Transcriber's Note:
Obvious typographic errors have been corrected.
BY
HILAIRE BELLOC
NEW YORK
GEORGE H. DORAN COMPANY
COPYRIGHT, 1923,
BY GEORGE H. DORAN COMPANY
ON. II
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PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
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ON ACHMET BOULEE BEY | 9 |
ON AN EDUCATIONAL REFORM | 16 |
ON KIND HEARTS BEING MORE THAN CORONETS | 26 |
ON MUMBO-JUMBO | 34 |
ON FOOTNOTES | 43 |
A FEW KIND WORDS TO MAMMON | 52 |
ON TREVES | 60 |
ON THE CATHEDRAL OF SEVILLE AND "THE MISANTHROPE" | 66 |
ON THE "BUCOLICS" OF VIRGIL, A CAFÉ IN PARIS, THE LENGTH OF ESSAYS, PHŒBUS,BACCHUS, A WANTON MAID, AND OTHER MATTERS | 74 |
ON TITLES | 80 |
ON BAD VERSE | 89 |
THE UNITED POETS | 97 |
ON CONVINCING PEOPLE | 105 |
ON CONTROVERSY | 113 |
ON INACCURACY | 121 |
ON TECHNICAL WORDS | 127 |
ON THE ACCURSED CLIMATE | 134 |
[Pg vi]ON ACCENT | 141 |
ON TRUTH AND THE ADMIRALTY | 150 |
A SHORT ADVENTURE | 157 |
ON SAILING THE SEAS | 167 |