First Published in 1920

CONTENTS

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On Seriousness[1]
Lamp-Posts[7]
The Spirits[13]
Tennyson[18]
The Domesticity of Detectives[24]
George Meredith[30]
The Irishman[34]
Ireland and the Domestic Drama[39]
The Japanese[44]
Christian Science[49]
The Lawlessness of Lawyers[54]
Our Latin Relations[61]
On Pigs as Pets[66]
The Romance of Rostand[71]
Wishes[75]
The Futurists[80]
The Evolution of Emma[85]
The Pseudo-Scientific Books[91]
The Humour of King Herod[96]
The Silver Goblets[101]
The Duty of the Historian[106]
Questions of Divorce[112]
Mormonism[121]
Pageants and Dress[126]
On Stage Costume[132]
The Yule Log and the Democrat[138]
More Thoughts on Christmas[144]
Dickens again[149]
Taffy[154]
“Ego et Shavius Meus”[159]
The Plan for a New Universe[164]
George Wyndham[171]
Four Stupidities[177]
On Historical Novels[182]
On Monsters[186]

THE USES OF DIVERSITY