Chapter IV

Movies and Motors, Men and Women (II) THE MINISTER WHOSE CHURCH HE ATTENDS (III) HIS PARTNER AT BRIDGE (IV) HIS HOSTESS AT DINNER (III) X. A Study in Still Life—My Tailor Peace, War, and Politics XI. Germany from Within Out XIII. In Merry Mexico XIV. Over the Grape Juice; or, The Peacemakers XV. The White House from Without In Timid Thoughts on Timely Topics XVI. Are the Rich Happy? XVII. Humour as I See It

WINSOME WINNIE AND OTHER NEW NONSENSE NOVELS By Steven Leacock CONTENTS I. WINSOME WINNIE; OR, TRIAL AND TEMPTATION 7 I. Thrown on the World 9 II. A Rencounter 14 III. Friends in Distress 18 IV. A Gambling Party in St. James's Close 24 V. The Abduction 28 VI. The Unknown 33 VII. The Proposal 36 VIII. Wedded at Last 42 II. JOHN AND I; OR, HOW I NEARLY LOST MY HUSBAND 43 III. THE SPLIT IN THE CABINET; OR, THE FATE OF ENGLAND 65 IV. WHO DO YOU THINK DID IT? OR, THE MIXED-UP MURDER MYSTERY 95 I. He Dined with Me Last Night 97 II. I must save her Life 100 III. I must buy a Book on Billiards 108 IV. That is not Billiard Chalk 112 V. Has anybody here seen Kelly? 113 VI. Show me the Man who wore those Boots 119 VII. Oh, Mr. Kent, save me! 123 VIII. You are Peter Kelly 127 IX. Let me tell you the Story of my Life 132 X. So do I 139 V. BROKEN BARRIERS; OR, RED LOVE ON A BLUE ISLAND 143 VI. THE KIDNAPPED PLUMBER: A TALE OF THE NEW TIME 177 VII. THE BLUE AND THE GREY: A PRE-WAR WAR STORY 205 VIII. BUGGAM GRANGE: A GOOD OLD GHOST STORY 225

THE UNSOLVED RIDDLE OF SOCIAL JUSTICE By Stephen Leacock

CONTENTS chapter page I. The Troubled Outlook of the Present Hour 9 II. Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness 33 III. The Failures and Fallacies of Natural Liberty 48 IV. Work and Wages 66 V. The Land of Dreams: The Utopia of the Socialist 88 VI. How Mr. Bellamy Looked Backward 103 VII. What Is Possible and What Is Not 124

BEHIND THE BEYOND By Stephen Leacock CONTENTS BEHIND THE BEYOND 11 FAMILIAR INCIDENTS I. With the Photographer 53 II. The Dentist and the Gas 61 III. My Lost Opportunities 69 IV. My Unknown Friend 74 V. Under the Barber's Knife 84 PARISIAN PASTIMES I. The Advantages of a Polite Education 93 II. The Joys of Philanthropy 104 III. The Simple Life in Paris 117 IV. A Visit to Versailles 129 V. Paris at Night 143 THE RETROACTIVE EXISTENCE OF MR. JUGGINS 159 MAKING A MAGAZINE 169 HOMER AND HUMBUG 185 ILLUSTRATIONS The Prologue Frontispiece to face page The curtain rises 12 Their expression is stamped with deep thought 28 He kisses her on the bare shoulder 30 He takes her in his arms 50 "Is it me?" 58 I did go—I kept the appointment 66 He showed me a church that I could have bought for a hundred thousand 72 I shall not try to be quite so extraordinarily clever 84 When he reached my face he looked searchingly at it 88 The tailor shrugged his shoulders 98 Something in the quiet dignity of the young man held me 114 The Parisian dog 120 Personally I plead guilty to something of the same spirit 142 The lady's face is aglow with moral enthusiasm 146 Meanwhile he had become a quaint-looking elderly man 166 With all the low cunning of an author stamped on his features 174

ADVENTURERS OF THE FAR NORTH A Chronicle of the Frozen Seas By Stephen Leacock

CONTENTS Page I. THE GREAT ELIZABETHAN NAVIGATORS 1 II. HEARNE'S OVERLAND JOURNEY TO THE NORTHERN OCEAN 34 III. MACKENZIE DESCENDS THE GREAT RIVER OF THE NORTH 70 IV. THE MEMORABLE EXPLOITS OF SIR JOHN FRANKLIN 89 V. THE TRAGEDY OF FRANKLIN'S FATE 112 VI. EPILOGUE. THE CONQUEST OF THE POLE 136 BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE 147 INDEX 149