Chapter I: Front Matter

THE BOOK OF THIS AND THAT

THE BOOK
OF THIS AND THAT

BY
ROBERT LYND

MILLS & BOON, LIMITED
49 RUPERT STREET
LONDON, W.

_Published 1915_

IN MEMORIAM
WILLIAM BARKLEY

CONTENTS

PAGE
I. SUSPICION 1
II. ON GOOD RESOLUTIONS 9
III. THE SIN OF DANCING 17
IV. THOUGHTS AT A TANGO TEA 25
V. THE HUMOURS OF MURDER 34
VI. THE DECLINE AND FALL OF HELL 43
VII. ON CHEERFUL READERS 51
VIII. ST G. B. S. AND THE BISHOP 59
IX. STUPIDITY 68
X. WASTE 77
XI. ON CHRISTMAS 85
XII. ON DEMAGOGUES 94
XIII. ON COINCIDENCES 102
XIV. ON INDIGNATION 111
XV. THE HEART OF MR GALSWORTHY 120
XVI. SPRING FASHIONS 129
XVII. ON BLACK CATS 137
XVIII. ON BEING SHOCKED 145
XIX. CONFESSIONS 154
XX. THE TERRORS OF POLITICS 162
XXI. ON DISASTERS 170
XXII. THE RIGHTS OF MURDER 180
XXIII. THE HUMOUR OF HOAXES 188
XXIV. ANATOLE FRANCE 197
XXV. THE SEA 205
XXVI. THE FUTURISTS 215
XXVII. A DEFENCE OF CRITICS 224
XXVIII. ON THE BEAUTY OF STATISTICS 232

_These essays have appeared from week to week in_ The New
Statesman, _to the Editor and Proprietors of which I make
grateful acknowledgment._

R. L.

THE BOOK OF THIS AND THAT