First printed in the Westminster Gazette, these short essays crystallise ideas that came up in conversation. Allen, a convinced Darwinian, applies the struggle for existence to the rivalry of languages, then turns his restless mind to the Gothic revival, matters of taste and other questions of the 1890s, aiming to provoke thought rather than settle it.
Brisk, contrarian talk from one of the cleverest late-Victorian popularisers. Download the free EPUB.