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The Lost Art of Reading

By Gerald Stanley Lee

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The Lost Art of Reading
Contents
Book I Interferences with the Reading Habit
- The First Interference: Civilisation
  - I Dust
  - II Dust
  - III Dust to Dust
  - IV Ashes
  - V The Literary Rush
  - VI Parenthesis To the Gentle Reader
  - VII More Parenthesis—But More to the Point
  - VIII More Literary Rush
  - IX The Bugbear of Being Well Informed—A Practical Suggestion
  - X The Dead Level of Intelligence
  - XI The Art of Reading as One Likes
- The Second Interference: The Disgrace of the Imagination
  - I On Wondering Why One Was Born
  - II The Top of the Bureau Principle
- The Third Interference: The Unpopularity of the First Person Singular
  - I The First Person a Necessary Evil
  - II The Art of Being Anonymous
  - III Egoism and Society
  - IV i + I = We
  - V The Autobiography of Beauty
- The Fourth Interference: The Habit of Not Letting One’s Self Go
  - I The Country Boy in Literature
  - II The Subconscious Self
  - III The Organic Principle of Inspiration
- The Fifth Interference: The Habit of Analysis
  - I If Shakespeare Came to Chicago
  - II Analysis Analysed
- The Sixth Interference: Literary Drill in College
  - I Seeds and Blossoms
  - II Private Road: Dangerous
  - III The Organs of Literature
  - IV Entrance Examinations in Joy
  - V Natural Selection in Theory
  - VI Natural Selection in Practice
  - VII The Emancipation of the Teacher
  - VIII The Test of Culture
  - IX Summary
  - X A Note
- The Seventh Interference: Libraries. Wanted: An Old-Fashioned Librarian
  - I viz.
  - II cf.
  - III et al.
  - IV etc.
  - V O
Book II Possibilities
- I The Issue
  - II The First Selection
  - III Conveniences
  - IV The Charter of Possibility
  - V The Great Game
  - VI Outward Bound
Book III Details. The Confessions of an Unscientific Mind
- I—Unscientific
  - I On Being Intelligent in a Library
  - II How It Feels
  - III How a Specialist can Be an Educated Man
  - IV On Reading Books through Their Backs
  - V On Keeping Each Other in Countenance
  - VI The Romance of Science
  - VII Monads
  - VIII Multiplication Tables
- II—On Reading for Principles
  - I On Changing One’s Conscience
  - II On the Intolerance of Experienced People
  - III On Having One’s Experience Done Out
  - IV On Reading a Newspaper in Ten Minutes
  - V General Information
  - VI But——
- III—Reading Down Through
  - I Inside
  - II On Being Lonely with a Book
  - III Keeping Other Minds Off
  - IV Reading Backwards
- IV—Reading for Facts
  - I Calling the Meeting to Order
  - II Symbolic Facts
  - III Duplicates: A Principle of Economy
- V—Reading for Results
  - I The Blank Paper Frame of Mind
  - II The Usefully Unfinished
  - III Athletics
- VI—Reading for Feelings
  - I The Passion of Truth
  - II Topical Point of View
- VII—Reading the World Together
  - I Focusing
  - II The Human Unit
  - III The Higher Cannibalism
  - IV Spiritual Thrift
  - V The City, the Church, and the College
  - VI The Outsiders
  - VII Reading the World Together
Book IV What to Do Next
- I See Next Chapter
  - II Diagnosis
  - III Eclipse
  - IV Apocalypse
  - V Every Man his Own Genius
  - VI An Inclined Plane
  - VII Allons
Footnotes