Twenty short nonfiction works in the public domain. "The Regulation of Time" <br />and "Uniform Standard Time" are two of several readings which touch on social <br />regulation, societal norms, and individual expression. Others examine dancing mania <br />("Choreomania"); gender conformity ("A Mormon Strategy"); race laws ("Black Code of <br />Illinois"); etiquette and social class ("Housekeeping at the White House (1903)"; "Opportunity" (a view by Ambrose Bierce); organized religion ("The Church in Liverpool in the Early 1800s"); oratory and persuasion ("Pliny to Cerealis" and "The Martians"); legal protection for original ideas ("Copyright for a banana costume"); and an exhortation to judge men by their deeds, not their names ("First Apology of Justin Martyr"). Music and books are celebrated in "Fidelio;" "The Function of a National Library;" "Books in the Wilderness;" and Oscar Wilde's "To Read or Not to Read." Natural science is represented by "Coral and Coral Reefs" and "Making a Rock Garden." Finally, a fateful communique is examined in the "Zimmermann Telegram." Summary by Sue Anderson<br /><br />Pliny to Cerealis: Letter XXIV was translated by William Melmoth<br />