CHAP. PAGE
I. ARE WE AS INTERESTING AS WE THINK WE ARE? 1
II. SHOULD WOMEN BE BEAUTIFUL? 16
III. WHEN IS THE BEST TIME TO BE MERRY? 29
IV. DO WE LIE A-BED TOO LATE? 46
V. SHOULD MARRIED MEN PLAY GOLF? 60
VI. ARE EARLY MARRIAGES A MISTAKE? 74
VII. DO WRITERS WRITE TOO MUCH? 89
VIII. SHOULD SOLDIERS BE POLITE? 105
IX. OUGHT STORIES TO BE TRUE? 122
X. CREATURES THAT ONE DAY SHALL BE MEN 141
XI. HOW TO BE HAPPY THOUGH LITTLE 158
XII. SHOULD WE SAY WHAT WE THINK, OR THINK WHAT WE 173
SAY?
XIII. IS THE AMERICAN HUSBAND MADE ENTIRELY OF STAINED 186
GLASS
XIV. DOES THE YOUNG MAN KNOW EVERYTHING WORTH KNOWING? 199
XV. HOW MANY CHARMS HATH MUSIC, WOULD YOU SAY? 213
XVI. THE WHITE MAN’S BURDEN! NEED IT BE SO HEAVY? 225
XVII. WHY DIDN’T HE MARRY THE GIRL? 238
XVIII. WHAT MRS. WILKINS THOUGHT ABOUT IT 251
XIX. SHALL WE BE RUINED BY CHINESE CHEAP LABOUR? 264
XX. HOW TO SOLVE THE SERVANT PROBLEM 278
XXI. WHY WE HATE THE FOREIGNER 292