CONTENTS

ALLSTON, WASHINGTON:

The Lost Ornament 191

ANONYMOUS:

The Gentle Reader 14

King David and the Gardener 198

Sabbath Bells 275

From the Greek Anthology 313

Letter from an Indian Gentleman to an

English Friend 324

A Babu Letter 327

Mary Powell 341

A Tur'ble Chap 374

After Mr. Masefield 384

Hits and Misses 443

The Broken Window 443

BAGEHOT, WALTER:

Letters 212

BALMANNO, MRS.:

Charles and his Sister 193

BETHAM, M.M.:

Miss Pate 190

BOSWELL:

Dr. Johnson at Court 346

BROOKFIELD, W.H.:

Mr. Brookfield in his Youth 376

BROWN, T.E.:

Letters of T.E. Brown 85

BUTLER, SAMUEL:

Clergyman and Chickens 15

Melchisedec 15

Eating and Proselytising 15

Sea-sickness 17

Assimilation and Persecution 17

Night-shirts and Babies 17

Does Mamma Know? 18

Croesus and his Kitchen-maid 19

Adam and Eve 24

Fire 24

The Electric Light in its Infancy 25

New-laid Eggs 25

Snapshotting a Bishop 26

BYRON:

Apples 359

CALVERLEY, CHARLES:

Visions 99

The Schoolmaster Abroad with his Son 174

Motherhood 257

"Forever" 337

CARLYLE:

Richter 1

CARROLL, LEWIS:

The Author of "Alice" 378

CHESTERTON, G.K.:

The Wisdom of G.K.C. 140

COBBETT, WILLIAM:

His Marriage 230

Life at Botley 233

His Children 237

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