PART III

THE TOMB XX. 'ARE YOU THERE?' XXI. SUICIDE XXII. DARCY XXIII. FIRST TRIUMPH OF SIMON XXIV. THE LODGING-HOUSE XXV. CHLOROFORM XXVI. SECOND TRIUMPH OF SIMON XXVII. THE CEMETERY XXVIII. BEAUTY

BOOKS AND PERSONS BEING COMMENTS ON A PAST EPOCH 1908-1911 By Arnold Bennett CONTENTS PREFATORY NOTE 1908 WILFRED WHITTEN'S PROSE UGLINESS IN FICTION LETTERS OF QUEEN VICTORIA FRENCH PUBLISHERS WORDSWORTH'S SINGLE LINES NOVELISTS AND AGENTS THE NOVEL OF THE SEASON GERMAN EXPANSION THE BOOK-BUYER JOSEPH CONRAD & THE ATHENÆUM THE PROFESSORS MRS. HUMPHRY WARD'S HEROINES W.W. JACOBS AND ARISTOPHANES KENNETH GRAHAME ANATOLE FRANCE INTIMATIONS OF IMMORTALITY MALLARMÉ, BAZIN, SWINBURNE THE RUINED SEASON 1909 ECCE HOMO HENRY OSPOVAT FRENCH AND BRITISH ACADEMIES POE AND THE SHORT STORY MIDDLE-CLASS THE POTENTIAL PUBLIC H.G. WELLS TCHEHKOFF THE SURREY LABOURER SWINBURNE THE SEVENPENNIES MEREDITH ST. JOHN HANKIN UNCLEAN BOOKS LOVE POETRY TROLLOPE'S METHODS CHESTERTON AND LUCAS OFFICIAL RECOGNITION OF POETRY ARTISTS AND CRITICS RUDYARD KIPLING CENSORSHIP BY THE LIBRARIES 1910 CENSORSHIP BY THE LIBRARIES BRIEUX C.E. MONTAGUE PUBLISHERS AND AUTHORS TOURGENIEV AND DOSTOIEVSKY JOHN GALSWORTHY SUPPRESSIONS IN "DE PROFUNDIS" HOLIDAY READING THE BRITISH ACADEMY OF LETTERS UNFINISHED PERUSALS MR. A.C. BENSON THE LITERARY PERIODICAL THE LENGTH OF NOVELS ARTISTS AND MONEY HENRI BECQUE HENRY JAMES ENGLISH LITERARY CRITICISM MRS. ELINOR GLYN W.H. HUDSON NEO-IMPRESSIONISM AND LITERATURE 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 By 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

CHAPTER 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 [Pg viii] 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