'When the Rain raineth and the Goose winketh,
Little wots the Gosling what the Goose thinketh.’
Copyright, 1900
by Harper & Brothers
Copyright, 1901
by Frederick A. Stokes Co.
TO
FRANK GELETT BURGESS
THESE UNPREMEDITATIONS WERE
AND ARE INSCRIBED
EPISODES.
| PAGE | ||
| I. | [SUGAR AND LEMON] | 1 |
| II. | [A HYPOTHETICAL CASE] | 10 |
| III. | [A MILITARY MANŒUVRE] | 21 |
| IV. | [A CHILDREN’S PARTY] | 32 |
| V. | [THE IDEAL IN PERIL] | 47 |
| VI. | [A CORNER IN TREACLE] | 58 |
| VII. | [THREE’S COMPANY] | 69 |
| VIII. | [A VETERAN RECRUIT] | 81 |
| IX. | [THE ETHICS OF ANGLING] | 97 |
| X. | [AN UNDRESS REHEARSAL] | 109 |
| XI. | [QUEEN OF LOVE AND BEAUTY] | 122 |
| XII. | [A MODERN SABINE] | 137 |
| XIII. | [POT LUCK] | 150 |
| XIV. | [THE THINGS THAT ARE CÆSAR’S] | 165 |
| XV. | [SETTLING DAY] | 179 |