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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH

BIBLIOGRAPHY

THE SOUTH-SEA HOUSE

CHRIST'S HOSPITAL FIVE AND THIRTY YEARS AGO.

MRS. BATTLE'S OPINIONS ON WHIST

A CHAPTER ON EARS.

WITCHES, AND OTHER NIGHT-FEARS

VALENTINE'S DAY

CONTENTS

MY RELATIONS

THE OLD BENCHERS OF THE INNER TEMPLE

GRACE BEFORE MEAT

DREAM-CHILDREN: A REVERIE

NOTES

That a Man must not Laugh at his own Jest

That the Worst Puns are the Best.

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That We must not Look a Gift-Horse in the Mouth. 173

That Home is Home though it is never so Homely.

176

That We should Rise with the Lark .

That we should Lie Down with the Lamb

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