Published 9 October 1923; copies deposited at Library of Congress 20 October 1923.
Later printings issued in Little blue book series wrappers.
Contents
"Back-waters" in progress -- Is progress a "useful illusion"? --"Selling" culture to the masses -- Culture must be earned -- Can newspapers be "cultural"? -- Raising false standards -- Art in America "doesn't pay"! --Plotters and workers -- Unselfishness in the "slums" -- The lure of Oriental philosophy -- Why take a "correspondence course"? -- Birth control --Decoration day abuses -- Our 147th birthday -- A word about Esperanto -- Can college presidents be "liberal"? -- Censorship in Kansas City.