Chapter I: Part I: Play Days

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I. TWELVE O’ THE CLOCK 11
II. PRETENDING 21
III. FAMILY MATTERS 35
IV. A WINTER SUNDAY 41
V. WHICH RUSHES FOURTEEN THOUSAND MILES AWAY 53
VI. ‘BROWNSES’ HOUSE’ 66
VII. A WAY TO WEALTH 73
VIII. THE PITILESS LONDON STREETS 81
IX. TRAVELS IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES 98
X. THE LAST CHRISTMAS IN ENGLAND 112
XI. ‘GOING DOWN TO THE SEA IN SHIPS’ 124
XII. AUSTRALIA 133
XIII. MOONDI-MOONDI 142
XIV. TRYING TO LIVE 158
XV. ‘A LITTLE FOLDING OF THE HANDS TO SLEEP’ 165
XVI. THE END OF PLAY DAYS 175

PART II.—SCRIBBLING DAYS

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XVII. RHYME AND RHYTHM 187
XVIII. TEN AT TABLE 194
XIX. GWENDOLEN TREVALLION AND A SOLDIER BRAVE AND TRUE 208
XX. THE ‘GERMAN SAUSAGE’ LAND 218
XXI. ‘GOOD-BYE, GOOD-BYE!’ 226
XXII. THE WRITING-ROOM 234
XXIII. ENTIRELY EDITORIAL 242
XXIV. NEWS FROM THE FATHERLAND 253
XXV. THE TRIALS OF WEENIE 266
XXVI. MORE LETTERS 276
XXVII. FINANCE AND FASHION 285
XXVIII. ONE GLORIOUS HOUR 294
XXIX. AND THEN NO MORE 307