NEW YORK AND LONDON

1900

TO

PHILLPOTTS “MINOR”

AS A TRIFLING TRIBUTE OF FRATERNAL REGARD

AND IN GREEN AND GRATEFUL MEMORY OF

OUR HAPPY BOYHOOD

CONTENTS

PAGE
The Artfulness of Steggles[1]
The Protest of the Wing Dormitory[23]
“Freckles” and “Frenchy”[47]
Concerning Corkey Minimus[69]
The Piebald Rat[94]
Browne, Bradwell, and Me[115]
Gideon’s Front Tooth[133]
The Chemistry Class[150]
Doctor Dunston’s Howler[171]
Morrant’s Half-Sov[202]
The Buckeneers[226]

The Human Boy