1910

Copyright, 1909, by A. H. Joline

All Rights Reserved

The Gorham Press, Boston, U. S. A.

PREPARATORY NOTE

Three of the papers in this volume have been privately printed. I have added, however, some new matter to the sketches of Ainsworth and James; and it has been suggested to me that those sketches should be published, although I have some misgivings about them. The other paper I am reprinting merely to please myself. Two men have confided to me that they have read it, and possibly two more may be persuaded to do the same thing.

November, 1909.

CONTENTS

Page.
I.At the Library Table[5]
II.The Deliberations of a Dofob[31]
III.In a Library Corner[45]
IV.Of the Old Fashion[67]
V.William Harrison Ainsworth[83]
VI.George P. R. James[125]

AT THE LIBRARY TABLE