CONTENTSCHAPTERI[THE NEW POOR]II[FROM THE DEAD]III[THE LAW]IV[EVE'S HEADACHE]V[CHARLIE]VI[SISSIE]VII[THE SYMPATHETIC QUACK]VIII[SISSIE'S BUSINESS]IX[COLLISION]X[THE THEORY OF IDLENESS]XI[NEURASTHENIA CURED]XII[THE PRACTICE OF IDLENESS]XIII[FURTHER IDLENESS]XIV[END OF AN IDLE DAY]XV[THE HEAVY FATHER]XVI[TRANSFER OF MIMI]XVII[ROMANCE]XVIII[A HOMELESS NIGHT]XIX[THE RECEPTION]XX[THE SILENT TOWER]XXI[EVE'S MARTYRDOM]XXII[MR. PROHACK'S TRIUMPH]XXIII[THE YACHT]CHAPTER ITHE NEW POOR