THE REIGN OF GILT
THE
REIGN OF GILT
BY
DAVID GRAHAM PHILLIPS
New York
JAMES POTT & CO.
1905
Copyright, 1905, by James Pott & Co.
ENTERED AT STATIONERS’ HALL, LONDON
First Impression, September, 1905
TABLE OF CONTENTS
| PART I—PLUTOCRACY | ||
| CHAPTER | PAGE | |
| I | WE ARE NOT ALL MONEY-CRAZED | 1 |
| II | THE MANIA FOR GILT | 20 |
| III | PLUTOCRACY AT HOME | 32 |
| IV | YOUTH AMONG THE MONEY-MANIACS | 50 |
| V | CASTE-COMPELLERS | 72 |
| VI | PAUPER-MAKING | 91 |
| VII | THE MADE-OVER WHITE HOUSE | 105 |
| VIII | AND EUROPE LAUGHS | 122 |
| PART II—DEMOCRACY | ||
| IX | “WE, THE PEOPLE” | 141 |
| X | THE COMPELLER OF EQUALITY | 159 |
| XI | DEMOCRACY’S DYNAMO | 183 |
| XII | A NATION OF DREAMERS | 202 |
| XIII | NOT GENEROSITY, BUT JUSTICE | 210 |
| XIV | THE INEVITABLE IDEAL | 226 |
| XV | OUR ALLIES FROM ABROAD | 239 |
| XVI | THE REAL AMERICAN WOMAN | 253 |
| XVII | AS TO SUCCESS | 274 |