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INTERFERENCES WITH THE READING HABIT CIVILISATION I--Dust II--Dust III--Dust to Dust IV--Ashes V--The Literary Rush VI--Parenthesis--To the Gentle Reader VII--More Parenthesis--But More to the Point VIII--More Literary Rush IX--The Bugbear of Being Well Informed--A Practical Suggestion X--The Dead Level of Intelligence XI--The Art of Reading as One Likes THE DISGRACE OF THE IMAGINATION I--On Wondering Why One Was Born II--The Top of the Bureau Principle THE UNPOPULARITY OF THE FIRST PERSON SINGULAR I--The First Person a Necessary Evil II--The Art of Being Anonymous III--Egoism and Society IV--i + I = We V--The Autobiography of Beauty THE HABIT OF NOT LETTING ONE'S SELF GO I--The Country Boy in Literature II--The Subconscious Self III--The Organic Principle of Inspiration THE HABIT OF ANALYSIS I--If Shakespeare Came to Chicago II--Analysis Analysed LITERARY DRILL IN COLLEGE I--Seeds and Blossoms II--Private Road: Dangerous III--The Organs of Literature IV--Entrance Examinations in Joy V--Natural Selection in Theory VI--Natural Selection in Practice VII--The Emancipation of the Teacher VIII--The Test of Culture IX--Summary X--A Note LIBRARIES. WANTED: AN OLD-FASHIONED LIBRARIAN I--viz. II--cf. III--et al. IV--etc. V--O