“When Fame comes upon a man well before death then must he most particularly beware of it, for is it then most dangerous. Neither must he, having achieved it, relax effort nor (a much greater peril) think he has done his work because some Fame now attaches thereto.” -- Hilaire Belloc
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Chapters
- Chapter 1
01 - Preface and Chapter 1 - An Open Letter to a Young Diplomatist
13:41 - Chapter 2
02 - Chapter 2 - On Pedants
11:47 - Chapter 3
03 - Chapter 3 - On Atheism
07:38 - Chapter 4
04 - Chapter 4 - On Fame
05:18 - Chapter 5
05 - Chapter 5 - On Rest
06:23 - Chapter 6
06 - Chapter 6 - On Discovery
07:17 - Chapter 7
07 - Chapter 7 - On Inns
13:13 - Chapter 8
08 - Chapter 8 - On Rows
07:17 - Chapter 9
09 - Chapter 9 - The Pleasant Place
12:02 - Chapter 10
10 - Chapter 9 (concluded) - The Pleasant Place
09:44 - Chapter 11
11 - Chapter 10 - On Omens
07:45 - Chapter 12
12 - Chapter 11 - The Book
10:17 - Chapter 13
13 - Chapter 11 (concluded) - The Book
05:15 - Chapter 14
14 - Chapter 12 - The Servants of the Rich
09:06 - Chapter 15
15 - Chapter 13 - The Joke
11:15 - Chapter 16
16 - Chapter 14 - The Spy
06:32 - Chapter 17
17 - Chapter 15 - The Young People
08:28 - Chapter 18
18 - Chapter 16 - Ethandune
08:45 - Chapter 19
19 - Chapter 17 - The Death of Robert the Strong
11:09 - Chapter 20
20 - Chapter 18 - The Crooked Streets
09:27 - Chapter 21
21 - Chapter 19 - The Place Apart
09:01 - Chapter 22
22 - Chapter 20 -The Ebro Plain
09:15 - Chapter 23
23 - Chapter 21 - The Little River
08:43 - Chapter 24
24 - Chapter 22 - Some Letters of Shakespeare's Time
11:06 - Chapter 25
25 - Chapter 23 - On Acquaintance with the Great
09:43 - Chapter 26
26 - Chapter 24 - On Lying
07:46 - Chapter 27
27 - Chapter 25 - The Dupe
06:57 - Chapter 28
28 - Chapter 26 - The Love of England
05:41 - Chapter 29
29 - Chapter 27 - The Storm
09:49 - Chapter 30
30 -Chapter 28 - The Valley
09:15 - Chapter 31
31 - Chapter 29 - A Conversation in Andorra
11:25 - Chapter 32
32 - Chapter 30 - Paris and the East
10:19 - Chapter 33
33 - Chapter 31 - The Human Charlatan
08:59 - Chapter 34
34 - Chapter 31 (concluded) - The Human Charlatan
04:44 - Chapter 35
35 - Chapter 32 - The Barbarians
12:06 - Chapter 36
36 - Chapter 33 - On Knowing the Past
07:09 - Chapter 37
37- Chapter 33 (concluded) - On Knowing the Past
06:34 - Chapter 38
38 - Chapter 34 - The Higher Criticism
13:03 - Chapter 39
39 - Chapter 35 - The Fanatic
07:07 - Chapter 40
40 - Chapter 36 - A Leading Article
06:21 - Chapter 41
41 - Chapter 37 - The Obituary Notice
07:23 - Chapter 42
42 - Chapter 38 - The "Merry Rome" Column
07:58 - Chapter 43
43 - Chapter 39 - Open Letter to a Young Parasite
09:27 - Chapter 44
44 - Chapter 40 - On Dropping Anchor
08:17