Once a week

by A. A. Milne

First Published	October 15th, 1914
Second Edition	March	1917
Third Edition	1922

Transcriber's Note

Minor typographical errors have been corrected without note. An expanded table of contents, in addition to the one originally published, has been provided below:

• [THE HEIR]
• [WINTER SPORT]
• [A BAKER'S DOZEN]
  • [A TRAGEDY IN LITTLE]
  • [THE FINANCIER]
  • [THE DOUBLE]
  • [A BREATH OF LIFE]
  • ["UNDER ENTIRELY NEW MANAGEMENT"]
  • [A FAREWELL TOUR]
  • [THE TRUTH ABOUT HOME RAILS]
  • [THE KING'S SONS]
  • [DISAPPOINTMENT]
  • [AMONG THE ANIMALS]
  • [A TRAGEDY OF THE SEA]
  • [OLD FRIENDS]
• [GETTING MARRIED]
• [HOME AFFAIRS]
  • [AN INSURANCE ACT]
  • [BACHELOR RELICS]
  • [LORDS TEMPORAL]
  • [THE MISSING CARD]
  • [SILVER LININGS]
  • [THE ORDER OF THE BATH]
  • [A TRUNK CALL]
• [OTHER PEOPLE'S HOUSES]
  • [THE PARTING GUEST]
  • [THE LANDSCAPE GARDENER]
  • [THE SAME OLD STORY]
  • [THE SPREADING WALNUT TREE]
  • [DEFINITIONS]
  • [A BILLIARD LESSON]
• [BURLESQUES]
  • [THE SEASIDE NOVELETTE]
  • [THE SECRET OF THE ARMY AEROPLANE]
  • [THE HALO THEY GAVE THEMSELVES]
  • [A DIDACTIC NOVEL]
• [MERELY PLAYERS]
  • [ON THE BAT'S BACK]
  • [UNCLE EDWARD]
  • [THE RENASCENCE OF BRITAIN]
  • [THE BIRTHDAY PRESENT]
  • [ONE OF OUR SUFFERERS]
  • [IN THE SWIM]
• [THE MEN WHO SUCCEED]
  • [THE HEIR]
  • [THE STATESMAN]
  • [THE MAGNATE]
  • [THE DOCTOR]
  • [THE NEWSPAPER PROPRIETOR]
  • [THE COLLECTOR]
  • [THE ADVENTURER]
  • [THE EXPLORER]

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TO
MY COLLABORATOR

WHO BUYS THE INK AND PAPER
LAUGHS
AND, IN FACT, DOES ALL THE REALLY DIFFICULT
PART OF THE BUSINESS
THIS BOOK IS GRATEFULLY DEDICATED
IN MEMORY OF A WINTER'S MORNING
IN SWITZERLAND

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CONTENTS

PAGE
The Heir	[1]
Winter Sport	[29]
A Baker's Dozen	[61]
Getting Married	[127]
Home Affairs	[149]
Other People's Houses	[183]
Burlesques	[215]
Merely Players	[251]
The Men who Succeed	[281]