This book of light tragedies is dedicated in warm gratitude for the joy they have given me.

RICHARD CONNELL

Green’s Farms, Conn.

February 11, 1924.


CONTENTS

PAGE
A Friend of Napoleon[1]
A Reputation[35]
Son of a Sloganeer[63]
The Wronging of Edwin Dell[98]
The Unfamiliar[138]
A House in the Country[163]
Shoes[184]
The Prince Has the Mumps[199]
The Battle of Washington Square[224]
The Last of the Flatfeet[256]
The Man Who Could Imitate a Bee[291]

APES AND ANGELS

A FRIEND OF NAPOLEON