Table of Contents
Foreword Sohrab Ahmari ix
Dedication xv
Part 1 The Homelessness of Man
I The Medical Mistake 5
II Wanted, An Unpractical Man 9
III The New Hypocrite 15
IV The Fear of the Past 21
V The Unfinished Temple 29
VI The Enemies of Property 35
VII The Free Family 39
VIII The Wildness of Domesticity 43
IX History of Hudge and Gudge 47
X Oppression by Optimism 53
XI The Homelessness of Jones 57
Part 2 Imperialism, or the Mistake about Man
I The Charm of jingoism 63
II Wisdom and the Weather 67
III The Common Vision 73
IV The Insane Necessity 77
Part 36 Feminism, or the Mistake about Woman
I The Unmilitary Suffragette 87
II The Universal Stick 91
III The Emancipation of Domesticity 97
IV The Romance of Thrift 103
V The Coldness of Chloe 109
VI The Pedant and the Savage 115
VII The Modern Surrender of Woman 119
VIII The Brand of the Fleur-de-Lis 123
IX Sincerity and the Gallows 127
X The Higher Anarchy 131
XI The Queen and the Suffragettes 135
XII The Modern Slave 137
Part 4 Education, or the Mistake about the Child
I The Calvinism of Today 143
II The Tribal Terror 147
III The Tricks of Environment 151
IV The Truth about Education 153
V An Evil Cry 157
VI Authority the Unavoidable 161
VII The Humility of Mrs. Grundy 167
VIII The Broken Rainbow 171
IX The Need for Narrowness 175
X The Case for the Public Schools 179
XI The School for Hypocrites 185
XII The Staleness of the New Schools 191
XIII The Outlawed Parent 195
XIV Folly and Female Education 199
Part 5 The Home of Man
I The Empire of the Insect 205
II The Fallacy of the Umbrella Stand 213
III The Dreadful Duty of Gudge 219
IV A Last Instance 223
V Conclusion 225
Three Notes
I On Female Suffrage 233
II On Cleanliness in Education 235
III On Peasant Proprietorship 237
