PREJUDICES FOURTH SERIES _THE WORKS OF H. L. MENCKEN_ PREJUDICES: FIRST SERIES[1] PREJUDICES: SECOND SERIES[1] PREJUDICES: THIRD SERIES[1] PREJUDICES: FOURTH SERIES A BOOK OF BURLESQUES[1] A BOOK OF PREFACES[1] IN DEFENSE OF WOMEN[1][2] THE AMERICAN LANGUAGE[1] THE AMERICAN CREDO [_With George Jean Nathan_] _OUT OF PRINT_ VENTURES INTO VERSE GEORGE BERNARD SHAW: HIS PLAYS THE ARTIST A LITTLE BOOK IN C MAJOR A BOOK OF CALUMNY MEN VS. THE MAN [_With R. R. LaMonte_] HELIOGABALUS[2] [_With Mr. Nathan_] EUROPE AFTER 8:15 [_With Mr. Nathan and W. H. Wright_] THE PHILOSOPHY OF FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE[1] _TRANSLATIONS_ THE ANTICHRIST, BY F. W. NIETZSCHE _NEW YORK: ALFRED · A · KNOPF_ FOOTNOTES: [1] Also Published in England [2] Also Published in Germany in translation PREJUDICES FOURTH SERIES By H. L. MENCKEN [Illustration] PUBLISHED AT THE BORZOI · NEW YORK · BY ALFRED · A · KNOPF COPYRIGHT, 1924, BY ALFRED A. KNOPF, INC. · PUBLISHED, OCTOBER, 1924 · SET UP, AND ELECTROTYPED BY THE VAIL-BALLOU PRESS, INC., BINGHAMTON, N. Y. · PAPER FURNISHED BY W. F. ETHERINGTON & CO., NEW YORK. · PRINTED AND BOUND BY THE PLIMPTON PRESS, NORWOOD, MASS. · THE FIRST EDITION OF “PREJUDICES: FOURTH SERIES” CONSISTS OF THIRTY-SIX HUNDRED AND TEN COPIES AS FOLLOWS: ONE HUNDRED AND TEN ON BORZOI ALL RAG PAPER SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR NUMBERED FROM 1 TO 100, AND A TO J; AND THIRTY-FIVE HUNDRED COPIES ON ENGLISH FEATHER-WEIGHT PAPER. MANUFACTURED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA CONTENTS I The American Tradition, 9 II The Husbandman, 43 III High and Ghostly Matters, 61 1. The Cosmic Secretariat, 61 2. The Nature of Faith, 65 3. The Devotee, 76 4. The Restoration of Beauty, 77 5. End-Product, 78 6. Another, 79 7. Holy Clerks, 79 IV Justice Under Democracy, 85 V Reflections on Human Monogamy, 103 1. The Eternal Farce, 103 2. Venus at the Domestic Hearth, 108 3. The Rat-Trap, 110 4. The Love Chase, 112 5. Women as Realpolitiker, 113 6. Footnote for Suffragettes, 114 7. The Helpmate, 114 8. The Mime, 116 9. Cavia Cobaya, 117 10. The Survivor, 118 11. The Veteran’s Disaster, 119 12. Moral Indignation, 119