Edition |
[1st ed.]. |
Description |
xvi, 286 pages ; 22 cm |
Contents |
About H.L. Mencken / by Robert McHugh -- 1. American credulity: A neglected anniversary (The bathtub hoax) -- Melancholy reflections -- Hymn to the truth -- Believing mind -- 2. Land of the free: Bill of Rights -- Comstockian imbecility -- Anatomy of wowserism -- Padlocks -- Battle of ideas -- Birth control hullabaloo -- Equality before the law -- 3. Arts: Essay on constructive criticism -- Hints for novelists -- Yet more hints for novelists -- Poe's start in life -- Case of Dreiser -- H.L. Mencken on Mark Twain -- Robert Louis Stevenson -- Beethoven, obit. March 26, 1827 -- Music of the American Negro -- On realism -- View of literary gents -- Avalanche of books -- 4. Religion, ethics, and science: Fundamentalism: divine and secular -- Rev. clergy -- Cousin Jocko -- Jacquerie -- Man as mammal -- Havelock Ellis -- On eugenics -- Human monogamy -- Another long-awaited book -- Holy Writ -- 5. Politics, government, jurisprudence: United States Senate -- National conventions -- Notes on government -- Blackmail made easy -- A long-felt want -- Vive le roi! -- 6. Education, philology: Pedagogue's Utopia -- On going to college -- Language we speak -- Babel -- Emperor of dictionaries -- 7. Miscellany: American scene -- On connubial bliss -- Dreams of peace -- On human progress -- South rebels again -- Sad case of Tennessee -- Movies -- Telephone nuisance -- Victualry as a fine art -- On controversy. |
Subject |
United States -- Civilization.
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United States. |
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Civilization. |
Added Title |
Chicago tribune.
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