Lauds and libels :: CONTENTS

CONTENTS

MEN, WOMEN, AND BOOKS—	PAGE
Piccadilly	9
To “Martin Ross”	11
To Stephen Leacock	14
To “Bartimeus”	16
On Re-reading “Barchester Towers”	18
“Bleak House”	20
Lines on a New History	22
To my Godson	24
The House-Master	27
The Old Matron	29
Constable Jinks	31
’Twas Fifty Years Ago	33
New Men and Old Studies	36
Remunerative Rhymes	39
WAR WORKERS AND OTHERS—
To Mr. Balfour on his Return	43
The Submerged Leader	45
A Ministerial Wail	47
The Flapper	49
The Feminine Factotum	52
To a New Knight	54
The Tenth Muse	56
LAYS OF THE LARDER—
Sugar	59
Tea Shortage	62
Margarine	65
A Ballad of Eels	67
A Song of Food-Saving	70
A Queue Song	73
The Imperfect Economist	74
The War Pig: a Palinode	75
VARIA—
Bath	79
In Wild Wales	82
The Little River	84
Six Vile Verbs	86
Some More Bad Words	88
To a Modern Muse	90
Ballade of Free Verse	92
The Strife of Tongues	NOTE Acknowledgment is due to the Proprietors and Editor of “Punch” for their courtesy in allowing me to reprint these pieces. C. L. G. Clyx.com