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Damn! a book of calumny / by H. L. Mencken.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956
- Language:
- English
- Genre:
- Essays.
- Physical Description:
- 139 pages, 3 unnumbered pages ; 20 cm
- Edition:
- [Second edition, first issue.].
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Philip Goodman, 1918.
- Contents:
- Preface
- Pater patriæ
- The reward of the artist
- The heroic considered
- The burden of humor
- The saving grace
- Moral indignation
- Stable-names
- The Jews
- The Comstockian premiss
- The labial infamy
- A true ascetic
- On lying
- History
- The curse of civilization
- Eugenics
- The jocose gods
- War
- Moralist and artist
- Actors
- The crowd
- An American philosopher
- Clubs
- Fidelis ad Urnum
- A theological mystery
- The test of truth
- Literary indecencies
- Virtuous vandalism
- A footnote on the duel of sex
- Alcohol
- Thoughts on the voluptuous
- The holy estate
- Dichtung and Wahrheit
- Wild shots
- Beethoven
- The tone art
- Zoos
- On hearing Mozart
- The road to doubt
- A new use for churches
- The root of religion
- Free will
- Quid est veritas?
- The doubter's reward
- Before the altar
- The mask
- Pia Veneziani, poi Cristiani
- Off again, on again
- Theology
- Exemplia gratia.
- Notes:
- With half-title.
- "Fourth Edition".
- Contains Preface (p. v-ix) dated July 1918.
- "Larger type, revised, preface added. Errors of first edition corrected on p. 86 and 130."--Cf. Schrader.
- Publisher's advertisement: [1] p. at end.
- Rust red cloth binding stamped in black.
- Cited in:
- Schrader, R. J. H. L. Mencken. University of Pittsburgh Press, p. 70
- OCLC:
- 3492380
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