CONTENTS

PART I SHADOWS CAST BEFORE

PART II SELECT PASSAGES FROM A COMING POET

PART III THE TWO ANDROMEDAS

PART IV RUSHING TO CONCLUSIONS

PART V CROSS PURPOSES

PART VI ROUND PEGS IN SQUARE HOLES

PART VII IGNOTUM PRO MIRIFICO

PART VIII SURPRISES AGREEABLE AND OTHERWISE

PART IX THE MAUVAIS QUART D'HEURE

PART X BORROWED PLUMES

PART XI TIME AND THE HOUR

PART XII DIGNITY UNDER DIFFICULTIES

PART XIII WHAT'S IN A NAME?

PART XIV LE VETERINAIRE MALGRE LUI

PART XV TRAPPED!

PART XVI AN INTELLECTUAL PRIVILEGE

PART XVII A BOMB SHELL

PART XVIII THE LAST STRAW

PART XIX UNEARNED INCREMENT

PART XX DIFFERENT PERSONS HAVE DIFFERENT OPINIONS

PART XXI THE FEELINGS OF A MOTHER.

PART XXII A DESCENT FROM THE CLOUDS

PART XXIII SHRINKAGE

PART XXIV THE HAPPY DISPATCH

BY
F. ANSTEY
AUTHOR OF
"VICE VERSÂ," "THE GIANT'S ROBE," "VOCES POPULI," ETC.

LONDON:
SMITH, ELDER & CO., 15, WATERLOO PLACE.
1895.

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Reprinted from "Punch" by permission of the Proprietors.