The Collected Works of H. L. Mencken

The Collected Works of H. L. Mencken
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e-artnow presents to you this meticulously edited H. L. Mencken collection: The Philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche A Book of Burlesques A Book of Prefaces In Defense of Women Damn! A Book of Calumny The American Language The American Credo Heliogabalus: A Buffoonery in Three Acts Ventures Into Verse



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George Jean Nathan. The Collected Works of H. L. Mencken

The Collected Works of H. L. Mencken

Table of Contents

THE PHILOSOPHY OF FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE

PREFACE TO THE THIRD EDITION

NIETZSCHE THE MAN

I. BOYHOOD AND YOUTH

II. THE BEGINNINGS OF THE PHILOSOPHER

III. BLAZING A NEW PATH

IV. THE PROPHET OF THE SUPERMAN

V. THE PHILOSOPHER AND THE MAN

NIETZSCHE THE PHILOSOPHER

I. DIONYSUS VERSUS APOLLO

II. THE ORIGIN OF MORALITY

III. BEYOND GOOD AND EVIL

IV. THE SUPERMAN

V. ETERNAL RECURRENCE

VI. CHRISTIANITY

VII. TRUTH

VIII. CIVILIZATION

IX. WOMEN AND MARRIAGE

X. GOVERNMENT

XI. CRIME AND PUNISHMENT

XII. EDUCATION

XIII. SUNDRY IDEAS

XIV. NIETZSCHE VS. WAGNER

NIETZSCHE THE PROPHET

I. NIETZSCHE'S ORIGINS

II. NIETZSCHE AND HIS CRITICS

HOW TO STUDY NIETZSCHE

A BOOK OF BURLESQUES

I. DEATH. A PHILOSOPHICAL DISCUSSION

II. FROM THE PROGRAMME OF A CONCERT

III. THE WEDDING. A STAGE DIRECTION

IV. THE VISIONARY

V. THE ARTIST. A DRAMA WITHOUT WORDS

VI. SEEING THE WORLD

VII. FROM THE MEMOIRS OF THE DEVIL

VIII. LITANIES FOR THE OVERLOOKED

I.—For Americanos

II.—For Hypochondriacs

III.—For Music Lovers

IV.—For Hangmen

V.—For Magazine Editors

IX. ASEPSIS. A DEDUCTION IN SCHERZO FORM

X. TALES OF THE MORAL AND PATHOLOGICAL

I.—The Rewards of Science

II.—The Incomparable Physician

III.—Neighbours

IV.—From the Chart

V.—The Interior Hierarchy

CLASS II

CLASS III

CLASS IV

CLASS V

CLASS VI

XI. THE JAZZ WEBSTER

XII. THE OLD SUBJECT

XIII. PANORAMAS OF PEOPLE

I.—Men

II.—Women

III.—Babies

XIV. HOMEOPATHICS

1. Scene Infernal

2. The Eternal Democrat

3. The School of Honor

4. Proposed Plot For a Modern Novel

5. Victory

XV. VERS LIBRE

A BOOK OF PREFACES

PREFACE TO THE FOURTH EDITION

I. JOSEPH CONRAD

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FOOTNOTES:

II. THEODORE DREISER

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III. JAMES HUNEKER

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FOOTNOTES:

IV. PURITANISM AS A LITERARY FORCE

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FOOTNOTES:

IN DEFENSE OF WOMEN

INTRODUCTION

I. THE FEMININE MIND

1. THE MATERNAL INSTINCT

2. WOMEN'S INTELLIGENCE

3. THE MASCULINE BAG OF TRICKS

4. WHY WOMEN FAIL

5. THE THING CALLED INTUITION

II. THE WAR BETWEEN THE SEXES

6. HOW MARRIAGES ARE ARRANGED

7. THE FEMININE ATTITUDE

8. THE MALE BEAUTY

9. MEN AS AESTHETES

10. THE PROCESS OF DELUSION

11. BIOLOGICAL CONSIDERATIONS

12. HONOUR

13. WOMEN AND THE EMOTIONS

14. PSEUDO-ANAESTHESIA

15. MYTHICAL ANTHROPOPHAGI

16. A CONSPIRACY OF SILENCE

III. MARRIAGE

17. FUNDAMENTAL MOTIVES

18. THE PROCESS OF COURTSHIP

19. THE ACTUAL HUSBAND

20. THE UNATTAINABLE IDEAL

21. THE EFFECT ON THE RACE

22. COMPULSORY MARRIAGE

23. EXTRA-LEGAL DEVICES

24. INTERMEZZO ON MONOGAMY

25. LATE MARRIAGES

26. DISPARATE UNIONS

27. THE CHARM OF MYSTERY

28. WOMAN AS WIFE

29. MARRIAGE AND THE LAW

30. THE EMANCIPATED HOUSEWIFE

IV. WOMAN SUFFRAGE

31. THE CROWNING VICTORY

32. THE WOMAN VOTER

33. A GLANCE INTO THE FUTURE

34. THE SUFFRAGETTE

35. A MYTHICAL DARE-DEVIL

36. THE ORIGIN OF A DELUSION

37. WOMEN AS MARTYRS

38. PATHOLOGICAL EFFECTS

39. WOMEN AS CHRISTIANS

40. PIETY AS A SOCIAL HABIT

41. THE ETHICS OF WOMEN

V. THE NEW AGE

42. THE TRANSVALUATION OF VALUES

43. THE LADY OF JOY

44. THE FUTURE OF MARRIAGE

45. EFFECTS OF THE WAR

46. THE ETERNAL ROMANCE

47. APOLOGIA IN CONCLUSION

DAMN! A BOOK OF CALUMNY

I. PATER PATRIÆ

II. THE REWARD OF THE ARTIST

III. THE HEROIC CONSIDERED

IV. THE BURDEN OF HUMOR

V. THE SAVING GRACE

VI. MORAL INDIGNATION

VII. STABLE-NAMES

VIII. THE JEWS

IX. THE COMSTOCKIAN PREMISS

X. THE LABIAL INFAMY

XI. A TRUE ASCETIC

XII. ON LYING

XIII. HISTORY

XIV. THE CURSE OF CIVILIZATION

XV. EUGENICS

XVI. THE JOCOSE GODS

XVII. WAR

XVIII. MORALIST AND ARTIST

XIX. ACTORS

XX. THE CROWD

XXI. AN AMERICAN PHILOSOPHER

XXII. CLUBS

XXIII. FIDELIS AD URNUM

XXIV. A THEOLOGICAL MYSTERY

XXV. THE TEST OF TRUTH

XXVI. LITERARY INDECENCIES

XXVII. VIRTUOUS VANDALISM

XXVIII. A FOOTNOTE ON THE DUEL OF SEX

XXIX. ALCOHOL

XXX. THOUGHTS ON THE VOLUPTUOUS

XXXI. THE HOLY ESTATE

XXXII. DICHTUNG UND WAHRHEIT

XXXIII. WILD SHOTS

XXXIV. BEETHOVEN

XXXV. THE TONE ART

XXXVI. ZOOS

XXXVII. ON HEARING MOZART

XXXVIII. THE ROAD TO DOUBT

XXXIX. A NEW USE FOR CHURCHES

XL. THE ROOT OF RELIGION

XLI. FREE WILL

XLII. QUID EST VERITAS?

XLIII. THE DOUBTER'S REWARD

XLIV. BEFORE THE ALTAR

XLV. THE MASK

XLVI. PIA VENEZIANI, POI CRISTIANI

XLVII. OFF AGAIN, ON AGAIN

XLVIII. THEOLOGY

XLIX. EXEMPLI GRATIA

THE AMERICAN LANGUAGE

PREFACE

I. BY WAY OF INTRODUCTION

§ 1. The Diverging Streams

§ 2. The Academic Attitude

§ 3. The View of Writing Men

§ 4. Foreign Observers

§ 5. The Characters of American

§ 6. The Materials of American

FOOTNOTES:

II. THE BEGINNINGS OF AMERICAN

§ 1. In Colonial Days

§ 2. Sources of Early Americanisms

§ 3. New Words of English Material

§ 4. Changed Meanings

§ 5. Archaic English Words

§ 6. Colonial Pronunciation

FOOTNOTES:

III. THE PERIOD OF GROWTH

§ 1. The New Nation

§ 2. The Language in the Making

§ 3. The Expanding Vocabulary

§ 4. Loan-Words

§ 5. Pronunciation

FOOTNOTES:

IV. AMERICAN AND ENGLISH TODAY

§ 1. The Two Vocabularies

§ 2. Differences in Usage

§ 3. Honorifics

§ 4. Euphemisms and Forbidden Words

FOOTNOTES:

V. TENDENCIES IN AMERICAN

§ 1. International Exchanges

§ 2. Points of Difference

§ 3. Lost Distinctions

§ 4. Foreign Influences Today

§ 5. Processes of Word Formation

§ 6. Pronunciation

FOOTNOTES:

VI. THE COMMON SPEECH

§ 1. Grammarians and Their Ways

§ 2. Spoken American As It Is

§ 3. The Verb

§ 4. The Pronoun

§ 5. The Adverb

§ 6. The Noun and Adjective

§ 7. The Double Negative

§ 8. Pronunciation

FOOTNOTES:

VII. DIFFERENCES IN SPELLING

§ 1. Typical Forms

§ 2. General Tendencies

§ 3. The Influence of Webster

§ 4. Exchanges

§ 5. Simplified Spelling

§ 6. Minor Differences

FOOTNOTES:

VIII. PROPER NAMES IN AMERICA

§ 1. Surnames

§ 2. Given Names

§ 3. Geographical Names

§ 4. Street Names

FOOTNOTES:

IX. MISCELLANEA

§ 1. Proverb and Platitude

§ 2. American Slang

§ 3. The Future of the Language

FOOTNOTES:

FOOTNOTES:

LIST OF WORDS AND PHRASES

THE AMERICAN CREDO

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HELIOGABALUS: A BUFFOONERY IN THREE ACTS

DRAMATIS PERSONÆ

ACT I

ACT II

ACT III

VENTURES INTO VERSE

WARNING

PRELIMINARY REBUKE

VENTURES INTO VERSE

TO R. K.1

THE SONG OF THE OLDEN TIME

THE SPANISH MAIN

THE TRANSPORT GEN'RAL FERGUSON2

A WAR SONG

FAITH

THE BALLAD OF SHIPS IN HARBOR

THE ORF'CER BOY

THE FILIPINO MAIDEN

THE VIOLET

THE TIN-CLADS3

SEPTEMBER

ARABESQUE

ESSAYS IN OLD FRENCH FORMS

A BALLADE OF PROTEST4

A FRIVOLOUS RONDEAU

THE RHYMES OF MISTRESS DOROTHY

Roundel—

Triolet—

Roundelay—

A FEW LINES

A RONDEAU OF TWO HOURS

AN ANTE-CHRISTMAS RONDEAU

ROUNDEL

IN VAUDEVILLE

THE RONDEAU OF RICHES

IN EATING SOUP

LOVE AND THE ROSE

A RONDEAU OF STATESMANSHIP

SONGS OF THE CITY

SONGS OF THE CITY

I—Auroral5

II—Madrigal

III—Within the City Gates

IV—April

V—The Coming of Winter

VI—The Snow

VII—Nocturne

OTHER VERSES

A MADRIGAL

A BALLAD OF LOOKING

WHEN THE PIPE GOES OUT

A PARADOX

THE SONG OF THE SLAPSTICK

IL PENSEROSO

FINIS

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H. L. Mencken and George Jean Nathan

The American Language, The American Credo, The Philosophy Of Friedrich Nietzsche

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