Chapter I: Front Matter

BY E. F. BENSON

THE FREAKS OF MAYFAIR
THE TORTOISE
MICHAEL
THE OAKLEYITES
DAVID BLAIZE
ARUNDEL

GEORGE H. DORAN COMPANY
NEW YORK

THE FREAKS OF
MAYFAIR

BY E. F. BENSON
AUTHOR OF “THE TORTOISE,”
“MICHAEL,” “DODO,” etc.

ILLUSTRATED BY
GEORGE PLANK

NEW YORK
GEORGE H. DORAN COMPANY

PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

DEDICATED
TO
FRANK EYES
AND
KINDLY EARS

THE LIST OF CONTENTS

I. THE COMPLEAT SNOBS _page_ 13

II. AUNT GEORGIE 31

III. QUACK-QUACK 49

IV. THE POISON OF ASPS 71

V. THE SEA-GREEN INCORRUPTIBLE 85

VI. THE ETERNALLY UNCOMPROMISED 107

VII. THE GRIZZLY KITTENS 125

VIII. CLIMBERS:

I. THE HORIZONTAL 143

IX. CLIMBERS:

II. THE PERPENDICULAR 161

X. THE SPIRITUAL PASTOR 183

XI. ‘SING FOR YOUR DINNER’ 199

XII. THE PRAISERS OF PAST TIME 217

THE LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

_reproduced from drawings by_

GEORGE PLANK

1. THE COMPLEAT SNOBS _Frontispiece_

2. AUNT GEORGIE _page_ 36

3. QUACK-QUACK 52

4. POISON OF ASPS 70

5. THE SEA-GREEN INCORRUPTIBLE 98

6. THE GRIZZLY KITTENS 132

7. CLIMBERS: I. THE HORIZONTAL 148

8. CLIMBERS: II. THE PERPENDICULAR 164