VI. LONG ROADS THE COSMIC IRONIES 153 JUSTICE OR MELODRAMA 158 THE CORRUPTION OF COMFORT 162 “GOD IS NOT DEAD OF OLD AGE” 167 VII. SHORT CUTS PETIT UP TO THIRTY 175 IN LIEU OF THE LAUREATE 180 “MURDERING BEAUTY” 183 CHAIRS 186 INISHMORE, INISHMAAN, INISHEER 189 SWEETNESS OR LIGHT 192 CROWNING THE BISHOP 195 VIII. A CASUAL SHELF HONESTY IS A GIFT 199 GOLDEN LYRICS 202 THE CHRISTIAN DIPLOMAT 205 LAWYER AND ELEGIST 207 WOMEN IN LOVE 209 MOSES IN MASSACHUSETTS 212 BROWN GIRLS 215 INVENTION AND VERACITY 217 A HERO WITH HIS POSSE 219 MARIA AND BATOUALA 221 STUPID SCANDAL 224 THE MUSE OF KNICKERBOCKER 228 IX. POETS’ CORNER GREEK DIGNITY AND YANKEE EASE 231 THROUGH ELLIS ISLAND 238 TAP-ROOT OR MELTING-POT 244 X. IN THE OPEN AUGUST NIGHTS AND AUGUST DAYS 251 LAKE AND BIRD 256 FIREFLIES IN CORNWALL 258 GARDENS 260 THE ROVING CRITIC I. TOWARD A CREED A FOURTH DIMENSION IN CRITICISM