The Angel and the Author, and Others. Джером К. Джером

CHAPTER XI

       The everlasting Newness of Woman.

       Doctor says she is not to be bothered.

       That “Higher Life.”

       Is there anything left for her to learn?

       When they have tried it the other way round.

       A brutal suggestion.

       CHAPTER XII

       Why I hate Heroes.

       Because it always seems to be his Day.

       Because he always “gets there,” without any trouble.

       Because he’s so damned clever.

       And, finally, because I don’t believe he’s true.

       CHAPTER XIII

       How to be Healthy and Unhappy.

       The unsympathetic Umbrella.

       A Martyr to Health.

       He was never pig-headed.

       Only just in time.

       How to avoid Everything.

       The one Cure-All.

       CHAPTER XIV

       Europe and the bright American Girl.

       She has the Art of Listening.

       The Republican Idea in practice.

       What the Soldier dared not do.

       Her path of Usefulness.

       CHAPTER XV

       Music and the Savage.

       Recreation for the Higher clergy.

       Why are we so young?

       Where Brotherly (and Sisterly) Love reigns supreme.

       The one sure Joke.

       How Anarchists are made.

       CHAPTER XVI

       The Ghost and the Blind Children.

       Why not, occasionally, a cheerful Ghost.

       Where are the dead Humorists?

       The Spirit does not shine as a Conversationalist.

       She is now a Believer.

       How does he do it?

       Blind Children playing in a World of Darkness.

       CHAPTER XVII

       Parents and their Teachers.

       Their first attempt.

       The Parent can do no right.

       His foolish talk.

       The Child of Fiction.

       The misunderstood Father.

       CHAPTER XVIII

       Marriage and the Joke of it.

       Love and the Satyr.

       What the Gipsy did not mention.

       A few rules for Married Happiness.

       The real Darby and Joan.

       Many ways of Love.

       Which is it?