The Pleasures of Ignorance

PRINTED IN GREAT BRITAIN BY THE RIVERSIDE PRESS LIMITED - EDINBURGH - TO JAMES WINDER GOOD - CHAPTER PAGE - I. THE PLEASURES OF IGNORANCE 11 - II. THE HERRING FLEET 19 - III. THE BETTING MAN 29 - IV. THE HUM OF INSECTS 40 - V. CATS 51 - VI. MAY 61 - VII. NEW YEAR PROPHECIES 70 - VIII. ON KNOWING THE DIFFERENCE 82 - IX. THE INTELLECTUAL SIDE OF HORSE-RACING 91 - X. WHY WE HATE INSECTS 102 - XI. VIRTUE 114 - XII. JUNE 123 - XIII. ON FEELING GAY 132 - XIV. IN THE TRAIN 141 - XV. THE MOST CURIOUS ANIMAL 149 - XVI. THE OLD INDIFFERENCE 158 - XVII. EGGS: AN EASTER HOMILY 167 - XVIII. ENTER THE SPRING 176 - XIX. THE DAREDEVIL BARBER 186 - XX. WEEDS: AN APPRECIATION 195 - XXI. A JUROR IN WAITING 205 - XXII. THE THREE-HALFPENNY BIT 215 - XXIII. THE MORALS OF BEANS 224 - XXIV. ON SEEING A JOKE 233 - XXV. GOING TO THE DERBY 243 - XXVI. THIS BLASTED WORLD 253

I. THE PLEASURES OF IGNORANCE

II. THE HERRING FLEET

III. THE BETTING MAN

IV. THE HUM OF INSECTS

V. CATS

VI. MAY

VII. NEW YEAR PROPHECIES

VIII. ON KNOWING THE DIFFERENCE

IX. THE INTELLECTUAL SIDE OF HORSE-RACING