Points of friction
POINTS OF FRICTION
BY
AGNES REPPLIER, Litt.D.
AUTHOR OF "BOOKS AND MEN," "ESSAYS IN IDLENESS," "COUNTER CURRENTS," ETC., ETC.
BOSTON AND NEW YORK
HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY
The Riverside Press Cambridge
1920
COPYRIGHT, 1920, BY AGNES REPPLIER
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
Note
Six of the ten essays in this volume—"Living in History," "Dead Authors," "Consolations of the Conservative," "The Cheerful Clan," "Woman Enthroned," and "Money"—are reprinted through the courtesy of The Atlantic Monthly; "The Beloved Sinner" and "The Strayed Prohibitionist" through the courtesy of The Century Magazine; "Cruelty and Humour" through the courtesy of The Yale Review; "The Virtuous Victorian" through the courtesy of The Nation.
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