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The Pleasures of Ignorance

by Robert LYND (1879 - 1949)

New Year Prophecies

From the pen of the Irish poet and essayist, Robert Lynd, comes a collection of humorous and satirical essays on topics as wide ranging as cats and weed to why we hate insects and morals of beans. - Summary by Larry Wilson

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Listen next episodes of The Pleasures of Ignorance:
A Juror in Waiting , Eggs: An Easter Homily , Enter The Spring , Going to The Derby , In the Train , June , On Feeling Gay , On Knowing the Difference , On Seeing a Joke , The Daredevil Barber , The Intellectual Side of Horse-Racing , The Morals of Beans , The Most Curious Animal , The Old Indifference , The Three-halfpenny Bit , This Blasted World , Virtue , Weeds: An Appreciation , Why We Hate Insects