VIII. 'WHAT IS TRUTH?' THE JESTING PILATE SAID--A FALSE GLOSS 68 IX. WHAT SCALIGER SAYS ABOUT THE EPISTLE TO JUDE 71 * * * * * X. MURDER AS A FINE ART 77 XI. ANECDOTES--JUVENAL 85 XII. ANNA LOUISA 89 * * * * * XIII. SOME THOUGHTS ON BIOGRAPHY 100 XIV. GREAT FORGERS: CHATTERTON AND WALPOLE, AND 'JUNIUS' 125 XV. DANIEL O'CONNELL 132 * * * * * XVI. FRANCE PAST AND FRANCE PRESENT 143 XVII. ROME'S RECRUITS AND ENGLAND'S RECRUITS 147 XVIII. NATIONAL MANNERS AND FALSE JUDGMENT OF THEM 163 XIX. INCREASED POSSIBILITIES OF SYMPATHY IN THE PRESENT AGE 165 * * * * * XX. THE PRINCIPLE OF EVIL 168 XXI. ON MIRACLES 173 XXII. 'LET HIM COME DOWN FROM THE CROSS' 177 XXIII. IS THE HUMAN RACE ON THE DOWN GRADE? 180 * * * * * XXIV. BREVIA: SHORT ESSAYS (IN CONNECTION WITH EACH OTHER): 1. Paganism and Christianity--the Ideas of Duty and Holiness 185 2. Moral and Practical 194 3. On Words and Style 207 4. Theological and Religious 226 5. Political, etc. 269 6. Personal Confessions, etc. 271 7. Pagan Literature 279 8. Historical, etc. 283 9. Literary 292 XXV. OMITTED PASSAGES AND VARIATIONS: 1. The Rhapsodoi 306 2. Mrs. Evans and the _Gazette_ 310 3. A Lawsuit Legacy 313 4. The True Justifications of War 315 5. Philosophy Defeated 317 6. The Highwayman's Skeleton 320 7. The Ransom for Waterloo 323 8. Desiderium 326 GENERAL INTRODUCTION.