CONTENTS

CONTENTS

PAGE

The Long Voyage

309

The Begging-letter Writer

317

A Child’s Dream of a Star

324

Our English Watering-place

327

Our French Watering-place

335

Bill-sticking

346

“Births.  Mrs. Meek, of a Son”

357

Lying Awake

361

The Ghost of Art

367

Out of Town

373

Out of the Season

379

A Poor Man’s Tale of a Patent

386

The Noble Savage

391

A Flight

397

The Detective Police

406

Three “Detective” Anecdotes

422

I.—The Pair of Gloves

II.—The Artful Touch

III.—The Sofa

On Duty with Inspector Field

430

Down with the Tide

442

A Walk in a Workhouse

451

Prince Bull.  A Fairy Tale

457

A Plated Article

462

Our Honourable Friend

470

Our School

475

Our Vestry

481

Our Bore

487

A Monument of French Folly

494