Richard Clay & Sons, Limited, London & Bungay.

CONTENTS

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EXTREMES MEET[1]
PODBURY PICKS UP ACQUAINTANCES[7]
CULCHARD COMES OUT OF HIS SHELL[13]
PODBURY IS UNPLEASANTLY SURPRISED[19]
CULCHARD HAS THE BEST OF IT[25]
CULCHARD MAKES A LITTLE MISCALCULATION[31]
A DISSOLUTION OF PARTNERSHIP[37]
PODBURY FINDS CONSOLATION[43]
CULCHARD IS RATHER TOO CLEVER[49]
PODBURY INSISTS ON AN EXPLANATION[54]
COURTSHIP ACCORDING TO MR. RUSKIN[60]
CULCHARD DESCENDS FROM THE CLOUDS[65]
ON REVIENT TOUJOURS[71]
MISS BANQUO[77]
CULCHARD COMES OUT NOBLY[83]
CULCHARD FEELS SLIGHTLY UNCOMFORTABLE[89]
CULCHARD CANNOT BE "HAPPY WITH EITHER"[94]
A SUSPENSION OF HOSTILITIES[100]
CRUMPLED ROSELEAVES[106]
PUT NOT YOUR FAITH IN FIDIBUS[112]
WEARING RUE WITH A DIFFERENCE[118]
ONE MAN'S MEAT; ANOTHER MAN'S POISON[124]
PEARLS AND PIGS[130]
THE PILGRIMS OF LOVE[135]
JOURNEYS END IN LOVERS' MEETING[141]
PODBURY KISSES THE ROD[147]

ILLUSTRATIONS

PODBURY GRAPPLING WITH THE EPITOME OF SPENCER[50]
THE CURATE GETS UP AND QUITS THE ROOM WITH DIGNITY[57]
"IT DOES SEEM RATHER ROUGH ON FELLOWS, DON'T YOU KNOW"[63]
AN ELDERLY ENGLISHWOMAN IS SITTING ON HER TRUNK[66]
STRUGGLING WITH A LONG PRINTED PANORAMA[73]
"HOW LITTLE YOU KNOW ME!"[79]
"I KNOCK OFF QUITE A NUMBER OF THESE WHILE I'M ABROAD LIKE THIS"[84]
"BOUND TO TEACH YOU A LOT, SEEING ALL THE OLD ALTAR-PIECES I DO!"[90]
"I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE ACQUAINTED WITH A PAPER CALLED THE 'PENNY PATRICIAN'?"[95]
SHE PASSES ON WITH HER CHIN IN THE AIR![101]
"BELLISSIMO SCULTORE!"[107]
"HI! OTEZ-MOI CECI!"[113]
"I GUESS YOU WANT TO COLOGNE your CHEEKS—THEY'RE DREADFUL LUMPY"[120]
"I GUESS YOU'RE THE MOST UNSELFISH SAINT ON TWO LEGS!"[127]
A SOLEMN GENTLEMAN STRUGGLING WITH A TROUBLESOME COUGH[132]
"A MEAN CUSS? ME! REALLY—!"[137]
HYPATIA, BY JOVE! NARROW SHAVE THAT![143]
READS WITH A GRADUALLY LENGTHENING COUNTENANCE[150]