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NEW YORK AND LONDON HARPER & BROTHERS _Publishers_ 1900
THE BOOMING OF ACRE HILL. Illustrated. 16mo, Cloth, $1.25.
THE ENCHANTED TYPEWRITER. Illustrated by PETER NEWELL. 16mo, Cloth, Ornamental, $1.25.
COFFEE AND REPARTEE and THE IDIOT. 1 vol. Illustrated. 16mo, Cloth, Ornamental, $1.25.
THE DREAMERS: A CLUB. Illustrated by EDWARD PENFIELD. 16mo, Cloth, Ornamental, $1.25.
A REBELLIOUS HEROINE, A Story. Illustrated by W. T. SMEDLEY. 16mo, Cloth, Ornamental, Uncut Edges, $1.25.
A HOUSE-BOAT ON THE STYX. Illustrated by PETER NEWELL. 16mo, Cloth, Ornamental, $1.25.
THE PURSUIT OF THE HOUSE-BOAT. Illustrated by PETER NEWELL. 16mo, Cloth, Ornamental, $1.25.
PASTE JEWELS. Being Seven Tales of Domestic Woe. 16mo, Cloth, Ornamental, $1.00.
GHOSTS I HAVE MET, AND SOME OTHERS. With Illustrations by NEWELL, FROST, and RICHARDS. 16mo, Cloth, Ornamental, $1.25.
THE BICYCLERS, AND THREE OTHER FARCES. Illustrated, 16mo, Cloth, Ornamental, $1.25.
PEEPS AT PEOPLE. Illustrated by EDWARD PENFIELD. 16mo, Cloth, Ornamental, $1.25.
MR. BONAPARTE OF CORSICA. Illustrated by H. W. MCVICKAR. 16mo, Cloth, Ornamental, $1.25.
THE WATER GHOST, AND OTHERS. Illustrated. 16mo, Cloth, Ornamental $1.25.
THREE WEEKS IN POLITICS. Illustrated. 32mo, Cloth, Ornamental, 50 cents.
NEW YORK AND LONDON: HARPER & BROTHERS, PUBLISHERS.
PAGE I. BY WAY OF INTRODUCTION 1 II. A LITTLE DINNER TO SOME OLD FRIENDS 21 III. IN THE LIBRARY 43 IV. AS TO A SMALL DINNER 63 V. ON THE MAINTENANCE OF AN ATTIC 84 VI. THE IDIOT'S GARDEN 105 VII. HOUSEHOLD POETRY 125 VIII. SOME CONSIDERATION OF THE HIRED MAN 145 IX. ON SOCIAL ACCOUNTS 165 X. AS TO SANTA CLAUS 185 XI. AS TO NEW-YEAR'S DAY 205 XII. SOME DOMESTIC INTENTIONS 228 XIII. A SUBURBAN COMPLICATION 249 XIV. SOME CONSIDERATION OF THE MOTH 269 XV. SOME CONSIDERATION OF THE BURGLAR 288 XVI. CONCLUSION 301