THE REIGN OF GILT

THE
REIGN OF GILT

BY
DAVID GRAHAM PHILLIPS

New York
JAMES POTT & CO.
1905

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]
XVIII	THE MAN OF TO-DAY AND TO-MORROW	[ 288]

PART I.—PLUTOCRACY

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