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Title: The Book of This and That

Author: Robert Lynd

Release Date: July 15, 2010 [EBook #33174]

Language: English

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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