INTRODUCTION v THE ROMANCE OF RHYME 1 HAMLET AND THE PSYCHO-ANALYST 20 THE MEANING OF MOCK TURKEY 35 SHAKESPEARE AND THE LEGAL LADY 46 ON BEING AN OLD BEAN 55 THE FEAR OF THE FILM 61 WINGS AND THE HOUSEMAID 68 THE SLAVERY OF FREE VERSE 74 PROHIBITION AND THE PRESS 80 THE MERCY OF MR. ARNOLD BENNETT 86 A DEFENCE OF DRAMATIC UNITIES 93 THE BOREDOM OF BUTTERFLIES 99 THE TERROR OF A TOY 105 FALSE THEORY AND THE THEATRE 111 THE SECRET SOCIETY OF MANKIND 117 THE SENTIMENTALISM OF DIVORCE 124 STREET CRIES AND STRETCHING THE LAW 130 THE REVOLT OF THE SPOILT CHILD 136 THE INNOCENCE OF THE CRIMINAL 142 THE PRUDERY OF THE FEMINISTS 149 HOW MAD LAWS ARE MADE 155 THE PAGODA OF PROGRESS 161 THE MYTH OF THE “MAYFLOWER” 166 MUCH TOO MODERN HISTORY 173 THE EVOLUTION OF SLAVES 179 IS DARWIN DEAD? 186 TURNING INSIDE OUT 193 STRIKES AND THE SPIRIT OF WONDER 205 A NOTE ON OLD NONSENSE 212 MILTON AND MERRY ENGLAND 219 FANCIES VERSUS FADS The Romance of Rhyme