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Hilaire Belloc, French by birth, British by naturalization, was a diverse and prolific writer of the early 20th century. His writing runs the range from poetry, political writings and children’s stories. He was a close friend, and sometimes collaborator with fellow Catholic G.K. Chesterton.

This book is a collection of essays and other short writings on a vast array of subjects ranging from observations on Bad Verse and Mumbo-Jumbo to Sailing the Seas and Hatred of Numbers.
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Chapters

Chapter 1
On Achmet Boulee Bey
10:05
Chapter 2
On an Educational Reform
15:56
Chapter 3
On Kind Hearts Being More Than Coronets
12:33
Chapter 4
On Mumbo-Jumbo
14:29
Chapter 5
On Footnotes
12:52
Chapter 6
A Few Kind Words to Mammon
12:53
Chapter 7
On Treves
10:36
Chapter 8
On the Cathedral of Seville and ''The Misanthrope''
14:24
Chapter 9
On the ''Bucolics" of Virgil, A Cafe in Paris, The Length of Essays, Phoebus, Bacchus, A Wanton Maid, and Other Matters
09:49
Chapter 10
On Titles
12:18
Chapter 11
On Bad Verse
12:25
Chapter 12
The United Poets
10:44
Chapter 13
On Convincing People
13:50
Chapter 14
On Controversy
12:21
Chapter 15
On Inaccuracy
10:22
Chapter 16
On Technical Words
09:49
Chapter 17
On the Accursed Climate
11:39
Chapter 18
On Accent
13:50
Chapter 19
On Truth and the Admiralty
08:02
Chapter 20
A Short Adventure
15:11
Chapter 21
On Sailing The Seas
19:59
Chapter 22
Off Exmouth
08:06
Chapter 23
On a Piece of Rope
09:36
Chapter 24
Ultimo Ratio
10:17
Chapter 25
On a Tag Provider
15:49
Chapter 26
On ''And''
13:43
Chapter 27
The Cad's Encyclopaedia
10:59
Chapter 28
On the Melting of the Ice
07:49
Chapter 29
On the Hatred of Numbers
20:59
Chapter 30
On the Last Infirmity
09:25

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Chapters

On Achmet Boulee Bey

On an Educational Reform

On Kind Hearts Being More Than Coronets

On Mumbo-Jumbo

On Footnotes

A Few Kind Words to Mammon

On Treves

On the Cathedral of Seville and ''The Misanthrope''

On the ''Bucolics" of Virgil, A Cafe in Paris, The Length of Essays, Phoebus, Bacchus, A Wanton Maid, and Other Matters

On Titles

On Bad Verse

The United Poets

On Convincing People

On Controversy

On Inaccuracy

On Technical Words

On the Accursed Climate

On Accent

On Truth and the Admiralty

A Short Adventure

On Sailing The Seas

Off Exmouth

On a Piece of Rope

Ultimo Ratio

On a Tag Provider

On ''And''

The Cad's Encyclopaedia

On the Melting of the Ice

On the Hatred of Numbers

On the Last Infirmity