From the pen of the Irish poet and essayist, Robert Lynd, comes a collection of humorous and satirical essays on topics as wide ranging as cats and weed to why we hate insects and morals of beans. - Summary by Larry Wilson
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Chapters
- Chapter 1
The Pleasures of Ignorance
10:33 - Chapter 2
The Herring Fleet
14:43 - Chapter 3
The Betting Man
13:04 - Chapter 4
The Hum of Insects
12:05 - Chapter 5
Cats
12:58 - Chapter 6
May
12:00 - Chapter 7
New Year Prophecies
15:23 - Chapter 8
On Knowing the Difference
13:20 - Chapter 9
The Intellectual Side of Horse-Racing
14:35 - Chapter 10
Why We Hate Insects
14:17 - Chapter 11
Virtue
11:36 - Chapter 12
June
11:21 - Chapter 13
On Feeling Gay
15:14 - Chapter 14
In the Train
14:02 - Chapter 15
The Most Curious Animal
13:25 - Chapter 16
The Old Indifference
12:40 - Chapter 17
Eggs: An Easter Homily
12:33 - Chapter 18
Enter The Spring
13:55 - Chapter 19
The Daredevil Barber
11:17 - Chapter 20
Weeds: An Appreciation
14:40 - Chapter 21
A Juror in Waiting
12:14 - Chapter 22
The Three-halfpenny Bit
12:14 - Chapter 23
The Morals of Beans
11:10 - Chapter 24
On Seeing a Joke
12:48 - Chapter 25
Going to The Derby
12:59 - Chapter 26
This Blasted World
10:33