LIST OF DRAWINGS
| PAGE | PAGE | ||
| They call it "Fame" | [1] | Man and Wife | [37] |
| Maestros: The Impressive | [3] | Speechmakers: The Faithful Old | |
| Maestros: The Unemotional | [5] | Dog | [39] |
| Maestros: The Sentimental | [7] | Speechmakers: The Worm | [41] |
| The Winter Vest | [9] | Twins | [43] |
| The Man who Won a Motor-car | [11] | Platonic | [45] |
| The Accompanist who did her Best | [13] | All this for 3d., 6d., and 1/- | [47] |
| The Potter-about-the-hall-all- | The Missed Putt | [49] | |
| day Person | [15] | The Man who only wanted Two | |
| The Grumble-at-the-food-and- | Halfpennies for a Penny | [51] | |
| everything-else-Person | [17] | Psychic: Gloom | [53] |
| "I Remember in 1870——" | [19] | Lost—a Pekinese Dog | [55] |
| The Temper | [21] | Dancers and Dances: Spanish | [57] |
| Genuine Antiques | [23] | Dancers and Dances: American | [59] |
| Sights up in Town | [25] | Dancers and Dances: Oriental | [61] |
| Sights down in the Country | [27] | The Public Library | [63] |
| Little Tich | [29] | Merely a Matter of Seconds | [65] |
| The Blue | [31] | A Heart to Heart Talk | [67] |
| Preparations for a Great Offensive | [32], [33] | How I Won the Marathon | [69] |
| Garçon! | [35] | 99° in the Shade | [71] |
The drawings contained in this book originally appeared,
with some exceptions, in "The Sketch," "London Opinion,"
"The Graphic," "The Bystander," "Printer's Pie" and
"Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News." The author is
indebted to the proprietors of these journals for permission to
issue them in this volume.
THEY CALL IT "FAME"
MAESTROS I. The Impressive: Rachmaninoff's "Prelude"
MAESTROS II. The Unemotional: Bach's "Italian Fugue"
MAESTROS III. The Sentimental: A Chopin Nocturne
STUDIES OF A RESPECTABLE MIDDLE-AGED GENTLEMAN WEARING A NEW WINTER VEST FOR THE FIRST TIME
THE MAN WHO WON A MOTOR-CAR
THE ACCOMPANIST WHO DID HER BEST
HOTEL HOGS The potter-about-the-hall-all-day-and-watch-the-new-arrivals person
HOTEL HOGS The grumble-at-the-food-and-everything-else person
"I REMEMBER IN 1870——" London clubmen in war-time parading for practice in writing to the papers
THE TEMPER
The Goblets
GENUINE ANTIQUES
SIGHTS UP IN TOWN
SIGHTS DOWN IN THE COUNTRY
LITTLE TICH
THE BLUE
PREPARATIONS FOR—
—A GREAT OFFENSIVE
"GARÇON!"
MAN AND WIFE
SPEECHES AND THEIR MAKERS The Faithful Old Dog
SPEECHES AND THEIR MAKERS The Worm
TWINS
PLATONIC
ALL THIS FOR 3D., 6D., AND 1/-
THE MISSED PUTT
THE MAN WHO ONLY WANTED TWO HALFPENNIES FOR A PENNY
PSYCHIC
LOST—A PEKINESE DOG
DANCERS AND DANCES Spanish
DANCERS AND DANCES American
DANCERS AND DANCES Oriental
THE PUBLIC LIBRARY
MERELY A MATTER OF SECONDS
A HEART-TO-HEART TALK
HOW I WON THE MARATHON
99° IN THE SHADE