1．CRITICISM OF CRITICISM OF CRITICISM 3
2．GEORGE ADE 11
3．THE GENEALOGY OF ETIQUETTE 17
4．THE ULSTER POLONIUS 27
5．GEORGE JEAN NATHAN 34
6．THREE AMERICAN IMMORTALS 44
7．ROOSEVELT：AN AUTOPSY 47
8．THE SAHARA OF THE BOZART 69
9．THE CEREBRAL MIME (FROM The Allied Arts) 82
10．THE CULT OF HOPE 84
11．ON BEING AN AMERICAN 89
12．HUNEKER：A MEMORY 126
13．THE NATURE OF LIBERTY 138
14．MEMORIAL SERVICE 143
15．THE KING (FROM Types of Men) 147
16．THE DISMAL SCIENCE 148
17．PATRIOTISM (FROM Advice to Young Men) 155
18．VIRTUE (FROM Suite Américaine) 156
19．THE HUSBANDMAN 157
20．THE POLITICIAN 169
21．ON GOVERNMENT 177
22．THE CAPITAL OF A GREAT REPUBLIC (FROM People and Things) 189
23．BILDER AUS SCHONER ZEIT (FROM People and Things) 190
24．CONRAD (FROM Four Makers of Tales) 191
25．LARDNER (FROM Four Makers of Tales) 197
26．HERETICS (FROM The Files of a Book Reviewer) 201
27．ON LIVING IN BALTIMORE 206
28．THE CHAMPION (FROM Miscellaneous Notes) 210
29．DEFINITION (FROM Miscellaneous Notes) 213
30．JOURNALISM IN AMERICA 213
31．ON CONTROVERSY (FROM The Human Mind) 233
32．THE EMPEROR OF WOWSERS (FROM Souvenirs of a Book Reviewer) 237
33．HYMN TO THE TRUTH 242
34．CHIROPRACTIC (FROM Dives into Quackery) 247
35．THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY 254