1908
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January
“Macnaughton’s Revenge.” 3 Jan 1908, p. 3
“The Great American Moral Lesson.” 10 Jan 1908. p. 2
“Puzzles in Criticism.” 17 Jan. 1908, p. 9
“The Great Drood Case.” 24 Jan 1908, p. 9
“Me and My Governor.” 30 Jan 1908, p. 4 [A spoof on Edmund Gosse’s Father and Son.]
February
“Humour and Earnestness.” 7 Feb 1908, p. 9 [A response to people who took the previous column seriously]
“Waterloo by Telegraph.” 14 Feb 1908, p. 9
“Lord Acton’s Puzzle.” 21 Feb 1908, p. 4
“Jeanne d’Arc’s New Historian.” 28 Feb 1908, p. 9
March
“How to Write Novels.” 6 Mar 1908, p. 9
“The Madness of Socrates.” 13 Mar 1908, p. 9
“The Iniquity of Memorials.” 20 Mar 1908, p. 9
“The Rise of Ball Games.” 27 Mar 1908, p. 9
April
“A Judicial Puzzle.” 3 Apr. 1908, p. 4
“Grave Charges Against an Archbishop.” 10 Apr 1908, p. 4
“On Writing Oneself Out.” 17 Apr. 1908, p. 3
“The General Instructor.” 24 Apr. 1908, p. 4
May
“American Universities ‘Harking Back.’” 1 May 1908, p. 5
“Science and Superstition.” 8 May 1908. p. 10
“American Athletes.” 15 May, 1908, p. 10
“The Evolution of Bowling.” 22 May 1908, p. 9
“The Prehistoric Up to Date.” 29 May 1908, p. 9
June
“Shakespeare and Joan of Arc.” 5 Jun 1908, p. 10
“The Appearance of War.” 12 Jun 1908, p. 9
“The Wiles of the Medium.” 19 Jun 1908, p. 9
“Thoughts on Jewelry.” 26 Jun 1908, p. 10
July
“The Real Brigadier General.” 3 July 1908, p. 10
“Howlers.” 10 Jul 1908, p. 10
“Thoughts on Protective Resemblances.” 17 Jul 1908, p. 4
“Doubles.” 24 Jul 1908, p. 9
“The Possibilities of Glamour.” 31 Jul 1908, p. 9
August
“Rather Strange Stories.” 7 Aug. 1908, p. 7
“Touchiness about Names.” 14 Aug 1908, p. 7
28 Aug. 1908 [Apparently none].
September
“Reminiscences of Mr. Hall Caine.” 4 Sep. 1908, p. 7
“‘A Nice Marality, Stap Me’.” 11 Sep 1908. p. 2
“Amateur Students of War.” 18 Sep 1908, p. 7
“The Greek Anthology.” 25 Sep 1908, p. 2
October
“The Strange Case of Lurancy Vennum.” 2 Oct 1908, p. 2
“The Bookman’s Character.” 9 Oct 1908. p. 7
“The Puzzle of Old Irish Romances.” 16 Oct 1908, p. 9
“Unearthly Experiments.” 23 Oct. 1908, p. 3
“‘Sympneumata’—and Orpheus” 30 Oct 1908, p. 7
November
“Luck Bringers.” 6 Nov. 1908, p. 8
“A Popular Fallacy.” 13 Nov. 1908, p. 3 [on Homer’s non-influence on English poetry]
“Waterloo Poetry.” 20 Nov. 1908, p. 4
“Possible and Impossible Historical Novels.” 27 Nov. 1908, p. 9
December
“The Man of the Mask.” 4 Dec. 1908, p. 9
“Agincourt.” 11 Dec. 1908, p. 4
“The Paltriest of Pretenders.” 18 Dec. 1908, p. 4
“The Philosophy of Antipathies.” 25 Dec. 1908, p. 7
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