divided skirt. The antiquity of man. Geology: is the story of the
rocks short, or long, or true? Geology _v._ Genesis; Genesis _v._
Kuenen. Was Pope a poet? Was Whitman? Was Poe a drunkard, or Griswold
a liar? Was Hamlet mad? Was Blake? Is waltzing immoral? Is humour
declining? Is there a modern British drama? Corporal punishment in
schools. Compulsory vaccination. What shall we do with our daughters?
or our sons? or our criminals? or our paupers? or ourselves? Female
franchise. Republicanism. Which is the best soap? or tooth-powder? Is
Morris's printing really good? Is the race progressing? Is our navy
fit? Should dynamite be used in war? or in peace? What persons should
be buried in Westminster Abbey? Origin of every fairy-tale. Who made
our proverbs and ballads? Cold baths _v._ hot or Turkish. Home Rule.
Should the Royal Academy be abolished? and who should be the next
R.A.? Should there be an Academy of Literature? or a Channel Tunnel?
Was De Lesseps to blame? Should we not patronise English
watering-places? Should there be pianos in board schools? or
theology? Authors and publishers; artists and authors. Is literature
a trade? Should pauper aliens be admitted? or pauper couples
separated? Bank Holiday. Irving _v._ Tree. The world's politics,
present, future, and even past--retrospective questions being
constantly re-agitated: as, Should the American slaves have been
emancipated? or Was the French Revolution a Folly? _Apropos_, which
is the best history of it? Who is the rightful Queen of England? Is
cycling injurious to the cyclist? or the public? Who was the Man in
the Iron Mask? Is the Stock Exchange immoral? What is influenza?
Ought we to give cabmen more than their fare? Tips generally. Should
dogs be muzzled? Have we a right to extend our empire? or to keep it?
Should we federate it? Are there ghosts? Is spiritualism a fraud? Is
theosophy? Was Madame Blavatsky? Was Jezebel a wretch, or a
Hellenist? The abuse of the quarantine. Should ladies ride astride?