TO

HUGH RIVIÈRE

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE
I.A Sermon on Inns[11]
II.The End of Olive Island[21]
III.The Sign of “The Old Ship”[32]
IV.The Inn Finds Wings[41]
V.The Astonishment of the Agent[52]
VI.The Hole in Heaven[63]
VII.The Society of Simple Souls[75]
VIII.Vox Populi Vox Dei[86]
IX.The Higher Criticism and Mr. Hibbs[97]
X.The Character of Quoodle[110]
XI.Vegetarianism in the Drawing-Room[122]
XII.Vegetarianism in the Forest[136]
XIII.The Battle of the Tunnel[149]
XIV.The Creature that Man Forgets[166]
XV.The Songs of the Car Club[178]
XVI.The Seven Moods of Dorian[191]
XVII.The Poet in Parliament[205]
XVIII.The Republic of Peaceways[221]
XIX.The Hospitality of the Captain[235]
XX.The Turk and the Futurists[247]
XXI.The Road to Roundabout[260]
XXII.The Chemistry of Mr. Crooke[276]
XXIII.The March on Ivywood[290]
XXIV.The Enigmas of Lady Joan[302]
XXV.The Finding of the Superman[316]

THE FLYING INN

THE FLYING INN

CHAPTER I
A SERMON ON INNS