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They call it "Fame" | 1 | Man and Wife | 37 |
Maestros: The Impressive | 3 | Speechmakers: The Faithful Old |
Maestros: The Unemotional | 5 | Dog | 39 |
Maestros: The Sentimental | 7 | Speechmakers: The Worm | 41 |
The Winter Vest | 9 | Twins | 43 |
The Man who Won a Motor-car | 11 | Platonic | 45 |
The Accompanist who did her Best | 13 | All this for 3d., 6d., and 1/- | 47 |
The Potter-about-the-hall-all- | | The Missed Putt | 49 |
day Person | 15 | The Man who only wanted Two |
The Grumble-at-the-food-and- | | Halfpennies for a Penny | 51 |
everything-else-Person | 17 | Psychic: Gloom | 53 |
"I Remember in 1870——" | 19 | Lost—a Pekinese Dog | 55 |
The Temper | 21 | Dancers and Dances: Spanish | 57 |
Genuine Antiques | 23 | Dancers and Dances: American | 59 |
Sights up in Town | 25 | Dancers and Dances: Oriental | 61 |
Sights down in the Country | 27 | The Public Library | 63 |
Little Tich | 29 | Merely a Matter of Seconds | 65 |
The Blue | 31 | A Heart to Heart Talk | 67 |
Preparations for a Great Offensive | 32, 33 | How I Won the Marathon | 69 |
GarÇon! | 35 | 99° in the Shade | 71 |
The drawings contained in this book originally appeared,
with some exceptions, in "The Sketch," "London Opinion,"
"The Graphic," "The Bystander," "Printer's Pie" and
"Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News." The author is
indebted to the proprietors of these journals for permission to
issue them in this volume.
THEY CALL IT "FAME" THEY CALL IT "FAME"
MAESTROS I. The Impressive: Rachmaninoff's "Prelude" MAESTROS I. The Impressive: Rachmaninoff's "Prelude"
MAESTROS II. The Unemotional: Bach's "Italian Fugue" MAESTROS II. The Unemotional: Bach's "Italian Fugue"
MAESTROS III. The Sentimental: A Chopin Nocturne MAESTROS III. The Sentimental: A Chopin Nocturne
STUDIES OF A RESPECTABLE MIDDLE-AGED GENTLEMAN WEARING A NEW WINTER VEST FOR THE FIRST TIME STUDIES OF A RESPECTABLE MIDDLE-AGED GENTLEMAN WEARING A NEW WINTER VEST FOR THE FIRST TIME
THE MAN WHO WON A MOTOR-CAR THE MAN WHO WON A MOTOR-CAR
THE ACCOMPANIST WHO DID HER BEST THE ACCOMPANIST WHO DID HER BEST
HOTEL HOGS The potter-about-the-hall-all-day-and-watch-the-new-arrivals person HOTEL HOGS The potter-about-the-hall-all-day-and-watch-the-new-arrivals person
HOTEL HOGS The grumble-at-the-food-and-everything-else person HOTEL HOGS The grumble-at-the-food-and-everything-else person
"I REMEMBER IN 1870——" London clubmen in war-time parading for practice in writing to the papers "I REMEMBER IN 1870——" London clubmen in war-time parading for practice in writing to the papers
THE TEMPER THE TEMPER
The Goblets The Goblets
GENUINE ANTIQUES GENUINE ANTIQUES
SIGHTS UP IN TOWN SIGHTS UP IN TOWN
SIGHTS DOWN IN THE COUNTRY SIGHTS DOWN IN THE COUNTRY
LITTLE TICH LITTLE TICH
THE BLUE THE BLUE
PREPARATIONS FOR— PREPARATIONS FOR—
—A GREAT OFFENSIVE —A GREAT OFFENSIVE
"GARÇON!" "GARÇON!"
MAN AND WIFE MAN AND WIFE
SPEECHES AND THEIR MAKERS The Faithful Old Dog SPEECHES AND THEIR MAKERS The Faithful Old Dog
SPEECHES AND THEIR MAKERS The Worm SPEECHES AND THEIR MAKERS The Worm
TWINS TWINS
PLATONIC PLATONIC
ALL THIS FOR 3D., 6D., AND 1/- ALL THIS FOR 3D., 6D., AND 1/-
THE MISSED PUTT THE MISSED PUTT
THE MAN WHO ONLY WANTED TWO HALFPENNIES FOR A PENNY THE MAN WHO ONLY WANTED TWO HALFPENNIES FOR A PENNY
PSYCHIC PSYCHIC
LOST—A PEKINESE DOG LOST—A PEKINESE DOG
DANCERS AND DANCES Spanish DANCERS AND DANCES Spanish
DANCERS AND DANCES American DANCERS AND DANCES American
DANCERS AND DANCES Oriental DANCERS AND DANCES Oriental
THE PUBLIC LIBRARY THE PUBLIC LIBRARY
MERELY A MATTER OF SECONDS MERELY A MATTER OF SECONDS
A HEART-TO-HEART TALK A HEART-TO-HEART TALK
HOW I WON THE MARATHON HOW I WON THE MARATHON
99° IN THE SHADE 99° IN THE SHADE