Alexander H. Japp.

PREFACE.

It only needs to be said, by way of Preface, that the articles in the present volume have been selected more with a view to variety and contrast than will be the case with those to follow. And it is right that I should thank Mr. J. R. McIlraith for friendly help in the reading of the proofs.

A. H. J.

CONTENTS.

CHAPTERPAGE
GENERAL INTRODUCTION[xi]
I.SUSPIRIA DE PROFUNDIS:
Introduction, with Complete List of the 'Suspiria'[1]
1.The Dark Interpreter[7]
2.The Solitude of Childhood[13]
3.Who is this Woman that beckoneth and warneth me from the Place where she is, and in whose eyes is Woeful Remembrance? I guess who she is[16]
4.The Princess who overlooked one Seed in a Pomegranate[22]
5.Notes for 'Suspiria'[24]
II.THE LOVELIEST SIGHT FOR WOMAN'S EYES[29]
III.WHY THE PAGANS COULD NOT INVEST THEIR GODS WITH ANY IOTA OF GRANDEUR[33]
IV.ON PAGAN SACRIFICES[39]
V.ON THE MYTHUS[43]
VI.DAVID'S NUMBERING OF THE PEOPLE—THE POLITICS OF THE SITUATION[47]
VII.THE JEWS AS A SEPARATE PEOPLE[62]
VIII.'WHAT IS TRUTH?' THE JESTING PILATE SAID—A FALSE GLOSS[68]
IX.WHAT SCALIGER SAYS ABOUT THE EPISTLE TO JUDE[71]
X.MURDER AS A FINE ART[77]
XI.ANECDOTES—JUVENAL[85]
XII.ANNA LOUISA[89]
XIII.SOME THOUGHTS ON BIOGRAPHY[100]
XIV.GREAT FORGERS: CHATTERTON AND WALPOLE, AND 'JUNIUS'[125]
XV.DANIEL O'CONNELL[132]
XVI.FRANCE PAST AND FRANCE PRESENT[143]
XVII.ROME'S RECRUITS AND ENGLAND'S RECRUITS[147]
XVIII.NATIONAL MANNERS AND FALSE JUDGMENT OF THEM[163]
XIX.INCREASED POSSIBILITIES OF SYMPATHY IN THE PRESENT AGE[165]
XX.THE PRINCIPLE OF EVIL[168]
XXI.ON MIRACLES[173]
XXII.'LET HIM COME DOWN FROM THE CROSS'[177]
XXIII.IS THE HUMAN RACE ON THE DOWN GRADE?[180]
XXIV.BREVIA: SHORT ESSAYS (IN CONNECTION WITH EACH OTHER):
1.Paganism and Christianity—the Ideas of Duty and Holiness[185]
2.Moral and Practical[194]
3.On Words and Style[207]
4.Theological and Religious[226]
5.Political, etc.[269]
6.Personal Confessions, etc.[271]
7.Pagan Literature[279]
8.Historical, etc.[283]
9.Literary[292]
XXV.OMITTED PASSAGES AND VARIATIONS:
1.The Rhapsodoi[306]
2.Mrs. Evans and the Gazette[310]
3.A Lawsuit Legacy[313]
4.The True Justifications of War[315]
5.Philosophy Defeated[317]
6.The Highwayman's Skeleton[320]
7.The Ransom for Waterloo[323]
8.Desiderium[326]