CONTENTS

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The Distraction[13]
Sir Bat-Ears[15]
Coal and Candlelight[19]
Trees[25]
Simkin[27]
A Ballard of Lords and Ladies[32]
A Prayer for St.Innocent's Day[36]
The Prize[38]
To Wilfred Meynell[42]
"Sidera sunt Testes et Matutina Pruina"[44]
To A.W.: A Mother[46]
The Ascent[47]
April in Abingdon[51]
An Idol of the Market Place[52]
Peter Pigeon[55]
I am glad the Martins are Building again....[58]
A Parley with Grief[61]
Levée de Rideau[63]
An Afterthought on Apples[65]
Recruits on the Road to Oxford[67]
A Volunteer[69]
Ars Immortalis[71]
The Admonition: To Betsey[75]
The Great Rebuke[77]
A Chairman of Tribunal[80]
After the Storm[82]
The Phœnix Liberty[83]
By The Same Author[85]

COAL AND
CANDLELIGHT