GROSSET & DUNLAP Publishers, New York

Copyright, 1901, by McCLURE, PHILLIPS & CO.

CONTENTS

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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