CONTENTS
| PAGE | ||
|---|---|---|
| I. | "LIKE THE REST OF THEIR YOUNG WORLD" | [7] |
| II. | THEN CAME THE WAR! | [12] |
| III. | WHILE THEY LIVED VIOLENTLY, YOUTH ALSO THOUGHT HARD | [17] |
| IV. | WHAT, THEN, WERE THE NEW MORAL PROBLEMS? WHAT WAS THE FRANK OUTLOOK, RAISED AND LARGELY ACCEPTED, BEFORE THE WAR? | [21] |
| V. | THE "SPADE" IDEAL IN FICTION | [24] |
| VI. | NOVELS OF "GAY LIFE" ARE, QUITE OBVIOUSLY, STRONG MORAL INTOXICANTS | [33] |
| VII. | WHAT DO THE NEW WRITERS AND THINKERS TO-DAY TEACH? HOW DO THEY INTERPRET LIFE AND LOVE? | [39] |
| VIII. | WHAT IS THIS LOVE? IT IS SEX-CONFLICT | [53] |
| IX. | WHO IS THE IDEAL MISTRESS? | [64] |
| X. | HERE ARE TWO PICTURES OF FREE LOVE | [72] |
| XI. | HAVE WE ALREADY FORGOTTEN THE NATURAL LOYALTY OF YOUTH? HOW ARE WE PAYING OUR DEBT TO THEM? | [79] |
FOREWORD
I have not systematically searched modern fiction to illustrate or support the arguments of this book. Every novel quoted, or even mentioned, has come before me in the day's work, as a reviewer. It is scarcely necessary to add that no personal reflection upon any writer has even crossed my mind. I am not here concerned with the cause or motive of literature, but with its effect.
R. B. J.