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"'PERHAPS YOU WANT ME TO THROW MY BABY DOWN THE STAIRS?'" Frontispiece
"'POOR HARRY! IT MUST HAVE BEEN RUSKIN'" ... 6
"MARIUS THE EPICUREAN MOVED ÆSTHETICALLY ON HIS WAY FOR AN HOUR" 11
"IF YOU CRY I'LL SHOOT THE EDITOR'" 13 "AND i FELT AS IF i WAS GOING TO DIE'". ... 15 'ESCORTED TO THE NINTH SYMPHONY" 20 "FOR HEAVEN'S SAKE, LET TOOTS ALONE!'". ... 24 'THE CURLS OF THE DIVINE MESSENGER CRUMBLED IN HER BLACK BROADCLOTH LAP " 26 "MAY i ASK WHAT POSSIBLE METHOD TOM HAS OF DISCOVERING WHAT THAT SHOWS?'" 32 "A CHILD IS MUCH HAPPIER WITH ONE SIMPLE OBJECT OF AMUSEMENT!'" 41 'AN ALERT THOUGH QUIET INFANT BALANCED ON HER PALMS" 47 "MRS. UPSON SPILLED HER TEA ON DOT'S HEAD'" . 52 'SUSY SHOOK HER RESENTFUL SON OUT OF THE BAG" . 6l "COME, DEAR! COME TO AUNT EMMA!'" 64 'HE THEN RAISED HIMSELF WITH A CERTAIN DIF FICULTY*' 66 'AND STOOD BEFORE THEM ABSOLUTELY UNSUPPORTED" 68 "OR ELSE HIS SOUL HASN'T DAWNED QUITE SO FAR AS YOU THOUGHT'" 71 vii
