IV.—On Various Themes
The Decay of Melodrama—Micromania—Little Jim—The Okapi and the Financier—Inspiration of Grandfathers—The Goatherds—The Sport of War—An Indian Saint—On Waterproof Skins—Confessions of a Juror—On Faddists—On Great Families—A Remonstrance with Moralists—On Cycling in London—The Modern Peep-show.
V.—Eastern Sketches
Osman Digna—Doolie’s Traitor—The Sultan’s Birthday—A Book of Martyrs—The Lady of the Bridge—A Levantine Messiah.
Studies in Arcady. And other Essays from a Country Parsonage. By R. L. GALES. Crown 8vo. 5s. net.
CONTENTS
I.—Studies in Arcady
The Literature of the People—Dicta of the Poor—More Dicta of the Poor—Village Theology—The Labourer’s Listlessness—The Humours of Parish Visiting—Thrift on Fifteen Shillings a Week—A Goodly Heritage—Professor Jack’s ‘Mad Shepherd’s’—A Sunday Dinner Table.
II.—Folk-Lore and Tradition