83 Reason and Belief Sir Oliver Lodge 85 The Importance of Being Earnest Oscar Wilde 91 Social Evils and their Remedy Leo Tolstoy 93 The Substance of Faith Sir Oliver Lodge 94 All Things Considered G. K. Chesterton 95 The Mirror of the Sea Joseph Conrad 96 A Picked Company Hilaire Belloc 116 The Survival of Man Sir Oliver Lodge 126 Science from an Easy Chair Sir Ray Lankester 141 Variety Lane E. V. Lucas 144 A Shilling for my Thoughts G. K. Chesterton 146 A Woman of No Importance Oscar Wilde 149 A Shepherd’s Life W. H. Hudson 193 On Nothing Hilaire Belloc 200 Jane Austen and her Times G. E. Mitton 214 Select Essays Maurice Maeterlinck 223 Two Generations Leo Tolstoy 226 On Everything Hilaire Belloc 234 Records and Reminiscences Sir Francis Burnand A Selection only. GLEANINGS FROM MAETERLINCK BY THE SAME AUTHOR THE BLUE BIRD OUR ETERNITY DEATH MARY MAGDALENE THE UNKNOWN GUEST THE WRACK OF THE STORM THE TREASURE OF THE HUMBLE WISDOM AND DESTINY THE LIFE OF THE BEE THE BURIED TEMPLE THE DOUBLE GARDEN LIFE AND FLOWERS AGLAVAINE AND SELYSETTE MONNA VANNA JOYZELLE SISTER BEATRICE; AND ARIANE AND BARBE BLEUE MY DOG OLD-FASHIONED FLOWERS HOURS OF GLADNESS GLEANINGS FROM MAETERLINCK TRANSLATED AND COMPILED BY ALEXANDER TEIXEIRA DE MATTOS METHUEN & CO. LTD. 36 ESSEX STREET W.C. LONDON _First Published in 1917_ _All rights reserved_ _Copyright U.S.A. by Dodd, Mead & Co. Inc. 1913 to 1917._ INTRODUCTION