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WITHOUT PREJUDICE
BY I. ZANGWILL
Author Of "The Master," "Children Of The Ghetto" Etc., Etc.
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TO YOU
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NOTE
This book is a selection, slightly revised, from my miscellaneous workduring the last four or five years, and the title is that under which thebulk of it has appeared, month by month, in the "Pall Mall Magazine." Inselecting, I have omitted those pieces which hang upon other people'sbooks, plays, or pictures—a process of exclusion which, while givingunity to a possible collection of my critical writings in another volume,leaves the first selection exclusively egoistic.
I.Z.
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CONTENTS
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GOSSIPS AND FANTASIES
I. A VISION OF THE BURDEN OF MAN: WHICH MAY SERVE TO INTRODUCE THE INTRODUCTIONII. TUNING UPIII. ART IN ENGLANDIV. BOHEMIA AND VERLAINEV. THE INDESTRUCTIBLESVI. CONCERNING GENERAL ELECTIONSVII. THE REALISTIC NOVELVIII. IN DEFENCE OF GAMBLINGIX. TRULY RURALX. OPINIONS OF THE YOUNG FOGEYXI. CRITICS AND PEOPLEXII. TABLE-TALKXIII. THE ABOLITION OF MONEYXIV. MODERN MYTH-MAKINGXV. THE PHILOSOPHY OF TOPSY-TURVYDOMXVI. GHOST-STORIESXVII. A THEORY OF TABLE-TURNINGXVIII. SOCIETIES TO FOUNDXIX. INDECENCY ON THE ENGLISH STAGEXX. LOVE IN LIFE AND LITERATUREXXI. DEATH AND MARRIAGEXXII. THE CHOICE OF PARENTSXXIII. PATER AND PROSEXXIV. THE INFLUENCE OF NAMESXXV. AUTHORS AND PUBLISHERSXXVI. THE PENALTIES OF FAMEXXVII. ON FINISHING A BOOK
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HERE, THERE, AND SOMEWHERE ELSE: Philosophic Excursions
I. ABERDEENII. ANTWERPIII. BROADSTAIRS AND RAMSGATEIV. BUDAPESTV. CHICAGOVI. EDINBURGHVII. FIESOLE AND FLORENCEVIII. GLASGOWIX. HASLEMEREX. PARISXL SLAPTON SANDSXII. VENICEXIII. VENTNORXIV. SOMEWHERE ELSE
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AFTERTHOUGHTS: A Bundle of Brevities
MOONSHINECAPITALCREDITTHE SMALL BOYA DAY IN TOWNTHE PROFESSION OF CHARITYTHE PRIVILEGES OF POVERTYSALVATION FOR THE SERAPHIMTRUTH—LOCAL AND TEMPORALTHE CREED OF DESPAIRSOCIAL BUGBEARSMARTYRSTHE LONDON SEASONTHE ACADEMYPORTRAITS OF GENTLEMENPHOTOGRAPHY AND REALISMTHE GREAT UNHUNGTHE ABOLITION OF CATALOGUESTHE ARTISTIC TEMPERAMENTPROFESSIONAL ETHICSLAY CONFESSORSQ. E. D. NOVELSTHE MOUSE WHO DIEDTHEOLOGIC NOVELSMUDIE MEASURETHE PROP OF LETTERSTHE LATTER-DAY POETAN ATTACK OF ALLITERATIONTHE HUMOROUSTHE DISCOUNT FARCETHE FRANCHISE FARCETHE MODERN WAR FARCEFIREWORKSTIME'S FORELOCKDIARIES"LOOKING BACKWARD"LONG LIVESVIVE LA MORT!MEN AND BOOKMENJAMES I. ON TOBACCOA COUNTERBLAST TO JAMES I.VALEDICTORY
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PART I
GOSSIPS AND FANTASIES
I
A VISION OF THE BURDEN OF MAN
And it came to pass that my soul was vexed with the problems of life, sothat I could not sleep. So I opened a book by a lady novelist, and fellto reading therein. And of a sudden I looked up, and lo! a great host ofwomen filled the chamber, wh