NEW YORK
HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS
1896



Copyright, 1896, by W. D. Howells.
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Electrotyped by J. A. Howells & Co., Jefferson, Ohio.


CONTENTS


PAGE
THE COUNTRY PRINTER[1]
POLICE REPORT[45]
I TALK OF DREAMS[95]
AN EAST-SIDE RAMBLE[127]
TRIBULATIONS OF A CHEERFUL GIVER[150]
THE CLOSING OF THE HOTEL[189]
GLIMPSES OF CENTRAL PARK[224]
NEW YORK STREETS[245]