DAGONET DITTIES

[FROM ‘THE REFEREE’]
BY
G E O R G E R. S I M S
AUTHOR OF ‘HOW THE POOR LIVE,’ ‘ROGUES AND VAGABONDS,’ ETC.

SECOND EDITION
London
CHATTO & WINDUS, PICCADILLY
1891

C O N T E N T S.

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[LONDON DAY BY DAY][1]
[FOR E’ER AND HAIR][3]
[A DOMESTIC TRAGEDY][7]
[THE PICK-ME-UP][9]
[AD COR MEUM][11]
[ICHABOD][12]
[A DERBY DITTY][14]
[SHALL WE REMEMBER?][15]
[PARADISE AND THE SINNER][16]
[THE INCOME TAX][19]
[NONSENSE][20]
[LE MARDI GRAS][23]
[TWO SUNDAYS][24]
[THE MAILS ABOARD][25]
[AT THE PHOTOGRAPHER’S][27]
[IN GAY JAPAN][29]
[THE BALACLAVA HEROES][31]
[A CHILD’S IDEA][32]
[SANITATION AT SEA][34]
[GUIGNOL][35]
[THE ENGLISH SUMMER][35]
[A PERFECT PARADISE][36]
[THAT BREEZE][38]
[BALLAD OF OLD-TIME FOGS][39]
[UNDER THE CLOCK][40]
[THE GIRL OF FORTY-SEVEN][41]
[CONVENTIONAL MALGRÉ LUI][42]
[HOME, SWEET HOME][44]
[IN PORTLAND PLACE][45]
[THE SHIRT BUTTONS][46]
[THE LONDONER TO HIS LOVE][48]
[THE EIFFEL BONNET][49]
[TO A FAIR MUSICIAN][51]
[A WORD FOR THE POLICE][52]
[THE OLD CLOCK ON THE STAIRS][53]
[MY AMBITION][55]
[A WISH][56]
[THE SONG OF HEREDITY][57]
[SCOTCH’D, NOT KILT][58]
[THE LAST RESOURCE][59]
[YE BARS AND GATES][60]
[PORTRAIT OF A PRINCE][61]
[THE STRONG MEN][63]
[A BALLAD OF SOAP][65]
[THE JOKELETEER][67]
[BILL SIKES’S PROTEST][68]
[THE CLARINET][69]
[NO EVENING DRESS][70]
[ALONE IN LONDON][70]
[THE VOLUNTEER][71]
[THOSE BOOTS][73]
[A SUNDAY SONG][74]
[UP THE RIGI][75]
[A PLEA FOR MERCY][77]
[IF YOU WERE HERE][78]
[LE BRAV’ GÉNÉRAL][80]
[THE PARIS EXHIBITION][81]
[THE NEW LEGEND][82]
[A MILD DECEMBER][84]
[THE LAST DUKE][86]
[TO THE FOG][88]
[THE REMINISCENCES OF MR. JOHN DOBBS][89]
[PICKPOCKET POEMS][91]
[THE CIGARETTE][94]
[THE EARLY MILK-CART][95]
[THE COLLABORATORS][98]
[THE WEN CURE][101]
[THAT NEW-BORN BABE][103]
[THE BUTTON][106]
[A FAÇON DE PARLER][109]
[JACKSON][110]
[ANOTHER DANGER][112]
[AFTER THE ACT][114]
[THE RIGADOON][117]
[HOW TO WRITE A NOVEL][121]
[THE GERMAN GYM][124]
[TOTTIE][126]
[THE WELSHMAN IN LONDON][127]
[THE MAGISTRATE][129]
[THE IMPERIAL INSTITUTE][131]
[THE PLAN OF CAMPAIGN][132]
[THE PEOPLE’S PALACE][133]
[A CHARADE][135]
[A TRUE STORY][137]
[THE PIRATE ’BUS][138]
[THE WAR-CRY][141]
[THE “LANCET”][143]
[A TALE OF A TUB][148]
[THE COMIC KING][150]

Dagonet Ditties.