| "First and Last" BY Hilaire Belloc. CONTENTS: ON WEIGHING ANCHOR THE REVEILLON ON CHEESES THE CAPTAIN OF INDUSTRY THE INVENTOR THE VIEWS OF ENGLAND THE LUNATIC THE INHERITANCE OF HUMOUR THE OLD GENTLEMAN'S OPINIONS ON HISTORICAL EVIDENCE THE ABSENCE OF THE PAST ST. PATRICK THE LOST THINGS ON THE READING OF HISTORY THE VICTORY REALITY ON THE DECLINE OF THE BOOK JOS MARIA DE HEREDIA NORMANDY AND THE NORMANS THE OLD THINGS THE BATTLE OF HASTINGS THE ROMAN ROADS IN PICARDY THE REWARD OF LETTERS THE EYE-OPENERS THE PUBLIC ON ENTRIES COMPANIONS OF TRAVEL ON THE SOURCES OF RIVERS ON ERROR THE GREAT SIGHT THE DECLINE OF A STATE ON PAST GREATNESS MR. THE DUKE: THE MAN OF MALPLAQUET THE GAME OF CARDS "KING LEAR" THE EXCURSION THE TIDE ON A GREAT WIND THE LETTER THE REGRET THE END OF THE WORLD |