James Runciman, a journalist who had served at sea, collects essays on what he called the joints in our social armour. The drink question is the starting point, approached through human cases rather than statistics, and from there he writes on voyaging and disasters at sea, war, friendship, gambling heroes, summer days and dandies.
Vigorous Victorian journalism with a moralist’s edge, for readers interested in the period’s social debates. Download the free EPUB.