Pleasures of Ignorance

by Robert Lynd

26 chapters5h 35mEnglish1921

About this book

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

Chapters (26)

1The Pleasures of Ignorance

633

2The Herring Fleet

883

3The Betting Man

784

4The Hum of Insects

725

5Cats

778

6May

720

7New Year Prophecies

923

8On Knowing the Difference

800

9The Intellectual Side of Horse-Racing

875

10Why We Hate Insects

857

11Virtue

696

12June

681

13On Feeling Gay

914

14In the Train

842

15The Most Curious Animal

805

16The Old Indifference

760

17Eggs: An Easter Homily

753

18Enter The Spring

835

19The Daredevil Barber

677

20Weeds: An Appreciation

880

21A Juror in Waiting

734

22The Three-halfpenny Bit

734

23The Morals of Beans

670

24On Seeing a Joke

768

25Going to The Derby

779

26This Blasted World

633

Pleasures of Ignorance

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