Book of This and That
Robert Lynd
28 chapters · 5 h 46 min · English
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From the pen of the Irish poet and essayist, Robert Lynd, comes a collection of humorous and satirical essays on topics as wide ranging as stupidity, Christmas, spring fashions, and the beauty of statistics. - Summary by Larry Wilson
Chapters
1 Suspicion 11 min 2 On Good Resolutions 11 min 3 The Sin of Dancing 10 min 4 Thoughts at a Tango Tea 14 min 5 The Humours of Murder 15 min 6 The Decline and Fall of Hell 9 min 7 On Cheerful Readers 11 min 8 St G. B. S. and the Bishop 11 min 9 Stupidity 15 min 10 Waste 13 min 11 On Christmas 12 min 12 On Demagogues 12 min 13 On Coincidences 14 min 14 On Indignation 12 min 15 The Heart of Mr Galsworthy 13 min 16 Spring Fashions 14 min 17 On Black Cats 10 min 18 On Being Shocked 14 min 19 Confessions 11 min 20 The Terrors of Politics 12 min 21 On Disasters 14 min 22 The Rights of Murder 13 min 23 The Humour of Hoaxes 13 min 24 Anatole France 12 min 25 The Sea 13 min 26 The Futurists 14 min 27 A Defence of Critics 11 min 28 On the Beauty of Statistics 12 min
