THE SIMPLE LIFE
By CHARLES WAGNER
Author of The Better Way
Translated from the French by Mary Louise Hendee
GROSSET & DUNLAP
Publishers, New York
Copyright, 1901, by
McCLURE, PHILLIPS & CO.
CONTENTS | ||
|---|---|---|
| PAGE | ||
| I. | OUR COMPLEX LIFE | 1 |
| II. | THE ESSENCE OF SIMPLICITY | 15 |
| III. | SIMPLICITY OF THOUGHT | 22 |
| IV. | SIMPLICITY OF SPEECH | 39 |
| V. | SIMPLE DUTY | 52 |
| VI. | SIMPLE NEEDS | 68 |
| VII. | SIMPLE PLEASURES | 80 |
| VIII. | THE MERCENARY SPIRIT AND SIMPLICITY | 96 |
| IX. | NOTORIETY AND THE INGLORIOUS GOOD | 111 |
| X. | THE WORLD AND THE LIFE OF THE HOME | 128 |
| XI. | SIMPLE BEAUTY | 139 |
| XII. | PRIDE AND SIMPLICITY IN THE INTERCOURSE OF MEN | 151 |
| XIII. | THE EDUCATION FOR SIMPLICITY | 167 |
| XIV. | CONCLUSION | 188 |
[1]THE SIMPLE LIFE
I
OUR COMPLEX LIFE
AT the home of the Blanchards, everything is topsy-turvy, and withreason. Think of it! Mlle. Yvonne is to be
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