TY - BOOK AU - Runciman,James AU - Allen,Grant AU - Runciman,John F. AU - Stead,W.T. TI - Side Lights AV - PR PY - 2005/// PB - Project Gutenberg KW - Authorship KW - Social problems N1 - A note on the author, by Grant Allen -- An introductory word about the book, by W. T. Stead -- Letter-writers -- On writing oneself out -- The decline of literature -- Colour-blindness in literature -- The surfeit of books -- People who are "down" -- Ill-assorted marriages -- Happy marriages -- Shrews -- Are we wealthy? -- The values of labour -- The hopeless poor -- Waifs and strays -- Stage-children -- Public and private morality: past and present -- "Raising the level of amusements" -- A little sermon on failures -- "Vanity of vanities" -- Gamblers -- Scoundrels -- Quiet old towns -- The sea -- Sorrow -- Death -- Journalism; Public domain in the USA; Electronic text UR - http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/15762 ER -