CONTENTS
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CHAPTER I
FAMILY ANTECEDENTS 1
The Mallocks of Cockington--Some Old Devonshire Houses--A Child's Outlook on Life
CHAPTER II
THE TWO NATIONS 20
The Rural Poor of Devonshire--The Old Landed Families--An Ecclesiastical Magnate
CHAPTER III
A PRIVATE TUTOR DE LUXE 9
Early Youth Under a Private Tutor--Poetry--Premonitions of Modern Liberalism
CHAPTER IV
WINTER SOCIETY AT TORQUAY 53
Early Acquaintance with Society--Byron's Grandson, Lord Houghton--A Dandy of the Old School, Carlyle--Lord Lytton, and Others--Memorable Ladies
CHAPTER V
EXPERIENCES AT OXFORD 68
Early Youth at Oxford--Acquaintance with Browning, Swinburne, and Ruskin--Dissipations of an Undergraduate--The Ferment of Intellectual Revolution--The New Republic
CHAPTER VI
THE BASIS OF LONDON SOCIETY 92
Early Experiences of London Society--Society Thirty Years Ago Relatively Small--Arts and Accomplishments Which Can Flourish in Small Societies Only
CHAPTER VII
VIGNETTES OF LONDON LIFE 113
Byron's Grandson and Shelley's Son--The World of Balls--The "Great Houses," and Their New Rivals--The Latter Criticized by Some Ladies of the Old Noblesse--Types of More Serious Society--Lady Marian Alford and Others--Salons Exclusive and Inclusive--A Clash of Two Rival Poets--The Poet Laureate--Auberon Herbert and the Simple Life--Dean Stanley--Whyte Melville--"Ouida"--"Violet Fane"--Catholic Society--Lord Bute--Banquet to Cardinal Manning--Difficulties of the Memoir-writer--Lord Wemyss and Lady P---- --Indiscretions of Augustus Hare--Routine of a London Day--The Author's Life Out of London
CHAPTER VIII
SOCIETY IN COUNTRY HOUSES 142
A Few Country Houses of Various Types--Castles and Manor Houses from Cornwall to Sutherland
CHAPTER IX
FROM COUNTRY HOUSES TO POLITICS 168
First Treatise on Politics--Radical Propaganda--First Visit to the Highlands--The Author Asked to Stand for a Scotch Constituency
CHAPTER X
A FIVE MONTHS' INTERLUDE 194
A Venture on the Riviera--Monte Carlo--Life in a Villa at Beaulieu--A Gambler's Suicide--A Gambler's Funeral
CHAPTER XI
"THE OLD ORDER CHANGES" 209
Intellectual Apathy of Conservatives--A Novel Which Attempts to Harmonize Socialist Principles with Conservative
CHAPTER XII
CYPRUS, FLORENCE, HUNGARY 226
A Winter in Cyprus--Florence--Siena--Italian Castles--Cannes--Some Foreign Royalties--Visit During the Following Spring to Princess Batthyany in Hungary
CHAPTER XIII
TWO WORKS ON SOCIAL POLITICS 255
The Second Lord Lytton at Knebworth--"Ouida"--Conservative Torpor as to Social Politics--Two Books: Labor and the Popular Welfare and Aristocracy and Evolution--Letters from Herbert Spencer
CHAPTER XIV
RELIGIOUS PHILOSOPHY AND FICTION 270
The So-called Anglican Crisis--Doctrine and Doctrinal Disruption--Three Novels: A Human Document, The Heart of Life, The Individualist--Three Works on the Philosophy of Religion: Religion as a Credible Doctrine, The Veil of the Temple, The Reconstruction of Belief--Passages from The Veil of the Temple
CHAPTER XV
From the Highlands to New York 292
Summer on the Borders of Caithness--A Two Months' Yachting Cruise--The Orkneys and the Outer Hebrides--An Unexpected Political Summons
CHAPTER XVI
POLITICS AND SOCIETY IN AMERICA 308
Addresses on Socialism--Arrangements for Their Delivery--American Society in Long Island and New York--Harvard--Prof. William James--President Roosevelt--Chicago--Second Stay in New York--New York to Brittany--A Critical Examination of Socialism--Propaganda in England
CHAPTER XVII
THE AUTHOR'S WORKS SUMMARIZED 335
A Boy's Conservatism--Poetic Ambitions--The Philosophy of Religious Belief--The Philosophy of Industrial Conservatism--Intellectual Torpor of Conservatives--Final Treatises and Fiction
CHAPTER XVIII
LITERATURE AND ACTION 343
Literature as Speech Made Permanent--All Written Speech Not Literature--The Essence of Literature for Its Own Sake--Prose as a Fine Art--Some Interesting Aspects of Literature as an End in Itself--Their Comparativ
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CHAPTER I
FAMILY ANTECEDENTS 1
The Mallocks of Cockington--Some Old Devonshire Houses--A Child's Outlook on Life
CHAPTER II
THE TWO NATIONS 20
The Rural Poor of Devonshire--The Old Landed Families--An Ecclesiastical Magnate
CHAPTER III
A PRIVATE TUTOR DE LUXE 9
Early Youth Under a Private Tutor--Poetry--Premonitions of Modern Liberalism
CHAPTER IV
WINTER SOCIETY AT TORQUAY 53
Early Acquaintance with Society--Byron's Grandson, Lord Houghton--A Dandy of the Old School, Carlyle--Lord Lytton, and Others--Memorable Ladies
CHAPTER V
EXPERIENCES AT OXFORD 68
Early Youth at Oxford--Acquaintance with Browning, Swinburne, and Ruskin--Dissipations of an Undergraduate--The Ferment of Intellectual Revolution--The New Republic
CHAPTER VI
THE BASIS OF LONDON SOCIETY 92
Early Experiences of London Society--Society Thirty Years Ago Relatively Small--Arts and Accomplishments Which Can Flourish in Small Societies Only
CHAPTER VII
VIGNETTES OF LONDON LIFE 113
Byron's Grandson and Shelley's Son--The World of Balls--The "Great Houses," and Their New Rivals--The Latter Criticized by Some Ladies of the Old Noblesse--Types of More Serious Society--Lady Marian Alford and Others--Salons Exclusive and Inclusive--A Clash of Two Rival Poets--The Poet Laureate--Auberon Herbert and the Simple Life--Dean Stanley--Whyte Melville--"Ouida"--"Violet Fane"--Catholic Society--Lord Bute--Banquet to Cardinal Manning--Difficulties of the Memoir-writer--Lord Wemyss and Lady P---- --Indiscretions of Augustus Hare--Routine of a London Day--The Author's Life Out of London
CHAPTER VIII
SOCIETY IN COUNTRY HOUSES 142
A Few Country Houses of Various Types--Castles and Manor Houses from Cornwall to Sutherland
CHAPTER IX
FROM COUNTRY HOUSES TO POLITICS 168
First Treatise on Politics--Radical Propaganda--First Visit to the Highlands--The Author Asked to Stand for a Scotch Constituency
CHAPTER X
A FIVE MONTHS' INTERLUDE 194
A Venture on the Riviera--Monte Carlo--Life in a Villa at Beaulieu--A Gambler's Suicide--A Gambler's Funeral
CHAPTER XI
"THE OLD ORDER CHANGES" 209
Intellectual Apathy of Conservatives--A Novel Which Attempts to Harmonize Socialist Principles with Conservative
CHAPTER XII
CYPRUS, FLORENCE, HUNGARY 226
A Winter in Cyprus--Florence--Siena--Italian Castles--Cannes--Some Foreign Royalties--Visit During the Following Spring to Princess Batthyany in Hungary
CHAPTER XIII
TWO WORKS ON SOCIAL POLITICS 255
The Second Lord Lytton at Knebworth--"Ouida"--Conservative Torpor as to Social Politics--Two Books: Labor and the Popular Welfare and Aristocracy and Evolution--Letters from Herbert Spencer
CHAPTER XIV
RELIGIOUS PHILOSOPHY AND FICTION 270
The So-called Anglican Crisis--Doctrine and Doctrinal Disruption--Three Novels: A Human Document, The Heart of Life, The Individualist--Three Works on the Philosophy of Religion: Religion as a Credible Doctrine, The Veil of the Temple, The Reconstruction of Belief--Passages from The Veil of the Temple
CHAPTER XV
From the Highlands to New York 292
Summer on the Borders of Caithness--A Two Months' Yachting Cruise--The Orkneys and the Outer Hebrides--An Unexpected Political Summons
CHAPTER XVI
POLITICS AND SOCIETY IN AMERICA 308
Addresses on Socialism--Arrangements for Their Delivery--American Society in Long Island and New York--Harvard--Prof. William James--President Roosevelt--Chicago--Second Stay in New York--New York to Brittany--A Critical Examination of Socialism--Propaganda in England
CHAPTER XVII
THE AUTHOR'S WORKS SUMMARIZED 335
A Boy's Conservatism--Poetic Ambitions--The Philosophy of Religious Belief--The Philosophy of Industrial Conservatism--Intellectual Torpor of Conservatives--Final Treatises and Fiction
CHAPTER XVIII
LITERATURE AND ACTION 343
Literature as Speech Made Permanent--All Written Speech Not Literature--The Essence of Literature for Its Own Sake--Prose as a Fine Art--Some Interesting Aspects of Literature as an End in Itself--Their Comparativ
