION OF SMALL PROPERTY
A SUMMARY
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I
“THE MYTH OF STEVENSON”
CHAPTER II
IN THE COUNTRY OF SKELT
CHAPTER III
YOUTH AND EDINBURGH
CHAPTER IV
THE REACTION TO ROMANCE
CHAPTER V
THE SCOTTISH STORIES
CHAPTER VI
THE STYLE OF STEVENSON
CHAPTER VII
EXPERIMENT AND RANGE
CHAPTER VIII
THE LIMITS OF A CRAFT
CHAPTER IX
THE PHILOSOPHY OF GESTURE
CHAPTER X
THE MORAL OF STEVENSON
DO WE AGREE?
A PREFATORY NOTE
DO WE AGREE?
THE THING
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
THE SCEPTIC AS A CRITIC
IS HUMANISM A RELIGION?
THE DRIFT FROM DOMESTICITY
LOGIC AND LAWN TENNIS
OBSTINATE ORTHODOXY
THE USUAL ARTICLE
WHY I AM A CATHOLIC
WHAT DO THEY THINK?
THE MASK OF THE AGNOSTIC
THE EARLY BIRD IN HISTORY
PROTESTANTISM: A PROBLEM NOVEL
A SIMPLE THOUGHT
THE CALL TO THE BARBARIANS
ON THE NOVEL WITH A PURPOSE
THE REVOLT AGAINST IDEAS
THE FEASTS AND THE ASCETIC
WHO ARE THE CONSPIRATORS?
THE HAT AND THE HALO
ON TWO ALLEGORIES
THE PROTESTANT SUPERSTITIONS
ON COURAGE AND INDEPENDENCE
THE NORDIC HINDOO
A SPIRITUALIST LOOKS BACK
THE ROOTS OF SANITY
SOME OF OUR ERRORS
THE SLAVERY OF THE MIND
INGE VERSUS BARNES
WHAT WE THINK ABOUT
THE OPTIMIST AS A SUICIDE
THE OUTLINE OF THE FALL
THE IDOLS OF SCOTLAND
IF THEY HAD BELIEVED
PEACE AND THE PAPACY
THE SPIRIT OF CHRISTMAS
COME TO THINK OF IT
CONTENTS
Introduction
I. On Essays
II. On What We Would Do with Two Million (If We Had It)
III. On Boys
IV. On Literary Parallels
V. On a Censorship for Literature
VI. On Detective Story Writers
VIII. On the Classics
IX. On Psycho-analysis
X. On Egoists and Egoists
XI On Mr. Epstein
XII On ‘Who Killed John Keats?’
XIII. On Ingeland
XIV. On Loneliness
XV. On the Importance of Why We Do (or Don’t)
XVI. On the Open Conspiracy
XVII. On the Closed Conspiracy
XVIII. On Current Claptrap
XIX. On Evil Euphemisms
XX. On Encyclopaedias
XXI. On Preaching
XXII. On the Timid Thinkers
XXIII. On the Mythology of Scientists
XXIV. On Change
XXV. On Twilight Sleep
XXVII. On a Humiliating Heresy
XXVIII. On Original Sin
XXIX. On the New Religion Coming
XXX. On the Great God Namse
XXXI. On the Innocence of Macaulay
XXXII. On Jane Austen in the General Election
XXXIII. On Dictatorships
XXXIV. On Abolishing Sunday
XXXV. On Prohibition
XXXVI. On America
XXXVII. On Bigness and America
XXXVIII. On the American Revolt against Americanism
XXXIX. On Abraham Lincoln
XL. On Myself on Abraham Lincoln
XLI. On Foch
XLII. On Dickens and After
XLIII. On The King
ALL IS GRIST
CONTENTS
I. On the Prudery of Slang
II. On Liberties and Lotteries
III. On the Nudists
IV. On Business Education
V. On the Intellect of Yesterday
VI. On Travel’s Surprises
VII. On Flocking
VIII. On the Behaviourist
IX. On the Pleasures of no Longer being Very Young
X. On Mr. Mencken and Fundamentalism
XI. On Anthony Trollope: Historian
XII. On the Way of the World
XIII. On the New Insularity
XIV. On Christian Science
XV. On Rest Cures for Nations
XVI. On Philosophy versus Fiction
XVII. On Logic and Lunacy
XVIII. On the Thrills of Boredom
XIX. On Gossip about Heredity
XX. On Dante and Beatrice
XXI. On Quacks in the Home
XXII. On a Generally Accepted Mistake
XXIII. On the Later Portions of Poems
XXIV. On the Romance of Childhood
XXV. On the Renaissance
XXVI. On the Laureateship
XXVIII On Mr Shaw’s Puritanism
XXIX. On the Truth of Legends
XXX. On Experience
XXXI. On Sightseeing
XXXII. On Condiments and Conduct
XXXIII. On Optimism and Scepticism
XXXIV. On Thoughts in Canada
XXXV. On the Bad Word for Guild
XXXVI. On Sophistication
XXXVII. On Dress and Decorum
XXXVIII. On Algernon Charles Swinburne
I
II
III
ST. THOMAS AQUINAS
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTORY NOTE
I
ON TWO FRIARS
II
THE RUNAWAY ABBOT
III
THE ARISTOTELIAN REVOLUTION
IV
A MEDITATION ON THE MANICHEES
V
THE REAL LIFE OF ST. THOMAS
VI
THE APPROACH TO THOMISM
VII
THE PERMANENT PHILOSOPHY
VIII
THE SEQUEL TO ST. THOMAS
ALL I SURVEY: A BOOK OF ESSAYS
CONTENTS
I
On the Child
II
On the Standardization of Stevenson
III
On Turnpikes and Mediævalism
IV
On Mammoth Portraiture
V
On War Memorials
VI
On Old Men Who Make Wars
VII
On Vachel Lindsay
VIII
On the Staleness of Revolt
IX
On Dependence and Independence
X
On the Teutonic Theory
XI
On Phases of Eccentricity
XII
On Bad Poetry
XIII
On Negative Morality
XIV
On Jonathan Swift
XV
On the Creative and the Critical
XVI
On a New Tax
XVII
On Sense and Sound
XVIII
On Literary Cliques
XIX
On the Simplicity of Asia
XX
On Fate and a Communist
XXI
On St. George Revivified
XXII
On Journalistic Philosophy
XXIII
On Industrialism
XXIV
On Mr. Thomas Gray
XXV
On Evolutionary Educators
XXVI
On the Contiguous Past
XXVII
On the Merry Monarch
XXVIII
On Suicide: North and South
XXIX
On Modern “Paganism”
XXX
On Brevity and Wit
XXXI
On Education
XXXII
On Romanticism and Youth
XXXIII
On Mr. Geoffrey Chaucer
XXXIV
On Monsters
XXXV
On Love
XXXVI
On Fictional Conventions
XXXVII
On Sweepstakes and Gambling
XXXVIII
On Making Good - I
XXXIX
On Making Good - II
XL
On Eyebrows
XLI
On Eating and Sleeping
XLII
On Sir Walter Scott
XLIII
On the Solar System
XLIV
On Thoughtless Remarks
THE WELL AND THE SHALLOWS
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTORY NOTE
AN APOLOGY FOR BUFFOONS
MY SIX CONVERSIONS
THE RETURN TO RELIGION
THE REACTION OF THE INTELLECTUALS
LEVITY - OR LEVITATION
THE CASE FOR HERMITS
KILLING THE NERVE
THE CASE OF CLAUDEL
THE HIGHER NIHILISM
THE ASCETIC AT LARGE
THE BACKWARD BOLSHIE
THE LAST TURN
THE NEW LUTHER
BABIES AND DISTRIBUTISM
THREE FOES OF THE FAMILY
THE DON AND THE CAVALIER
THE CHURCH AND AGORAPHOBIA
BACK IN THE FOG
THE HISTORIC MOMENT (1)
MARY AND THE CONVERT
A CENTURY OF EMANCIPATION
TRADE TERMS
FROZEN FREE THOUGHT
SHOCKING THE MODERNISTS
A GRAMMAR OF KNIGHTHOOD
REFLECTIONS ON A ROTTEN APPLE
SEX AND PROPERTY
ST. THOMAS MORE
THE RETURN OF CAESAR
THE SCRIPTURE READER
AN EXPLANATION
WHY PROTESTANTS PROHIBIT (1)
WHERE IS THE PARADOX?
THE GLASS WALKING STICK
CONTENTS
THE GLASS WALKING-STICK
HISTORY IN STONE
THE OLD NURSE
PLAYING WITH AN IDEA
THE WALKING PARADOX
THE COLOUR OF SPAIN
THE TRADITION OF TOLEDO
TOM JONES AND THE ESCORIAL
POETRY IN ACTION
THE ROMANCE OF HISTORY
THE HERALDIC LION
THE COURT OF CAMELOT
WOLFE AND THE MIDSHIPMAN
ABOUT CHRISTIANITY
ST GEORGE FOR ENGLAND
THE NATIONAL ANTHEM
KING GEORGE IV
KING EDWARD VII
KING GEORGE V
ON LYING IN STATE
THE ALPHABET OF GIANTS
BAROQUE AND GOTHIC ARCHITECTURE
ROBERT BRUCE AND HIS AGE
WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN
THE AGE OF REASON
I
II
III
THE VICTORIANS
THE NATIONAL SPIRIT
THE RIGHTS OF RITUAL
THE INSIDE OF LIFE
TRICKS OF MEMORY
THE CODE NAPOLEON
I
II
CYRANO AND CHANTECLER
PASSING THROUGH THE CUSTOMS
HIS SIGH IS A HULLABALLOO
THE NARROWNESS OF NOVELTY
THE MERITS OF SHAKESPEARE’S PLOTS
A PLEA FOR THE HEROIC COUPLET
TO PRAISE, EXALT, ESTABLISH, AND DEFEND
ON THE TRUE ARTIST
ON THE ESSAY
AS I WAS SAYING
CONTENTS
I About Mad Metaphors
II About Loving Germans
III About Impenitence
IV About Traffic
V About the Censor
VI About Shamelessness
VII About Puritanism
VIII About Sir James Jeans
IX About Voltaire
X About Beliefs
XI About Modern Girls
XII About Poetry
XIII About Blondes
XIV About S.T.C.
XV About the Past
XVI About Meredith
XVII About Political Creeds
XVIII About Shirts
XIX About White Fronts
XX About Impermanence
XXI About Morris
XXII About Widows
XXIII About Relativity
XXIV About Changing Human Nature
XXV About Historians
XXVI About Bad Comparisons
XXVII About Change
XXVIII About the Workers
XXIX About Education
XXX About the Telephone
XXXI About the Films
XXXII About Darwinism
XXXIII About Shockers
XXXIV About Beggars and Soldiers
XXXV About Sacrifice
XXXVI About Royal Weddings
THE COMMON MAN
CONTENTS
THE COMMON MAN
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM
ON READING
MONSTERS AND THE MIDDLE AGES
WHAT NOVELISTS ARE FOR
THE SONG OF ROLAND
THE SUPERSTITION OF SCHOOL
THE ROMANCE OF A RASCAL
PAYING FOR PATRIOTISM
THE PANTOMIME
READING THE RIDDLE
A TALE OF TWO CITIES
GOD AND GOODS
FROM MEREDITH TO RUPERT BROOKE
THE DANGERS OF NECROMANCY
GIOTTO AND ST. FRANCIS
THE NEW GROOVE
THE REAL DR. JOHNSON
RABELAISIAN REGRETS
THE HOUND OF HEAVEN
THE FRIVOLOUS MAN
TWO STUBBORN PIECES OF IRON
HENRY JAMES
THE STRANGE TALK OF TWO VICTORIANS
TALES FROM TOLSTOI
THE NEW CASE FOR CATHOLIC SCHOOLS
THE REVIVAL OF PHILOSOPHY - WHY?
ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING
THE ERASTIAN ON THE ESTABLISHMENT
THE END OF THE MODERNS
THE MEANING OF METRE
CONCERNING A STRANGE CITY
THE EPITAPH OF PIERPONT MORGAN
THE NEW BIGOTRY
BOOKS FOR BOYS
THE OUTLINE OF LIBERTY
A NOTE ON NUDISM
CONSULTING THE ENCYCLOPAEDIA
IF I HAD ONLY ONE SERMON TO PREACH
IF DON JOHN OF AUSTRIA HAD MARRIED MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS
THE SPICE OF LIFE
CONTENTS
THE ESSAY
PART ONE: LITERATURE IN GENERAL
SENTIMENTAL LITERATURE
HOW TO WRITE A DETECTIVE STORY
HUMOUR
PART TWO: PARTICULAR BOOKS AND WRITERS
THE MACBETHS
THE TRAGEDY OF KING LEAR
THE EVERLASTING NIGHTS
AESOP’S FABLES
BOTH SIDES OF THE LOOKING-GLASS
AND SO TO BED
AS LARGE AS LIFE IN DICKENS
DISPUTES ON DICKENS
CHARLOTTE BRONTE AS A ROMANTIC
PART THREE: THOUGHT AND BELIEF
ANTI-RELIGIOUS THOUGHT IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY
THE CAMP AND THE CATHEDRAL
THE RELIGIOUS ASPECT OF WESTMINSTER ABBEY
THE RELIGIOUS AIM OF EDUCATION
PART FOUR: AT HOME AND ABROAD
ON HOLIDAYS
THE PEASANT
THE LOST RAILWAY STATION
BETHLEHEM AND THE GREAT CITIES
THE SACREDNESS OF SITES
SCIPIO AND THE CHILDREN
THE REAL ISSUE
PART FIVE: THE SPICE OF LIFE
THE COMIC CONSTABLE
CAPONE’S PAL
ON LOSING ONE’S HEAD
THE SPICE OF LIFE
ON FRAGMENTS
THE APOSTLE AND THE WILD DUCKS AND OTHER ESSAYS
CONTENTS
IN GENERAL
A Sermon on Cheapness
On Manners
For Persons of the Name of Smith
The True Vanity of Vanities
Written in the Sand
A Case of Comrades
Something
Asparagus
The Hobby and the Head Waiter
In Praise of Pie
Culture Versus Civilisation
The Winter Feast
They Tell a Story
HERE AND THERE
Walking Tours
The Blindness of the Sightseer
The Aesthetes in the Kitchen Garden
The Need of Personalities in Politics
The Largest Window in the World
The Apostle and the Wild Ducks
Travellers’ Joys
Understanding France
Salute to New York
The British Beech
Public Monuments
THE MAKING OF HISTORY
Statues
A Theory of Tyrants
An Anecdote of Persecution
The Return of Pageantry
Rational History
The Unknown Warrior
William Penn and His Royalist Friends
ON LITERATURE
Ruskin: the Humorist
Literature of Information
Eulogy of Robin Hood
A Plea for Hasty Journalism
The Voice of Shelley
The Great Translation
Jane Austen’s Juvenilia
The Countrymen of Mary Webb and Thomas Hardy
The Words of Strong Poetry
The Refrain of the Rover
ON REFLECTION
What is Right With the World
UNCOLLECTED ESSAYS
CONTENTS
HALF HOURS IN HADES
TO FRANCES
DREAMS
LEO TOLSTOY
THE RETURN OF THE ANGELS
CHRISTIANITY AND RATIONALISM
A PIECE OF CHALK
ON MENDING AND ENDING THINGS
SKEPTICISM AND SPIRITUALISM
PHILOSOPHY FOR THE SCHOOLROOM
THE ROOTS OF THE WORLD
TWO KINDS OF PARADOX
THE PUN
THE GREAT SHIPWRECK AS ANALOGY
WONDER AND THE WOODEN POST
ASPARAGUS
DIVORCE VERSUS DEMOCRACY
PREFACE
DIVORCE VERSUS DEMOCRACY
DICKENS (ENCYCLOPAEDIA BRITANNICA ARTICLE)
MILTON: MAN AND POET
ON DARWINISM AND MYSTERY
DOUBTS ABOUT DARWINISM
NEGATIVE AND POSITIVE MORALITY
MORMONISM
CHILD PSYCHOLOGY AND NONSENSE
GOVERNMENT AND THE RIGHTS OF MAN
FRENCH AND ENGLISH
ON HOUSEHOLD GODS AND GOBLINS
PICKWICK AND THE ENGLISH PEOPLES
THE PERSECUTION OF RELIGION
AMERICAN FUNDAMENTALISTS AND THE ENGLISH JOURNALISTS
COMPULSORY EDUCATION AND THE MONKEY TRIAL
THE IDEAL OF A LEISURE STATE
WOMEN IN THE WORKPLACE - AND AT HOME
A SHY BIRD
THE POLISH IDEAL
HUMOUR
ON AMERICAN MORALS
MYTHS AND METAPHORS
ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS ARTICLE
THE EQUALITY OF SEXLESSNESS
OUR BIRTHDAY
HOW NOT TO DO IT
CHRISTMAS AND THE FIRST GAMES
THE ANGRY STREET
DOGS
THE RUNAWAY ABBOT
INTRODUCTION TO THE BOOK OF JOB
SOCIAL REFORM VERSUS BIRTH CONTROL
The Criticism
MR. G. K. CHESTERTON AND MR. HILAIRE BELLOC by Robert Lynd
G. K. CHESTERTON, A CRITICAL STUDY by Julius West
CONTENTS
I
INTRODUCTORY
II
THE ROMANCER
III
THE MAKER OF MAGIC
IV
THE CRITIC OF LARGE THINGS
V
THE HUMORIST AND THE POET
VI
THE RELIGION OF A DEBATER
VII
THE POLITICIAN WHO COULD NOT TELL THE TIME
VIII
A DECADENT OF SORTS
MR. G. K. CHESTERTON’S POINT OF VIEW by John Kelman
GILBERT KEITH CHESTERTON by Patrick Braybrooke
CONTENTS
Preface
AUTHOR’S NOTE
Chapter One
THE ESSAYIST
Chapter Two
DICKENS
Chapter Three
THACKERAY
Chapter Four
BROWNING
Chapter Five
CHESTERTON AS HISTORIAN
Chapter Six
THE POET
Chapter Seven
THE PLAYWRIGHT
Chapter Eight
THE NOVELIST
Chapter Nine
CHESTERTON ON DIVORCE
Chapter Ten
‘THE NEW JERUSALEM’
Chapter Eleven
MR. CHESTERTON AT HOME
Chapter Twelve
HIS PLACE IN LITERATURE
Chapter Thirteen
G. K.C. AND G.B.S.
Chapter Fourteen
CONCLUSION
The Biography
AUTOBIOGRAPHY
CONTENTS
Chapter I: Hearsay Evidence
Chapter II: The Man with the Golden Key
Chapter III: How to Be a Dunce
Chapter IV: How to Be a Lunatic
Chapter V: Nationalism and Notting Hill
Chapter VI: The Fantastic Suburb
Chapter VII: The Crime of Orthodoxy
Chapter VIII: Figures in Fleet Street
Chapter IX: The Case against Corruption
Chapter X: Friendship and Foolery
Chapter XI: The Shadow of the Sword
Chapter XII: Some Political Celebrities
Chapter XIII: Some Literary Celebrities
Chapter XIV: Portrait of a Friend
Chapter XV: The Incomplete Traveller
Chapter XVI: The God with the Golden Key
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