CONTENTS.

IN THE DOZY HOURS.

A KITTEN.

AT THE NOVELIST’S TABLE.

IN BEHALF OF PARENTS.

AUT CÆSAR AUT NIHIL.

A NOTE ON MIRRORS.

GIFTS.

HUMOR: ENGLISH AND AMERICAN.

THE DISCOMFORTS OF LUXURY: A SPECULATION.

LECTURES.

REVIEWERS AND REVIEWED.

PASTELS: A QUERY.

GUESTS.

SYMPATHY.

OPINIONS.

THE CHILDREN’S AGE.

A FORGOTTEN POET.

DIALOGUES.

A CURIOUS CONTENTION.

THE PASSING OF THE ESSAY.