LIST OF DRAWINGS

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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