Mac had the floor this afternoon.
A WORD OF WELCOME:
To those of you who love an easy chair, a mug, a pipe, and a story; to whom a well-swept hearth is a delight and the cheery crackle of hickory logs a joy; the touch of whose elbows sends a thrill through responsive hearts and whose genial talk but knits the circle the closer,—as well as those gentler spirits who are content to listen—how rare they are!—do I repeat Sandy MacWhirter's hearty invitation: "Draw up, draw up! By the gods, but I'm glad to see you! Get a pipe. The tobacco is in the yellow jar."
Yours warmly,
The Back Log.
The Hearth,
Room No. 3, Old Building,
October, 1905.
CONTENTS
[A WORD OF WELCOME:]
[PART I. In which Certain Details regarding a Lost Opal are set Forth]
[PART II. Wherein the Gentle Art of Dining is Variously Described]
[PART III. With Especial Reference to a Girl in a Steamer Chair]
[PART IV. With a Detailed Account of a Dangerous Footpad]
[PART V. In which Boggs Becomes Dramatic and Relates a Tale of Blood]
[PART VI. Wherein Mac Dilates on the Human Side of "His Worship, the Chief Justice" and his Fellow Dogs]
[PART VII. Containing Mr. Alexander MacWhirter's Views on Lord Ponsonby, Major Yancey, and their Kind]
[PART VIII. In which Murphy and Lonnegan Introduce Some Mysterious Characters]
[PART IX. Around the Embers of the Dying Fire]
[BOOKS BY F. HOPKINSON SMITH]