71

12 CLARENCE TERRACE 75

THE HALL 76

GEORGE R. SIMS 77

GEORGE R. SIMS 78

THE 'SOCIAL KALEIDOSCOPE' 79

THE SNUGGERY 80

MR. SIMS'S 'LITTLE DAWG' 81

THE DINING-ROOM 82

THE LIBRARY 83

'SIR HUGO' 84

THE BALCONY 85

'BEAUTY,' AN OLD FAVOURITE, TWENTY YEARS OLD 86

THE DRAWING-ROOM 87

'FAUST UP TO DATE' 88

MR. SIMS'S DINNER PARTY 89

THE NEWSPAPER FILES 91

'YOUR POTERY VERY GOOD, SIR; JUST COMING PROPER LENGTH TO-DAY.' 92

RUDYARD KIPLING 93

SUNG TO THE BANJOES ROUND CAMP FIRES 96

DEPARTMENTAL DITTIES 97

A. CONAN DOYLE 98

I WAS SIX 99

ON THE PRAIRIES AND THE OCEANS 100

MY DEBUT AS A STORY-TELLER 101

'WITH THE EDITOR'S COMPLIMENTS' 102

'HAVE YOU SEEN WHAT THEY SAY ABOUT YOU?' 103

'MRS. THURSTON'S LITTLE BOY WANTS TO SEE YOU, DOCTOR' 105

MR. ANDREW LANG 107

LICHFIELD HOUSE, RICHMOND 110

THE HALL 111

THE DINING-ROOM 112

THE DRAWING-ROOM 113

THE EVENING-ROOM