Contents

PAGE
The Three Tigers[3]
As They Go Riding By[7]
A Man Gets Up in the Morning[15]
Odd Countries[18]
On Cows[26]
Stroom and Graith[28]
Legs vs. Architects[44]
To Phoebe[49]
Sex, Religion and Business[51]
An Ode to Trade[63]
Objections to Reading[65]

ON AUTHORS

The Enjoyment of Gloom[77]
Buffoon Fate[84]
The Wrong Lampman[89]
The Seamy Side of Fabre[93]
In His Baby Blue Ship[101]

PROBLEMS

The Man Who Knew Gods[109]
Improving the Lives of the Rich[118]
From Noah to Now[128]
Sic Semper Dissenters[135]
Humpty Dumpty and Adam[137]
How It Looks to a Fish[142]
A Hopeful Old Bigamist[147]
The Revolt of Capital[154]
Still Reading Away[161]

PORTRAITS

A Wild Polish Hero[165]
Mrs. P.'s Side of It[173]
The Death of Logan[183]
Portrait of a Lady[190]
Grandfather's Three Lives[198]
Story of a Farmer[217]