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Title page COPYRIGHT 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

DAYLIGHT AND NIGHTMARE

CONTENTS On Gargoyles A Crazy Tale Homesick At Home Culture And The Light A Picture Of Tuesday The Two Taverns The Taming of the Nightmare The Long Bow The Three Dogs The Curious Englishman A Nightmare The Giant The Tree of Pride A Legend of Saint Francis The Angry Street The Legend Of The Sword How I Found The Superman Dukes The Roots of the World Chivalry Begins At Home The Sword Of Wood The Dragon at Hide-and-Seek The Second Miracle The Conversion of an Anarchist Concerning Grocers as Gods A Real Discovery By a Would-Be Discoverer The Paradise of Human Fishes The Great Amalgamation On Secular Education A Fish Story On Private Property The End of Wisdom

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 SURPRISE

CONTENTS CHARACTERS ACT I SCENE I SCENE II SCENE III ACT II SCENE I SCENE II SCENE III

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

UBI ECCLESIA

THE GRAVE OF ARTHUR

NEW POEMS

CONTENTS The Judgment of England The Monster The Modern Manichee The Port of London Authority By a Reactionary A Broad Minded Bishop Rebukes The Battle of the Stories (1915) To the Unknown Warrior To a Lady The World State The Old Gentleman in the Park The Buried City Namesake Outline of History On a Prohibitionist Poem The Modern Magic Lines to an Old Pro-Boer Who Asked for The Apology of Bottom the Weaver The New Omar Américanisation Alliterativism (1914) Race-Memory A Patriotic Song Some Wishes at Xmas Commercial Candour Human Nature: or Marconi Memories The Peace of Petrol To a Holy Roller The New Fiction Answers to the Poets Variations on an Air: Composed on Having to A Ballad of Abbreviations A Song of Self-Esteem A Song of Moderation

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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