Author of "THE BARNEY BRADEY BROCHURES"

ILLUSTRATED BY THE AUTHOR

LONDON:
SIMPKIN, MARSHALL, HAMILTON, KENT & Co., LIMITED.
1895

CONTENTS.

THE SPOOK BALLADSPage
[THE GHOSTS OF HAMPTON COURT]1
[YE FILIAL SACRIFICE]13
[MADAME STIFFIN'S GHOST]17
[SONNET ON PARTING]24
[HIS BOUQUET]25
[THE GIRL OF CASTLEBAR]29
[THE GERMAN BAND]34
[OUT OF PLUMB]38
[A WARD IN THE CHANCERIE]39
[THE FAIRY QUEEN]45
[THE DEVIL IN RICHMOND PARK]58
[SAVED]63
[A MOST REMARKABLE CASE]64
[A TOUR TO SVITZERLAND]72
[JOY! ON SEEING A FLYING SPRING]77
[THE MATE OF THE MARY ANNE]78
[AN UMBRELLA CASE]83
[THE SPOOK OF ROTTEN ROW]84
[THE MAGIC SPECS]93
[YE CURIOUS TAYLE]95
[LEATHER VERSUS LAW]105
[HEADS AND TAILS]110
[THE COLONEL AND THE COOK]111
[THE SPIRIT THAT HELD HIM DOWN]118
[HIS FUTURE STATE]123
[A FIGHT IN THE PHŒNIX PARK]124
[AN ABDICATED CROWN]129
[TEARS IN LAW]130
[HE FOLLOWED THE FOX]133
[THE HONEST YOUNG CASHIER]134
[THE ROAD TO LONDON]139
[ANTEDILUVIAN PAT O'TOOLE]142
[THE LUCKY SIXPENCE]156
[A WALLFLOWER SONNET]160
[PARADOXICAL WORDS]161
[A CANTABILE ON MUSIC, ART AND LAW]166
[WOMAN'S TEARS]170
[HERALDIC FRUITS]171
[THE POLIS AND THE PRINCESS GRANAUILLE]180
[A HORROR OF LONDON TOWN]186
[A CONFIDENTIAL SONNET]188
[A TRAM CAR GHOST]189
[MARGATE SANDS]194
[JOHN MCKUNE]195
[I'LL GO FOR A SOJER]201
[ODE HERE!]202
[THE SMUGGLER'S FATE]203
[THE LATE FITZ-BINKS]213
[A FUGITIVE KISS]216
[THE BEDROOM CURSE]217
[A GUN SOLO]224
[THE SEMI-GRAND PIANO]225
[CANTICRANK]228
[AN ILL WIND BLEW HIM GOOD]230
[A KLEPTOMANIAC'S DOOM]231
[CAUGHT IN THE BREACH]235
[THE GHOST OF HIRAM SMIKE]236
[WHY DID YE DIE?]239
[A PRETTY LITTLE LAND I KNOW]241
[HOW THEY ENLIST]243
[THE KINDERGARTEN WAY]245

BOHEMIANS, HAIL!