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_The Long Voyage_ 309
_The Begging-letter Writer_ 317
_A Child’s Dream of a Star_ 324
_Our English Watering-place_ 327
_Our French Watering-place_ 335
_Bill-sticking_ 346
“_Births_. _Mrs. Meek_, _of a Son_” 357
_Lying Awake_ 361
_The Ghost of Art_ 367
_Out of Town_ 373
_Out of the Season_ 379
_A Poor Man’s Tale of a Patent_ 386
_The Noble Savage_ 391
_A Flight_ 397
_The Detective Police_ 406
_Three_ “_Detective_” _Anecdotes_ 422
_I.—The Pair of
Gloves_
_II.—The Artful
Touch_
_III.—The Sofa_
_On Duty with Inspector Field_ 430
_Down with the Tide_ 442
_A Walk in a Workhouse_ 451
_Prince Bull_. _A Fairy Tale_ 457
_A Plated Article_ 462
_Our Honourable Friend_ 470
_Our School_ 475
_Our Vestry_ 481
_Our Bore_ 487
_A Monument of French Folly_ 494
[Picture: The long voyage]