BY THE SAME AUTHOR. THE BOOMING OF ACRE HILL. Illustrated. THE ENCHANTED TYPEWRITER. Illustrated by PETER NEWELL. COFFEE AND REPARTEE and THE IDIOT. THE DREAMERS: A CLUB. Illustrated by EDWARD PENFIELD. A REBELLIOUS HEROINE, A Story. A HOUSE-BOAT ON THE STYX. Illustrated by PETER NEWELL. THE PURSUIT OF THE HOUSE-BOAT. Illustrated by PETER NEWELL. PASTE JEWELS. Being Seven Tales of Domestic Woe. GHOSTS I HAVE MET, AND SOME OTHERS. THE BICYCLERS, AND THREE OTHER FARCES. Illustrated. PEEPS AT PEOPLE. Illustrated by EDWARD PENFIELD. MR. BONAPARTE OF CORSICA. Illustrated by H. W. MCVICKAR. THE WATER GHOST, AND OTHERS. THREE WEEKS IN POLITICS. NEW YORK AND LONDON: HARPER & BROTHERS, PUBLISHERS. COPYRIGHT, 1900, BY JOHN KENDRICK BANGS. TO "MISS BANGS OF LONDON" FROM "MR. BARNES OF NEW YORK" CONTENTS I. BY WAY OF INTRODUCTION II. A LITTLE DINNER TO SOME OLD FRIENDS III. IN THE LIBRARY