cattle-farming more profitable? Dutch _v._ Italian gardening. What is
an etching? Do dreams come true? Is freemasonry a fraud? or
champagne? are Havanas? Best brand of whiskey? Ought Building and
Friendly Societies to be supervised? Smoking in theatres. Should
gentlemen pay ladies' cab-fares? Genius and insanity. Are cigarettes
poisonous? Is luxury a boon? Thirteen at table, and all other
superstitions--are they foolish? Why young men don't marry. Shall we
ever reach the Pole? How soon will England and the States be at war?
The real sites and people in Thackeray's novels. A universal penny
post? Cheap telegrams and telephones? Is the Bank of England safe?
Are the planets inhabited? Should girls have more liberty? Should
they propose? or wear crinolines? Why not have an unlimited paper
currency? or a decimal system and coinage? or a one-pound note?
Should we abolish the Lords? or preserve the Commons? Why not
euthanasia? Should dramatic critics write plays? Who built the
Pyramids? Are the English the Lost Ten Tribes? Should we send
missions to the heathen? How long will our coal hold out? Who
executed Charles I.? Are the tablets of Tel-el-Amarna trustworthy?
are hieroglyphic readers? Will war ever die? or people live to a
hundred? The best moustache-forcer, bicycle, typewriter, and system
of shorthand or of teaching the blind? Was Sam Weller possible? Who
was the original of Becky Sharp? Of Dodo? Does tea hurt? Do
gutta-percha shoes? or cork soles? Shall we disestablish the church?
or tolerate a reredos in St. Paul's? Is Euclid played out? Is there a
fourth dimension of space? Which is the real old Curiosity Shop? Is
the Continental man better educated than the Briton? Why can't we
square the circle? or solve equations to the _n_th degree? or
colour-print in England? What is the use of South Kensington? Is
paraffin good for baldness? or eucalyptus for influenza? How many
elements are there? Should cousins marry? or the House be adjourned