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Side Lights, by James Runciman
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Title: Side Lights
Author: James Runciman
Release Date: May 3, 2005 [EBook #15762]
Language: English
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SIDE LIGHTS
By JAMES RUNCIMAN
WITH MEMOIR BY GRANT ALLEN, AND INTRODUCTION BY W.T. STEAD. EDITED BY JOHN F. RUNCIMAN
London T. FISHER UNWIN PATERNOSTER SQUARE MDCCCXCIII
CONTENTS.
A NOTE ON THE AUTHOR. BY GRANT ALLEN
AN INTRODUCTORY WORD ABOUT THE BOOK. BY W.T. STEAD
I. LETTER-WRITERS
II. ON WRITING ONESELF OUT
III. THE DECLINE OF LITERATURE
IV. COLOUR-BLINDNESS IN LITERATURE
V. THE SURFEIT OF BOOKS
VI. PEOPLE WHO ARE "DOWN"
VII. ILL-ASSORTED MARRIAGES
VIII. HAPPY MARRIAGES
IX. SHREWS
X. ARE WE WEALTHY
XI. THE VALUES OF LABOUR
XII. THE HOPELESS POOR
XIII. WAIFS AND STRAYS
XIV. STAGE-CHILDREN
XV. PUBLIC AND PRIVATE MORALITY: PAST AND PRESENT
XVI. "RAISING THE LEVEL OF AMUSEMENTS"
XVII. A LITTLE SERMON ON FAILURES
XVIII. "VANITY OF VANITIES"
XIX. GAMBLERS
XX. SCOUNDRELS
XXI. QUIET OLD TOWNS
XXII. THE SEA
XXIII. SORROW