CONTENTS
| [MEN, WOMEN, AND BOOKS—] | PAGE |
| Piccadilly | [9] |
| To “Martin Ross” | [11] |
| To Stephen Leacock | [14] |
| To “Bartimeus” | [16] |
| On Re-reading “Barchester Towers” | [18] |
| “Bleak House” | [20] |
| Lines on a New History | [22] |
| To my Godson | [24] |
| The House-Master | [27] |
| The Old Matron | [29] |
| Constable Jinks | [31] |
| ’Twas Fifty Years Ago | [33] |
| New Men and Old Studies | [36] |
| Remunerative Rhymes | [39] |
| [WAR WORKERS AND OTHERS—] | |
| To Mr. Balfour on his Return | [43] |
| The Submerged Leader | [45] |
| A Ministerial Wail | [47] |
| The Flapper | [49] |
| The Feminine Factotum | [52] |
| To a New Knight | [54] |
| The Tenth Muse | [56] |
| [LAYS OF THE LARDER—] | |
| Sugar | [59] |
| Tea Shortage | [62] |
| Margarine | [65] |
| A Ballad of Eels | [67] |
| A Song of Food-Saving | [70] |
| A Queue Song | [73] |
| The Imperfect Economist | [74] |
| The War Pig: a Palinode | [75] |
| [VARIA—] | |
| Bath | [79] |
| In Wild Wales | [82] |
| The Little River | [84] |
| Six Vile Verbs | [86] |
| Some More Bad Words | [88] |
| To a Modern Muse | [90] |
| Ballade of Free Verse | [92] |
| The Strife of Tongues | [93] |
| “Jong” | [95] |
NOTE
Acknowledgment is due to the Proprietors and Editor of “Punch”
for their courtesy in allowing me to reprint these pieces.
C. L. G.