Points of friction

by Agnes Repplier

POINTS OF FRICTION

BY
AGNES REPPLIER, Litt.D.
AUTHOR OF “BOOKS AND MEN,” “ESSAYS IN IDLENESS,” “COUNTER-CURRENTS,” ETC., ETC.

BOSTON AND NEW YORK
HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY
The Riverside Press Cambridge
1920

COPYRIGHT, 1920, BY AGNES REPPLIER
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

Note

Six of the ten essays in this volume—“Living in History,” “Dead Authors,” “Consolations of the Conservative,” “The Cheerful Clan,” “Woman Enthroned,” and “Money”—are reprinted through the courtesy of The Atlantic Monthly; “The Beloved Sinner” and “The Strayed Prohibitionist” through the courtesy of The Century Magazine; “Cruelty and Humour” through the courtesy of The Yale Review; “The Virtuous Victorian” through the courtesy of The Nation.

Contents

Living in History	[1]
Dead Authors	[31]
Consolations of the Conservative	[70]
The Cheerful Clan	[105]
The Beloved Sinner	[126]
The Virtuous Victorian	[149]
Woman Enthroned	[167]
The Strayed Prohibitionist	[204]
Money	[227]
Cruelty and Humour	[254]

POINTS OF FRICTION