George Jean Nathan

CONTENTS

I THE ATHEIST

II ALLIES

III VIEWPOINT

IV THE MISTAKE

V TEMPORA MUTANTUR

VI LOVE

VII FLIPPANCY

VIII THE GIFT

IX SIC TRANSIT

X THE INTRUDER

XI MEMORY

XII MAXIM

XIII THE GREATER LOVE

XIV THE PUBLIC TASTE

XV THE FUTURE

XVI SIC PASSIM

XVII THE SEVERER SENTENCE

XVIII RACHE

XIX SIC SEMPER TYRANNIS

XX RESPECT

XXI TEMPERAMENT

XXII IMMORTALITY

XXIII INSPIRATION

XXIV RECIPE

XXV TRANSMIGRATION

XXVI THE SAVANT

XXVII COMPANION

XXVIII THE GOOD FAIRY

XXIX THE EXTERNAL FEMININE

XXX FRATERNITE

XXXI REPUTATION

XXXII THE LARIAT

XXXIII THE ANALYST

XXXIV COUPLET

XXXV THE PHILOSOPHER

XXXVI ROSEMARY

XXXVII STRATEGY

XXXVIII A WORK OF ART

XXXIX OFFSPRING

XL V. C.

XLI BUT

XLII CONJECTURE

XLIII THE JUDGMENT OF SOLOMON

XLIV THE SUPERNATURAL

XLV CURIOSITY

XLVI THE MIRROR

XLVII PATRIA

XLVIII THE LOVER

XLIX THE PUBLIC

L THE SCHOLAR

LI GROTESQUERIE

LII CONTRETEMPS

LIII DRAMATIC CRITICISM

LIV NEPENTHE

LV ECCE HOMO

LVI THE ACTOR

LVII VADE MECUM

LVIII BUTTERFLIES

LIX BOOMERANG

LX ADVICE

LXI PASTEL

LXII IMITATIONS

LXIII THE COQUETTE

LXIV MOONLIGHT

LXV THE ETERNAL MASCULINE

LXVI SATIRE

LXVII GLORY

LXVIII ROMANCE

LXIX THE SPIDER AND THE FLY

LXX VERITAS

LXXI THE REFORMER

LXXII FATALISM

LXXIII TECHNIQUE

LXXIV FINIS

Minor punctuation errors have been changed without notice. Printer errors have been changed, and they are indicated with a mouse-hover and listed at the end of this book. All other inconsistencies are as in the original.

BY THE SAME AUTHOR

Another Book on the Theater

Europe After 8.15 (in collaboration
with H. L. Mencken)

Bottoms Up

Mr. George Jean Nathan Presents

In Preparation:

The Democratic Theatre

I Love You: A Reminiscence

A
BOOK WITHOUT
A TITLE

BY

GEORGE JEAN NATHAN

PHILIP GOODMAN COMPANY
NEW YORK NINETEEN EIGHTEEN

COPYRIGHT 1918 BY
PHILIP GOODMAN COMPANY

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