Copyright, 1921, by
Yale University Press.
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Publisher's Note:

The Yale University Press makes grateful
acknowledgment to the Editors of The
Century Magazine, The Yale Review, The
Atlantic Monthly and The Literary Review
for permission to include in the present
volume essays of which they were the
original publishers.

To Edward B. Greene,
as witness of our long friendship and my high regard.

Contents.

I. [Hints To Pilgrims] [11]
II. [I Plan A Vacation ] [27]
III. [At A Toy-shop Window] [42]
IV. [Sic Transit—] [55]
V. [The Posture Of Authors] [59]
VI. [After-dinner Pleasantries] [77]
VII. [Little Candles] [86]
VIII. [A Visit To A Poet] [92]
IX. [Autumn Days] [103]
X. [On Finding A Plot] [107]
XI. [Circus Days] [122]
XII. [In Praise Of A Lawn-mower] [133]
XIII. [On Dropping Off To Sleep] [138]
XIV. [Who Was Jeremy?] [147]
XV. [A Chapter For Children] [153]
XVI. [The Crowded Curb] [171]
XVII. [A Corner For Echoes] [178]