PHILISTIA
By Grant Allen
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I. — CHILDREN OF LIGHT.
CHAPTER II. — THE COASTS OF THE GENTILES.
CHAPTER V. — ASKELON VILLA, GATH.
CHAPTER VII. — GHOSTLY COUNSEL.
CHAPTER VIII. — IN THE CAMP OF THE PHILISTINES.
CHAPTER IX. — THE WOMEN OF THE LAND.
CHAPTER X. — THE DAUGHTERS OF CANAAN.
CHAPTER XI. — CULTURE AND CULTURE.
CHAPTER XII. — THE MORE EXCELLENT WAY.
CHAPTER XIII. — YE MOUNTAINS OF GILBOA!
CHAPTER XIV. — ‘WHAT DO THESE HEBREWS HERE?’
CHAPTER XVI. — FLAT REBELLION.
CHAPTER XVII. — ‘COME YE OUT AND BE YE SEPARATE.’
CHAPTER XVIII. — A QUIET WEDDING.
CHAPTER XX. — LITERATURE, MUSIC, AND THE DRAMA.
CHAPTER XXI. — OFF WITH THE OLD LOVE.
CHAPTER XXII. — THE PHILISTINES TRIUMPH.
CHAPTER XXIII. — THE STREETS OF ASKELON.
CHAPTER XXIV. — THE CLOUDS BEGIN TO BREAK.
CHAPTER XXVI. — IRRECLAIMABLE.
CHAPTER XXVII. — RONALD COMES OF AGE.
CHAPTER XXVIII. — TELL IT NOT IN OATH.
CHAPTER XXIX. — A MAN AND A MAID.
CHAPTER XXX. — THE ENVIRONMENT FINALLY TRIUMPHS.
CHAPTER XXXII. — PRECONTRACT OF MARRIAGE.
CHAPTER XXXIII. — A GLEAM OF SUNSHINE.
CHAPTER XXXV. — THE TIDE TURNS.
CHAPTER XXXVI. — OUT OF THE HAND OP THE PHILISTINES.
CHAPTER XXXVII. — LAND AT LAST: BUT WHAT LAND?
BIOGRAPHIES OF WORKING MEN
By Grant Allen
CONTENTS
I. — THOMAS TELFORD, STONEMASON.
II. — GEORGE STEPHENSON, ENGINE-MAN.
IV. — WILLIAM HERSCHEL, BANDSMAN.
V. — JEAN FRANCOIS MILLET, PAINTER.
VI. — JAMES GARFIELD, CANAL BOY.
VII. — THOMAS EDWARD, SHOEMAKER.
THE GREAT TABOO
By Grant Allen
CONTENTS
CHAPTER II. — THE TEMPLE OF THE DEITY.
CHAPTER III. — LAND; BUT WHAT LAND?
CHAPTER IV. — THE GUESTS OF HEAVEN.
CHAPTER V. — ENROLLED IN OLYMPUS.
CHAPTER VI. — FIRST DAYS IN BOUPARI.
CHAPTER VII. — INTERCHANGE OF CIVILITIES.
CHAPTER VIII. — THE CUSTOMS OF BOUPARI.
CHAPTER IX. — SOWING THE WIND.
CHAPTER X. — REAPING THE WHIRLWIND.
CHAPTER XI. — AFTER THE STORM.
CHAPTER XII. — A POINT OF THEOLOGY.
CHAPTER XIII. — AS BETWEEN GODS.
CHAPTER XIV. — “MR. THURSTAN, I PRESUME.”
CHAPTER XV. — THE SECRET OF KORONG.
CHAPTER XVI. — A VERY FAINT CLUE.
CHAPTER XVII. — FACING THE WORST.
CHAPTER XVIII. — TU-KILA-KILA PLAYS A CARD.
CHAPTER XIX. — DOMESTIC BLISS.
CHAPTER XXI. — METHUSELAH GIVES SIGN.
CHAPTER XXII. — TANTALIZING, VERY.
CHAPTER XXIII. — A MESSAGE FROM THE DEAD.
CHAPTER XXIV. — AN UNFINISHED TALE.
CHAPTER XXV. — TU-KILA-KILA STRIKES.
CHAPTER XXVI. — A RASH RESOLVE.
CHAPTER XXVII. — A STRANGE ALLY.
CHAPTER XXVIII. — WAGER OF BATTLE.
CHAPTER XXIX. — VICTORY—AND AFTER?
CHAPTER XXXI. — AT SEA: OFF BOUPARI.
CHAPTER XXXII. — THE DOWNFALL OF A PANTHEON.
SCIENCE IN ARCADY
By Grant Allen
CONTENTS.
| PAGE | |
| MY ISLANDS | 1 |
| TROPICAL EDUCATION | 21 |
| ON THE WINGS OF THE WIND | 40 |
| A DESERT FRUIT | 56 |
| PRETTY POLL | 71 |
| HIGH LIFE | 90 |
| EIGHT-LEGGED FRIENDS | 105 |
| MUD | 123 |
| THE GREENWOOD TREE | 140 |
| FISH AS FATHERS | 157 |
| AN ENGLISH SHIRE | 177 |
| THE BRONZE AXE | 212 |
| THE ISLE OF RUIM | 231 |
| A HILL-TOP STRONGHOLD | 250 |
| A PERSISTENT NATIONALITY | 266 |
| CASTERS AND CHESTERS | 274 |
ANGLO-SAXON BRITAIN.
By Grant Allen
CONTENTS
The Origin of the English.
The English by the Shores of the Baltic.
The English Settle in Britain.
The Colonisation of the Coast.
The English in Their New Homes.
The Conquest of the Interior.
The Nature and Extent of the English Settlement.
Heathen England.
The Conversion of the English.
Rome and Iona.
Christian England.
The Consolidation of the Kingdoms.
The Resistance to the Danes.
The Saxons at Bay in Wessex.
The Recovery of the North.
The Augustan Age and the Later Anglo-Saxon Civilisation.
The Decadence.
The Anglo-Saxon Language.
Anglo-Saxon Nomenclature.
Anglo-Saxon Literature.
Anglo-Saxon Influences in Modern Britain.
FALLING IN LOVE
WITH OTHER ESSAYS
ON MORE EXACT BRANCHES OF SCIENCE
By Grant Allen
1889
CONTENTS
POST-PRANDIAL PHILOSOPHY
By Grant Allen
1894
CONTENTS
| PAGE | ||
| I. |
THE STRUGGLE FOR LIFE AMONG LANGUAGES |
1 |
| II. |
IN THE MATTER OF ARISTOCRACY |
9 |
| III. |
SCIENCE IN EDUCATION |
18 |
| IV. |
THE THEORY OF SCAPEGOATS |
27 |
| V. |
AMERICAN DUCHESSES |
35 |
| VI. |
IS ENGLAND PLAYED OUT? |
44 |
| VII. |
THE GAME AND THE RULES |
53 |
| VIII. |
THE RÔLE OF PROPHET |
61 |
| IX. |
THE ROMANCE OF THE CLASH OF RACES |
70 |
| X. |
THE MONOPOLIST INSTINCTS |
79 |
| XI. |
"MERE AMATEURS" |
87 |
| XII. |
A SQUALID VILLAGE |
95 |
| XIII. |
CONCERNING ZEITGEIST |
104 |
| XIV. |
THE DECLINE OF MARRIAGE |
112 |
| XV. |
EYE versus EAR |
122 |
| XVI. |
THE POLITICAL PUPA |
130 |
| XVII. |
ON THE CASINO TERRACE |
138 |
| XVIII. |
THE CELTIC FRINGE |
147 |
| XIX. |
IMAGINATION AND RADICALS |
156 |
| XX. |
ABOUT ABROAD |
165 |
| XXI. |
WHY ENGLAND IS BEAUTIFUL |
173 |
| XXII. |
ANENT ART PRODUCTION |
182 |
| XXIII. |
A GLIMPSE INTO UTOPIA |
190 |
| XXIV. |
OF SECOND CHAMBERS |
199 |
| XXV. |
A POINT OF CRITICISM |
207 |
MISS CAYLEY'S ADVENTURES
Grant Allen
With Illustrations By Gordon Browne
1899