In a Canadian Canoe; The Nine Muses Minus One, and Other Stories

IN A CANADIAN CANOE
THE NINE MUSES MINUS ONE AND OTHER STORIES
BY BARRY PAIN
London and New York HARPER AND BROTHERS 45, ALBEMARLE STREET, W. 1898
TO A. N. L.
MY thanks are due to the Editor of “The Granta” for permission to reprint “In a Canadian Canoe,” “The Nine Muses Minus One,” and “The Celestial Grocery.” They have been carefully revised, and considerable additions have been made. The rest of the volume has not appeared before, so far as I know.
Although this book appears in a “Library of Wit and Humour,” I have not tried to make it all witty and humorous: I wanted there to be some background. I am not sure that I have not made it all background.
B. P.
Clement’s Inn, July 1891 .
THERE is no pleasanter, sweeter, healthier spot than the Backs of the Colleges.
Get into your canoe at Silver Street. Put into that canoe:—
(1) The cushions of three other boats.