"On Something" by Hilaire Belloc . CONTENTS A PLEA FOR THE SIMPLER DRAMA ON A NOTEBOOK ON UNKNOWN PEOPLE ON A VAN TROMP HIS CHARACTER ON THRUPPENNY BITS ON THE HOTEL AT PALMA AND A PROPOSED GUIDE-BOOK THE DEATH OF WANDERING PETER THE TREE OF KNOWLEDGE A NORFOLK MAN THE ODD PEOPLE LETTER OF ADVICE AND APOLOGY TO A YOUNG BURGLAR THE MONKEY QUESTION: AN APPEAL TO COMMON SENSE THE EMPIRE BUILDER CAEDWALLA A UNIT OF ENGLAND THE RELIC THE IRONMONGER A FORCE IN GAUL ON BRIDGES A BLUE BOOK PERIGEUX OF THE PERIGORD THE POSITION HOME THE WAY TO FAIRYLAND THE PORTRAIT OF A CHILD ON EXPERIENCE ON IMMORTALITY ON SACRAMENTAL THINGS IN PATRIA |