PHILISTIA

By Grant Allen



CONTENTS

CHAPTER I. — CHILDREN OF LIGHT.

CHAPTER II. — THE COASTS OF THE GENTILES.

CHAPTER III. — MAGDALEN QUAD.

CHAPTER IV. — A LITTLE MUSIC.

CHAPTER V. — ASKELON VILLA, GATH.

CHAPTER VI. — DOWN THE RIVER.

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 XV. — EVIL TIDINGS.

CHAPTER XVI. — FLAT REBELLION.

CHAPTER XVII. — ‘COME YE OUT AND BE YE SEPARATE.’

CHAPTER XVIII. — A QUIET WEDDING.

CHAPTER XIX. — INTO THE FIRE.

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 XXV. — HARD PRESSED.

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 XXXI. — DE PROFUNDIS.

CHAPTER XXXII. — PRECONTRACT OF MARRIAGE.

CHAPTER XXXIII. — A GLEAM OF SUNSHINE.

CHAPTER XXXIV. — HOPE.

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

PREFACE.

I. — THOMAS TELFORD, STONEMASON.

II. — GEORGE STEPHENSON, ENGINE-MAN.

III. — JOHN GIBSON, SCULPTOR.

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

PREFACE

CHAPTER I. — IN MID PACIFIC.

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 XX. — COUNCIL OF WAR.

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 XXX. — SUSPENSE.

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

PREFACE.
CHAPTER I.
The Origin of the English.
CHAPTER II.
The English by the Shores of the Baltic.
CHAPTER III.
The English Settle in Britain.
CHAPTER IV.
The Colonisation of the Coast.
CHAPTER V.
The English in Their New Homes.
CHAPTER VI.
The Conquest of the Interior.
CHAPTER VII.
The Nature and Extent of the English Settlement.
CHAPTER VIII.
Heathen England.
CHAPTER IX.
The Conversion of the English.
CHAPTER X.
Rome and Iona.
CHAPTER XI.
Christian England.
CHAPTER XII.
The Consolidation of the Kingdoms.
CHAPTER XIII.
The Resistance to the Danes.
CHAPTER XIV.
The Saxons at Bay in Wessex.
CHAPTER XV.
The Recovery of the North.
CHAPTER XVI.
The Augustan Age and the Later Anglo-Saxon Civilisation.
CHAPTER XVII.
The Decadence.
CHAPTER XVIII.
The Anglo-Saxon Language.
CHAPTER XIX.
Anglo-Saxon Nomenclature.
CHAPTER XX.
Anglo-Saxon Literature.
CHAPTER XXI.
Anglo-Saxon Influences in Modern Britain.
INDEX.






FALLING IN LOVE

WITH OTHER ESSAYS

ON MORE EXACT BRANCHES OF SCIENCE

By Grant Allen

1889



CONTENTS

  PAGE
Falling in Love     1
Right and Left     18
Evolution     31
Strictly Incog.     50
Seven-Year Sleepers     72
A Fossil Continent     88
A Very Old Master     106
British and Foreign     123
Thunderbolts     137
Honey-dew     159
The Milk in the Coco-Nut     176
Food and Feeding     193
De Banana     216
Go to the Ant     233
Big Animals     251
Fossil Food     271
Ogbury Barrows     287
Fish Out of Water     302
The First Potter     316
The Recipe for Genius     328
Desert Sands     341






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



CONTENTS

I The Adventure of the Cantankerous Old Lady
II The Adventure of the Supercilious Attaché
III The Adventure of the Inquisitive American
IV The Adventure of the Amateur Commission Agent
V The Adventure of the Impromptu Mountaineer
VI The Adventure of the Urbane Old Gentleman
VII The Adventure of the Unobtrusive Oasis
VIII The Adventure of the Pea-Green Patrician
IX The Adventure of the Magnificent Maharajah
X The Adventure of the Cross-Eyed Q.C.
XI The Adventure of the Oriental Attendant
XII The Adventure of the Unprofessional Detective

ILLUSTRATIONS