This etext was prepared by Les Bowler from the 1899 Hurst and Blackett edition.

[ ]

The Second Thoughts
of
An Idle Fellow

By
JEROME K. JEROME
AUTHOR OF
‘THREE MEN IN A BOAT,’ ‘IDLE THOUGHTS OF AN IDLE FELLOW,’
‘STAGELAND,’ ‘JOHN INGERFIELD,’ ETC.

LONDON
HURST AND BLACKETT, LIMITED
13, GREAT MARLBOROUGH STREET
1899
All rights reserved

First printing published August 17, 1898.
Second printing published September 2, 1898.
Third printing published November 1, 1898.
Fourth printing published January 1, 1899.

Richard Clay & Sons, Limited, London & Bungay.

CONTENTS

PAGE
On the Art of Making Up One’s Mind [1]
On the Disadvantage of Not Getting What One Wants [29]
On the Exceptional Merit attaching to the Things We Meant To Do [53]
On the Preparation and Employment of Love Philtres [91]
On the Delights and Benefits of Slavery [119]
On the Care and Management of Women [149]
On the Minding of Other People’s Business [175]
On the Time Wasted in Looking Before One Leaps [215]
On the Nobility of Ourselves [245]
On the Motherliness of Man [271]
On the Inadvisability of Following Advice [301]
On the Playing of Marches at the Funerals Of Marionettes [335]

ON THE ART OF MAKING UP ONE’S MIND