The day's play
A. A. MILNE
THIRD EDITION
METHUEN & CO. LTD. 36 ESSEX STREET W.C. LONDON
First Published ... September 22nd 1910 Second Edition ... December 1910 Third Edition ... January 1921
TO R. C. LEHMANN MY CHIEF CREDITOR THIS TRIFLE ON ACCOUNT
CONTENTS
NOTE.—All the Articles and Verses in this book have previously appeared in Punch . To the Editor for printing them, and the Proprietors for permitting me to reprint them, I shall always be grateful.
A. A. M.
THE RABBITS
PART I
By Hobbs, cried Archie, as he began to put away the porridge, I feel as fit as anything this morning. I'm absolutely safe for a century.
A. A. Milne
THE DAY'S PLAY
MARGERY
MARGERY'S SOCK
HOW TO PLAY THE PIANOLA
THE KNIGHT OF THE CHIMNEY-PIECE
THE ART OF CONVERSATION
AFTERNOON SLEEP
TO JOCK
MORE CRICKET
A SCRATCH LOT
EX NIHILO FIT MULTUM
AN AVERAGE MAN
PHYSICAL CULTURE
CROQUET
GARDENING
GOLF
STUMP CRICKET
EXPLORING
SHOPPING
CHESS
PROGRESSIVE BRIDGE
DRESSING UP
AFTER DINNER
BACHELOR DAYS
THE WASHING
TAKING STOCK
MEDES AND PERSIANS
THE CUPBOARD
THE POST BAG
GOING OUT
THE SIDESMAN
AN AWKWARD CASE
REVERIE
RETROSPECT
LETTERS TO CHARLES