1910

1911

BOOKS OF THE YEAR

"THE NEW MACHIAVELLI"

SUCCESS IN JOURNALISM

MARGUERITE AUDOUX

JOHN MASEFIELD

LECTURES AND STATE PERFORMANCES

A PLAY OF TCHEHKOFF'S

SEA AND SLAUGHTER

A BOOK IN A RAILWAY ACCIDENT

"FICTION" AND "LITERATURE"

INDEX

THE GHOST

A Modern Fantasy

By Arnold Bennett

1911

CONTENTS

		CHAPTER	PAGE

I.		My Splendid Cousin	1
II.		At The Opera	15
III.		The Cry of Alresca	37
IV.		Rosa's Summons	53
V.		The Dagger and the Man	69
VI.		Alresca's Fate	97
VII.		The Vigil by the Bier	122
VIII.		The Message	134
IX.		The Train	150
X.		The Steamer	172
XI.		A Chat with Rosa	196
XII.		Egg-and-milk	210
XIII.		The Portrait	224
XIV.		The Villa	237
XV.		The Sheath of the Dagger	249
XVI.		The Thing in the Chair	260
XVII.		The Menace	273
XVIII.		The Struggle	286
XIX.		The Intercession	298

MENTAL EFFICIENCY

And Other Hints To Men And Women

Arnold Bennett

1911

CONTENTS

		Page
I.	Mental Efficiency	7
	The Appeal	7
	The Replies	13
	The Cure	19
	Mental Calisthenics	24
II.	Expressing One's Individuality	32
III.	Breaking with the Past	39
IV.	Settling Down in Life	45
V.	Marriage	53
	The Duty of It	53
	The Adventure of It	59
	The Two Ways of It	65
VI.	Books	72
	The Physical Side	72
	The Philosophy of Book Buying	78
VII.	Success	84
	Candid Remarks	84
	The Successful and the Unsuccessful	91
	The Inwardness of Success	97
VIII.	The Petty Artificialities	104
IX.	The Secret of Content	112

A GREAT MAN

A Frolic

By Arnold Bennett

1904

CONTENTS

I. HIS BIRTH
II. TOM
III. HIS CHRISTENING
IV. AGED TWELVE
V. MARRONS GLACÉS
VI. A CALAMITY FOR THE SCHOOL
VII. CONTAGIOUS
VIII. CREATIVE
IX. SPRING ONIONS
X. MARK SNYDER
XI. SATIN
XII. HIS FAME
XIII. A LION IN HIS LAIR
XIV. HER NAME WAS GERALDINE
XV. HIS TERRIBLE QUANDARY
XVI. DURING THE TEA-MEETING
XVII. A NOVELIST IN A BOX
XVIII. HIS JACK-HORNERISM
XIX. HE JUSTIFIES HIS FATHER
XX. PRESS AND PUBLIC
XXI. PLAYING THE NEW GAME
XXII. HE LEARNS MORE ABOUT WOMEN
XXIII. SEPARATION
XXIV. COSETTE
XXV. THE RAKE'S PROGRESS
XXVI. THE NEW LIFE
XXVII. HE IS NOT NERVOUS
XXVIII. HE SHORTENS HIS NAME
XXIX. THE PRESIDENT

ANNA OF THE FIVE TOWNS

By Arnold Bennett

CONTENTS

CHAPTER
I.	THE KINDLING OF LOVE
II.	THE MISER'S DAUGHTER
III.	THE BIRTHDAY
IV.	A VISIT
V.	THE REVIVAL
VI.	WILLIE
VII.	THE SEWING MEETING
VIII.	ON THE BANK
IX.	THE TREAT
X.	THE ISLE
XI.	THE DOWNFALL
XII.	AT THE PRIORY
XIII.	THE BAZAAR
XIV.	END OF A SIMPLE SOUL

FROM THE LOG OF THE VELSA

By Arnold Bennett

Pictures By E. A. Rickards

And A Frontispiece By The Author

1914

CONTENTS

FROM THE LOG OF THE VELSA

PART I HOLLAND

CHAPTER I—VOYAGING ON THE CANALS

CHAPTER II—DUTCH LEISURE

CHAPTER III—DUTCH WORK

CHAPTER IV—THE ZUYDER ZEE

CHAPTER V—SOME TOWNS

CHAPTER VI—MUSEUMS

PART II—THE BALTIC

CHAPTER VII—THE YACHT I LOST

CHAPTER VIII—BALTIC COMMUNITIES

CHAPTER IX—A day’s SAIL

PART III COPENHAGEN

CHAPTER X—THE DANISH CAPITAL

CHAPTER XI—CAFÉS AND RESTAURANTS

CHAPTER XII—ARISTOCRACY AND ART

CHAPTER XIII—THE RETURN

PART IV—ON THE FRENCH AND FLEMISH COAST

CHAPTER XIV—FOLKESTONE TO BOULOGNE

CHAPTER XV—TO BELGIUM

CHAPTER XVI—BRUGES

PART V—EAST ANGLIAN ESTUARIES

CHAPTER XVII EAST ANGLIA

CHAPTER XVIII—IN SUFFOLK

CHAPTER XIX—THE INCOMPARABLE BLACKWATER

TERESA OF WATLING STREET

A Fantasia On Modern Themes

By Arnold Bennett

With Eight Illustrations By Frank Gillett

1904

CONTENTS

TERESA OF WATLING STREET

CHAPTER I—THE BANK

CHAPTER II—THE CIRCUS

CHAPTER III—CHINK OF COINS

CHAPTER IV—MR. PUDDEPHATT

CHAPTER V—FIRE

CHAPTER VI—THE DESIRE FOR SILVER

CHAPTER VII—NOLAN

CHAPTER VIII—THE PEER’S ADVICE

CHAPTER IX—A VISIT

CHAPTER X—MONEY-MAKING

CHAPTER XI—END OF THE NIGHT

CHAPTER XII—THE NAPOLEON

CHAPTER XIII—THE VASE

CHAPTER XIV—FEATHERSTONE’S RECITAL

CHAPTER XV—ARRIVAL OF SIMON

CHAPTER XVI—THE INTERVIEW

CHAPTER XVII—THE CLOSE