“When Fame comes upon a man well before death then must he most particularly beware of it, for is it then most dangerous. Neither must he, having achieved it, relax effort nor (a much greater peril) think he has done his work because some Fame now attaches thereto.” -- Hilaire Belloc
Chapters
1 01 - Preface and Chapter 1 - An Open Letter to a Young Diplomatist 14 min 2 02 - Chapter 2 - On Pedants 12 min 3 03 - Chapter 3 - On Atheism 8 min 4 04 - Chapter 4 - On Fame 5 min 5 05 - Chapter 5 - On Rest 6 min 6 06 - Chapter 6 - On Discovery 7 min 7 07 - Chapter 7 - On Inns 13 min 8 08 - Chapter 8 - On Rows 7 min 9 09 - Chapter 9 - The Pleasant Place 12 min 10 10 - Chapter 9 (concluded) - The Pleasant Place 10 min 11 11 - Chapter 10 - On Omens 8 min 12 12 - Chapter 11 - The Book 10 min 13 13 - Chapter 11 (concluded) - The Book 5 min 14 14 - Chapter 12 - The Servants of the Rich 9 min 15 15 - Chapter 13 - The Joke 11 min 16 16 - Chapter 14 - The Spy 7 min 17 17 - Chapter 15 - The Young People 8 min 18 18 - Chapter 16 - Ethandune 9 min 19 19 - Chapter 17 - The Death of Robert the Strong 11 min 20 20 - Chapter 18 - The Crooked Streets 9 min 21 21 - Chapter 19 - The Place Apart 9 min 22 22 - Chapter 20 -The Ebro Plain 9 min 23 23 - Chapter 21 - The Little River 9 min 24 24 - Chapter 22 - Some Letters of Shakespeare's Time 11 min 25 25 - Chapter 23 - On Acquaintance with the Great 10 min 26 26 - Chapter 24 - On Lying 8 min 27 27 - Chapter 25 - The Dupe 7 min 28 28 - Chapter 26 - The Love of England 6 min 29 29 - Chapter 27 - The Storm 10 min 30 30 -Chapter 28 - The Valley 9 min 31 31 - Chapter 29 - A Conversation in Andorra 11 min 32 32 - Chapter 30 - Paris and the East 10 min 33 33 - Chapter 31 - The Human Charlatan 9 min 34 34 - Chapter 31 (concluded) - The Human Charlatan 5 min 35 35 - Chapter 32 - The Barbarians 12 min 36 36 - Chapter 33 - On Knowing the Past 7 min 37 37- Chapter 33 (concluded) - On Knowing the Past 7 min 38 38 - Chapter 34 - The Higher Criticism 13 min 39 39 - Chapter 35 - The Fanatic 7 min 40 40 - Chapter 36 - A Leading Article 6 min 41 41 - Chapter 37 - The Obituary Notice 7 min 42 42 - Chapter 38 - The "Merry Rome" Column 8 min 43 43 - Chapter 39 - Open Letter to a Young Parasite 9 min 44 44 - Chapter 40 - On Dropping Anchor 8 min
