CONTENTS

PURITANS OF THE WEST

PURITANS OF THE WEST (2)

THE UNIVERSITY OF HESPERUS

THE UNIVERSITY OF HESPERUS (2)

TWO NEIGHBORS OF ST. LOUIS

TWO NEIGHBORS OF ST. LOUIS (2)

THE NEW ENGLAND WOMAN

THE NEW ENGLAND WOMAN (2)

A NEW ENGLAND ABODE OF THE BLESSED

A NEW ENGLAND ABODE OF THE BLESSED (2)

UP-TO-DATE MISOGYNY

UP-TO-DATE MISOGYNY (2)

"THE GULLET SCIENCE" A LOOK BACK AND AN ECONOMIC FORECAST

"THE GULLET SCIENCE" A LOOK BACK AND AN ECONOMIC FORECAST (2)

PLAGIARIZING HUMORS OF BENJAMIN FRANKLIN

PLAGIARIZING HUMORS OF BENJAMIN FRANKLIN (2)

FOOTNOTES:

AMERICAN THUMB-PRINTS

In shorter form “The New England Woman” appeared in The Atlantic Monthly, and under other title and form “Up-to-Date Misogyny” and “Plagiarizing Humors of Benjamin Franklin” in The Bookman, which periodicals have courteously allowed republication

Copyright, 1905
By J. B. Lippincott Company


Published April, 1905


Electrotyped and Printed by
J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia, U. S. A.

IN MOST LOVING MEMORY OF
MY FATHER

NELSON TIMOTHY STEPHENS

WHOSE RARE KNOWLEDGE OF MEN AND OF LAW
WHOSE SENSITIVENESS TO JUSTICE
HUMAN KINDLINESS
AND FINE DISDAIN FOR SELF-ADVERTISEMENT
ARE STILL CHERISHED BY THE NOBLE FOLK
AMONG WHOM HE SPENT
THE LAST YEARS OF HIS LIFE
AT WHOSE INSTANCE IN GREAT MEASURE
AND UPON WHOSE ADVICE
THE LAW SCHOOL OF THE UNIVERSITY
SKETCHED IN THIS BOOK
WAS IN 1878
FOUNDED