Chicago
George Matthew Adams
1910

Copyright, 1910, by George Matthew Adams.
Registered in Canada in accordance with
the copyright law. Entered at Stationers'
Hall, London. All rights reserved.

Contents

A Glance at History[17]
Longfellow[18]
In Politics[19]
The Human Head[20]
The Universal Help[21]
Little Sunbeam[22]
The Flag[23]
Doc Jonnesco[24]
Little Girl[25]
The Landlady[26]
Twilight Reveries[27]
King and Kid[28]
Little Green Tents[29]
Geronimo Aloft[31]
The Venerable Excuse[32]
Silver Threads[33]
The Poet Balks[34]
The Penny Saved[35]
Home Life[36]
Eagles and Hens[37]
The Sunday Paper[38]
The Nation's Hope[39]
Football[40]
Health Food[41]
Physical Culture[43]
The Nine Kings[44]
The Eyes of Lincoln[45]
The Better Land[46]
Knowledge Is Power[47]
The Pie Eaters[48]
The Sexton's Inn[49]
He Who Forgets[50]
Poor Father[51]
The Idle Question[52]
Politeness[53]
Little Pilgrims[55]
The Wooden Indian[56]
Home and Mother[57]
E. Phillips Oppenheim[58]
Better than Boodle[59]
The Famous Four[60]
Niagara[61]
A Rainy Night[62]
The Wireless[63]
Helpful Mr. Bok[64]
Beryl's Boudoir[65]
Post-Mortem Honors[67]
After A While[68]
Pretty Good Schemes[69]
Knowledge by Mail[70]
Duke and Plumber[71]
Human Hands[72]
The Lost Pipe[73]
Thanksgiving[74]
Sir Walter Raleigh[75]
The Country Editor[76]
Useless Griefs[77]
Fairbanks' Whiskers[78]
Letting It Alone[79]
The End of the Road[80]
The Dying Fisherman[81]
George Meredith[82]
The Smart Children[83]
The Journey[85]
Times Have Changed[86]
My Little Dog "Dot"[87]
Harry Thurston Peck[88]
Tired Man's Sleep[89]
Tomorrow[90]
Toothache[91]
Auf Wiedersehen[92]
After the Game[93]
Nero's Fiddle[94]
The Real Terror[95]
The Talksmiths[96]
Woman's Progress[97]
The Magic Mirror[99]
The Misfit Face[100]
A Dog Story[101]
The Pitcher[102]
Lions and Ants[103]
The Nameless Dead[104]
Ambition[105]
Night's Illusions[106]
Before and After[107]
Luther Burbank[108]
Governed Too Much[109]
Success in Life[110]
The Hookworm Victim[111]
Alfred Austin[112]
Weary Old Age[113]
Lullaby[114]
The School Marm[115]
Poe[116]
Gay Parents[117]
Dad[118]
John Bunyan[119]
A Near Anthem[121]
The Yellow Cord[122]
The Important Man[123]
Toddling Home[124]
Trifling Things[125]
Trusty Dobbin[126]
The High Prices[127]
Omar Khayyam[128]
The Grouch[129]
The Pole[130]
Wilhelmina[131]
Wilbur Wright[132]
The Broncho[133]
Schubert's Serenade[135]
Mazeppa[136]
Fashion's Devotee[137]
Christmas[138]
The Tightwad[139]
Blue Blood[140]
The Cave Man[141]
Rudyard Kipling[142]
In Indiana[143]
The Colonel at Home[144]
The June Bride[145]
At The Theatre[146]
Club Day Dirge[147]
Washington[149]
Hours and Ponies[150]
The Optimist[151]
A Few Remarks[152]
Little Things[153]
The Umpire[154]
Sherlock Holmes[155]
The Sanctuary[156]
The Newspaper Graveyard [157]
My Lady's Hair[158]
The Sick Minstrel[159]
The Beggar[160]
Looking Forward[161]
The Depot Loafers.[162]
The Foolish Husband[163]
Halloween[165]
Rienzi To The Romans[166]
The Sorrel Colt[167]
Plutocrat and Poet[168]
Mail Order Clothes[169]
Evening[170]
They All Come Back[171]
The Cussing Habit[172]
John Bull[173]
An Oversight[174]
The Traveler[175]
Saturday Night[176]
Lady Nicotine[177]
Up-To-Date Serenade[179]
The Consumer[180]
Advice To A Damsel[181]
The New Year Vow[182]
The Stricken Toiler.[183]
The Law Books[184]
Sleuths of Fiction[185]
Put It On Ice[186]
The Philanthropist[187]
Other Days[188]
The Passing Year[189]

List of Illustrations