William Fishburne, Charles Aldarondo, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team. WITHOUT PREJUDICE BY I. ZANGWILL Author Of "The Master," "Children Of The Ghetto" Etc., Etc. * * * * * TO YOU * * * * * _NOTE_ _This book is a selection, slightly revised, from my miscellaneous work during the last four or five years, and the title is that under which the bulk of it has appeared, month by month, in the "Pall Mall Magazine." In selecting, I have omitted those pieces which hang upon other people's books, plays, or pictures--a process of exclusion which, while giving unity to a possible collection of my critical writings in another volume, leaves the first selection exclusively egoistic._ _I.Z._ * * * * * CONTENTS I GOSSIPS AND FANTASIES I. A VISION OF THE BURDEN OF MAN: WHICH MAY SERVE TO INTRODUCE THE INTRODUCTION II. TUNING UP III. ART IN ENGLAND IV. BOHEMIA AND VERLAINE V. THE INDESTRUCTIBLES VI. CONCERNING GENERAL ELECTIONS VII. THE REALISTIC NOVEL VIII. IN DEFENCE OF GAMBLING IX. TRULY RURAL X. OPINIONS OF THE YOUNG FOGEY XI. CRITICS AND PEOPLE XII. TABLE-TALK XIII. THE ABOLITION OF MONEY XIV. MODERN MYTH-MAKING XV. THE PHILOSOPHY OF TOPSY-TURVYDOM XVI. GHOST-STORIES XVII. A THEORY OF TABLE-TURNING XVIII. SOCIETIES TO FOUND XIX. INDECENCY ON THE ENGLISH STAGE XX. LOVE IN LIFE AND LITERATURE XXI. DEATH AND MARRIAGE XXII. THE CHOICE OF PARENTS XXIII. PATER AND PROSE XXIV. THE INFLUENCE OF NAMES XXV. AUTHORS AND PUBLISHERS XXVI. THE PENALTIES OF FAME XXVII. ON FINISHING A BOOK II HERE, THERE, AND SOMEWHERE ELSE: Philosophic Excursions I. ABERDEEN II. ANTWERP III. BROADSTAIRS AND RAMSGATE IV. BUDAPEST V. CHICAGO VI. EDINBURGH VII. FIESOLE AND FLORENCE VIII. GLASGOW IX. HASLEMERE X. PARIS XL SLAPTON SANDS XII. VENICE XIII. VENTNOR XIV. SOMEWHERE ELSE III AFTERTHOUGHTS: A Bundle of Brevities MOONSHINE CAPITAL CREDIT THE SMALL BOY A DAY IN TOWN THE PROFESSION OF CHARITY THE PRIVILEGES OF POVERTY SALVATION FOR THE SERAPHIM TRUTH--LOCAL AND TEMPORAL THE CREED OF DESPAIR SOCIAL BUGBEARS MARTYRS THE LONDON SEASON THE ACADEMY PORTRAITS OF GENTLEMEN PHOTOGRAPHY AND REALISM THE GREAT UNHUNG THE ABOLITION OF CATALOGUES THE ARTISTIC TEMPERAMENT PROFESSIONAL ETHICS LAY CONFESSORS Q. E. D. NOVELS THE MOUSE WHO DIED THEOLOGIC NOVELS MUDIE MEASURE THE PROP OF LETTERS THE LATTER-DAY POET AN ATTACK OF ALLITERATION THE HUMOROUS THE DISCOUNT FARCE THE FRANCHISE FARCE THE MODERN WAR FARCE FIREWORKS TIME'S FORELOCK DIARIES "LOOKING BACKWARD" LONG LIVES VIVE LA MORT! MEN AND BOOKMEN JAMES I. ON TOBACCO A COUNTERBLAST TO JAMES I. VALEDICTORY * * * * * PART I GOSSIPS AND FANTASIES I A VISION OF THE BURDEN OF MAN