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H. L. Mencken - Premium Collection
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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II. THEODORE DREISER
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III. JAMES HUNEKER
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IV. PURITANISM AS A LITERARY FORCE
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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
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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
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III. THE PERIOD OF GROWTH
§ 1. The New Nation
§ 2. The Language in the Making
§ 3. The Expanding Vocabulary
§ 4. Loan-Words
§ 5. Pronunciation
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IV. AMERICAN AND ENGLISH TODAY
§ 1. The Two Vocabularies
§ 2. Differences in Usage
§ 3. Honorifics
§ 4. Euphemisms and Forbidden Words
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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
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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
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VII. DIFFERENCES IN SPELLING
§ 1. Typical Forms
§ 2. General Tendencies
§ 3. The Influence of Webster
§ 4. Exchanges
§ 5. Simplified Spelling
§ 6. Minor Differences
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VIII. PROPER NAMES IN AMERICA
§ 1. Surnames
§ 2. Given Names
§ 3. Geographical Names
§ 4. Street Names
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IX. MISCELLANEA
§ 1. Proverb and Platitude
§ 2. American Slang
§ 3. The Future of the Language
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LIST OF WORDS AND PHRASES
THE AMERICAN CREDO
PREFACE
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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
