What's Wrong with the World

About this book

Social and cultural commentary

Text from Christian Classics Ethereal Library; in the public domain.

Contents

1. Dedication
2. I. The Medical Mistake
3. II. Wanted: An Unpractical Man
4. III. The New Hypocrite
5. IV. The Fear of the Past
6. V. The Unfinished Temple
7. VI. The Enemies of Property
8. VII. The Free Family
9. XIII. The Wildness of Domesticity
10. IX. History of Hudge and Gudge
11. X. Oppression by Optimism
12. XI. The Homelessness of Jones
13. I. The Charm of Jingoism
14. II. Wisdom and the Weather
15. III. The Common Vision
16. IV. The Insane Necessity
17. I. The Unmilitary Suffragette
18. II. The Universal Stick
19. III. The Emancipation of Domesticity
20. IV. The Romance of Thrift
21. V. The Coldness of Chloe
22. VI. The Pedant and the Savage
23. VII. The Modern Surrender of Woman
24. VIII. The Brand of the Fleur-de-Lis
25. IX. Sincerity and the Gallows
26. X. The Higher Anarchy
27. XI. The Queen and the Suffragettes
28. XII. The Modern Slave
29. I. The Calvinism of To-day
30. II. The Tribal Terror
31. III. The Tricks of Environment
32. IV. The Truth About Education
33. V. An Evil Cry
34. VI. Authority the Unavoidable
35. VII. The Humility of Mrs. Grundy
36. VIII. The Broken Rainbow
37. IX. The Need for Narrowness
38. X. The Case for the Public Schools
39. XI. The School for Hypocrites
40. XII. The Staleness of the New Schools
41. XIII. The Outlawed Parent
42. XIV. Folly and Female Education
43. I. The Empire of the Insect
44. II. The Fallacy of the Umbrella Stand
45. III. The Dreadful Duty of Gudge
46. IV. A Last Instance
47. V. Conclusion
48. I. On Female Suffrage
49. II. On Cleanliness in Education
50. III. On Peasant Proprietorship