PREFACE TO THE READER

CONTENTS

I AN OPEN LETTER TO A YOUNG DIPLOMATIST

II ON PEDANTS

III ON ATHEISM

IV ON FAME

V ON REST

VI ON DISCOVERY

VII ON INNS

VIII ON ROWS

IX THE PLEASANT PLACE

X ON OMENS

XI THE BOOK

XII THE SERVANTS OF THE RICH

XIII THE JOKE

XIV THE SPY

XV THE YOUNG PEOPLE

XVI ETHANDUNE

XVII THE DEATH OF ROBERT THE STRONG

XVIII THE CROOKED STREETS

XIX THE PLACE APART

XX THE EBRO PLAIN

XXI THE LITTLE RIVER

XXII SOME LETTERS OF SHAKESPEARE'S TIME

XXIII ON ACQUAINTANCE WITH THE GREAT

XXIV ON LYING

XXV THE DUPE

XXVI THE LOVE OF ENGLAND

XXVII THE STORM

XXVIII THE VALLEY

XXIX A CONVERSATION IN ANDORRA

XXX PARIS AND THE EAST

XXXI THE HUMAN CHARLATAN

XXXII THE BARBARIANS

XXXIII ON KNOWING THE PAST

XXXIV THE HIGHER CRITICISM

XXXV THE FANATIC

XXXVI A LEADING ARTICLE

XXXVII THE OBITUARY NOTICE

XXXVIII THE "MERRY ROME" COLUMN

XXXIX OPEN LETTER TO A YOUNG PARASITE

XL ON DROPPING ANCHOR

Title: This and That and the Other

Author: Hilaire Belloc

Language: English

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THIS AND THAT AND THE OTHER

THIS AND THAT AND
THE OTHER

BY

H. BELLOC

Author of "On Anything," "On Everything," "On
Something," etc.

NEW YORK
DODD, MEAD AND COMPANY
1912

Copyright, 1912, by
DODD, MEAD AND COMPANY

Published, November, 1912

To
EVAN CHARTERIS