PART I
AT HOME
PART II
ABROAD
CLARICE OF THE AUTUMN CONCERTS
THE PLAIN MAN AND HIS WIFE
By Arnold Bennett
CONTENTS
LEONORA
A NOVEL
By Arnold Bennett
CONTENTS
LITERARY TASTE
How To Form It
By Arnold Bennett
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I
THE AIM 1
CHAPTER II
YOUR PARTICULAR CASE 9
CHAPTER III
WHY A CLASSIC IS A CLASSIC 18
CHAPTER V
HOW TO READ A CLASSIC 34
CHAPTER VI
THE QUESTION OF STYLE 43
CHAPTER VII
WRESTLING WITH AN AUTHOR 59
CHAPTER VIII
SYSTEM IN READING 68
CHAPTER IX
VERSE 76
CHAPTER XI
AN ENGLISH LIBRARY: PERIOD I 99
CHAPTER XII
AN ENGLISH LIBRARY: PERIOD II 108
CHAPTER XIII
AN ENGLISH LIBRARY: PERIOD III 114
CHAPTER XIV
MENTAL STOCKTAKING 127
THE LION'S SHARE
By Arnold Bennett
1916
CONTENTS
THE FEAST OF ST. FRIEND
A Christmas Book
By Arnold Bennett
1911
CONTENTS
THE REASON
THE SOLSTICE AND GOODWILL
THE APPOSITENESS OF CHRISTMAS
DEFENCE OF FEASTING
TO REVITALIZE THE FESTIVAL
THE GIFT OF ONESELF
THE FEAST OF ST. FRIEND
THE REACTION
ON THE LAST DAY OF THE YEAR
YOUR UNITED STATES
Impressions Of A First Visit
By Arnold Bennett
Illustrated By Frank Craig
1912
CONTENTS
I.
THE FIRST NIGHT
II.
STREETS
III.
THE CAPITOL AND OTHER SITES
IV.
SOME ORGANIZATIONS
V.
TRANSIT AND HOTELS
VI.
SPORT AND THE THEATER
VII.
EDUCATION AND ART
VIII.
CITIZENS
ILLUSTRATIONS
THE
GLORY OF FIFTH AVENUE INSPIRES EVEN THOSE ON FOOT
DISEMBARKING
AT NEW YORK
THE
DOWN-TOWN BROADWAY OF CROWDED SKY-SCRAPERS
BROADWAY
ON ELECTION NIGHT
A
BUSY DAY ON THE CURB MARKET
A
WELL-KNOWN WALL STREET CHARACTER
THE
SKY-SCRAPERS OF LOWER NEW YORK AT NIGHT
A
WINTER MORNING IN LINCOLN PARK, CHICAGO
A
RIVER-FRONT HARMONY IN BLACK AND WHITE—CHICAGO
THE
APPROACH TO THE CAPITOL
ON
PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE
ON
THE STEPS OF THE PORTICO—THE CAPITOL
UNDER
THE GREAT DOME OF THE CAPITOL
THE
PROMENADE—CITY POINT, BOSTON
THE
BOSTON YACHT CLUB—OVERLOOKING THE HARBOR
AT
MORN POURING CONFIDENCES INTO HER TELEPHONE
LUNCHEON
IN A DOWN-TOWN CLUB
A
YOUNG WOMAN WAS JUST FINISHING A FLORID SONG
ABSORBED
IN THAT WONDROUS SATISFYING HOBBY
IN
THE PARLOR-CAR
BREAKFAST
EN ROUTE
IN
THE SUBWAY ONE ENCOUNTERS AN INSISTENT, HURRYING STREAM
THE
STRAP-HANGERS
THE
PASSENGERS ON THE ELEVATED AT NIGHT ARE ODDLY ASSORTED
THE
RESTAURANT OF A GREAT HOTEL IS BUT ONE FEATURE OF ITS SPLENDOR
THE
HORSE-SHOWS ARE WONDROUS DISPLAYS OF FASHION
THE
SENSE OF A MIGHTY AND CULMINATING EVENT SHARPENED THE AIR
THE
VICTORS LEAVING THE FIELD
UNIVERSITY
BUILDINGS—UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
MITCHELL
TOWER AND HUTCHINSON COMMONS—UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
PART
OF THE DAILY ROUND OF THE INDOMITABLE NEW YORK WOMAN
THE
ASTOUNDING POPULOUSNESS OF THE EAST SIDE
HUGO
A Fantasia On Modern Themes
By Arnold Bennett
CONTENTS
PART I
THE SEALED ROOMS
| I. | THE DOME |
| II. | THE ESTABLISHMENT |
| III. | HUGO EXPLAINS HIMSELF |
| IV. | CAMILLA |
| V. | A STORY AND A DISAPPEARANCE |
| VI. | A LAPSE FROM AN IDEAL |
| VII. | POSSIBLE ESCAPE OF SECRETS |
| VIII. | ORANGE-BLOSSOM |
| IX. | 'WHICH?' |
| X. | THE COFFIN |
PART II
THE PHONOGRAPH
| XI. | SALE |
| XII. | SAFE DEPOSIT |
| XIII. | MR. GALPIN |
| XIV. | TEA |
| XV. | RAVENGAR IN CAPTIVITY |
| XVI. | BURGLARS |
| XVII. | POLYCARP AND HAWKE'S MAN |
| XVIII. | HUSBAND AND WIFE |
| XIX. | WHAT THE PHONOGRAPH SAID |
PART III
THE TOMB
| XX. | 'ARE YOU THERE?' |
| XXI. | SUICIDE |
| XXII. | DARCY |
| XXIII. | FIRST TRIUMPH OF SIMON |
| XXIV. | THE LODGING-HOUSE |
| XXV. | CHLOROFORM |
| XXVI. | SECOND TRIUMPH OF SIMON |
| XXVII. | THE CEMETERY |
| XXVIII. | BEAUTY |
BOOKS AND PERSONS
Being Comments On A Past Epoch 1908-1911
By Arnold Bennett