Hilaire Belloc

CONTENTS

ON ACHMET BOULEE BEY

ON AN EDUCATIONAL REFORM

ON KIND HEARTS BEING MORE THAN CORONETS

ON MUMBO-JUMBO

ON FOOTNOTES

A FEW KIND WORDS TO MAMMON

ON TREVES

ON THE CATHEDRAL OF SEVILLE AND "THE MISANTHROPE"

ON THE "BUCOLICS" OF VIRGIL, A CAFE IN PARIS, THE LENGTH OF

ON TITLES

ON BAD VERSE

THE UNITED POETS

ON CONVINCING PEOPLE

ON CONTROVERSY

ON INACCURACY

ON TECHNICAL WORDS

ON THE ACCURSED CLIMATE

ON ACCENT

ON TRUTH AND THE ADMIRALTY

A SHORT ADVENTURE

ON SAILING THE SEAS

OFF EXMOUTH

ON A PIECE OF ROPE

"ULTIMA RATIO"

ON A TAG PROVIDER

ON "AND"

THE CAD'S ENCYCLOPAEDIA

ON THE MELTING OF THE ICE

ON THE HATRED OF NUMBERS

ON THE LAST INFIRMITY

Transcriber's Note:

Obvious typographic errors have been corrected.

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