Chapter I: Front Matter

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REVERIES OF A BACHELOR

REVERIES OF A BACHELOR

Or

A Book of the Heart

by

IK MARVEL

With Illustrations & Decorations by E. M. Ashe

Indianapolis The Bobbs-Merrill Company Publishers

Copyright 1906 The Bobbs-Merrill Company ————— October

Press of Braunworth & Co. Bookbinders and Printers Brooklyn. N.Y.

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To
Mrs. E. L. Dixon
of Hartford, Connecticut
This book is respectfully inscribed;
by her friend

THE AUTHOR

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CONTENTS

FIRST REVERIE

PAGE
Over a Wood Fire 3
I Smoke, Signifying Doubt 9
II Blaze, Signifying Cheer 21
III Ashes, Signifying Desolation 29

SECOND REVERIE

By a City Grate 47
I Sea-Coal 57
II Anthracite 77

THIRD REVERIE

Over His Cigar 99
I Lighted With a Coal 105
II With a Wisp of Paper 121
III Lighted With a Match 137

FOURTH REVERIE

Morning, Noon and Evening 155
I Morning—Which Is the Past 165
School Days 177
The Sea 191
The Father-Lan 201
A Roman Girl 213
The Appenines 225
Enrica 235

II Noon—Which Is the Present 245
Early Friends 249
School Revisited 259
College 267
The Packet of Bella 275

III Evening—Which Is the Future 287
Carry 293
The Letter 303
New Travel 311
Home 327

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