. The idle thoughts of an idle fellow : a book for an idle holiday. . d Off. PHILADELPHIA : HENRY ALTEMUS1890 Entered According to Act of Congress in the Year henry ALTEMUS. TOTHE VERT DEAR AND WELL-BELOVED Fr^i B N D OF MY PROSPEROUS AND EVIL DAYS— TO THE FRIENDWHO, THOUGH, IN THE EARLY STAGES OF OUR ACQUAINT-ANCESHIP. DID OFTTIMES DISAGREE WITHME, HAS SINCE BECOME TO BE MYVERY WARMEST COMRADE— TO THE FRIEND WHO, HOWEVER OFTEN I MAY PUT HIM OUT, NEVER (NOW) UPSETS ME IN REVENGE-TO THE FRIEND WHO, TREATED WITH MARKED COLDNESS BY ALL THEFEMALE MEMBERS OF MY HOUSEHOLD, AND RE-GARDED WITH
. The idle thoughts of an idle fellow : a book for an idle holiday. . d Off. PHILADELPHIA : HENRY ALTEMUS1890 Entered According to Act of Congress in the Year henry ALTEMUS. TOTHE VERT DEAR AND WELL-BELOVED Fr^i B N D OF MY PROSPEROUS AND EVIL DAYS— TO THE FRIENDWHO, THOUGH, IN THE EARLY STAGES OF OUR ACQUAINT-ANCESHIP. DID OFTTIMES DISAGREE WITHME, HAS SINCE BECOME TO BE MYVERY WARMEST COMRADE— TO THE FRIEND WHO, HOWEVER OFTEN I MAY PUT HIM OUT, NEVER (NOW) UPSETS ME IN REVENGE-TO THE FRIEND WHO, TREATED WITH MARKED COLDNESS BY ALL THEFEMALE MEMBERS OF MY HOUSEHOLD, AND RE-GARDED WITH SUSPICION BY MY VERY DOG,NEVERTHELESS, SEEMS DAY BY DAY TO BEMORE DRAWN BY ME, AND, IN RETURN,TO MORE AND MORE IMPREGNATEME WITH THE ODOUR OFHIS FRIENDSHIP— TO THE FRIEND WHO NEVER TELLS ME OF MY FAULTS, NEVER WANTS TO BORROW MONEY, AND NEVER TALKS ABOUT HIMSELF— TO THE COMPANION OF MY IDLE HOURS, THE SOOTHER OF MY SORROWS, THE CONFIDANT OF MY JOYS AND HOPES— MY OLDEST AND STRONGEST ©I P E, k THIS LITTLE VOLUMEIS GRATEFULLY AND AFFECTIONATELY I i j CONTENTS. PAGE On being Hard Up 9 On being in the Blues 22 On Vanity and Vanities 32 On Getting on in the World 47 On being Idle 60 On Being in Love 73 On the Weather 88 On Cats and Dogs 105 On being Shy 128 On Babies 143 On Eating and Drinking 158 On Furnished Apartments 174 On Dress and Deportment 191 On Memory 207
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