XVI. QUALITIES WITHOUT DEFECTS 156

XVII. A WASTED OPPORTUNITY 166

XVIII. A NIECE'S LITERARY ADVICE TO HER UNCLE 176

XIX. A SEARCH FOR CELEBRITY 184

XX. PRACTICAL IMMORTALITY ON EARTH 194

XXI. AROUND A RAINY-DAY FIRE 204

XXII. THE ADVANTAGES OF QUOTATIONAL CRITICISM 216

XXIII. READING FOR A GRANDFATHER 226

XXIV. SOME MOMENTS WITH THE MUSE 236

XXV. A NORMAL HERO AND HEROINE OUT OF WORK 244

OTHER ESSAYS

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I. AUTUMN IN THE COUNTRY AND CITY 255

II. PERSONAL AND EPISTOLARY ADDRESSES 264

III. DRESSING FOR HOTEL DINNER 274

IV. THE COUNSEL OF LITERARY AGE TO LITERARY YOUTH 283

V. THE UNSATISFACTORINESS OF UNFRIENDLY CRITICISM 296

VI. THE FICKLENESS OF AGE 306

VII. THE RENEWAL OF INSPIRATION 316

VIII. THE SUMMER SOJOURN OF FLORINDO AND LINDORA 326

IX. TO HAVE THE HONOR OF MEETING 338

X. A DAY AT BRONX PARK 350

ILLUSTRATIONS

AT THE OPERA _Frontispiece_

FIFTH AVENUE AT THIRTY-FOURTH STREET _Facing_ p. 88

FIFTH AVENUE FROM THE TOP OF A MOTOR-BUS " 94

CHARLES EMBANKMENT, BELOW HARVARD BRIDGE " 120

THE MALL, CENTRAL PARK " 156

BROADWAY AT NIGHT " 256

ELECTION-NIGHT CROWDS " 260

ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS, BRONX PARK " 352

IMAGINARY INTERVIEWS

I

THE RESTORATION OF THE EASY CHAIR BY WAY OF INTRODUCTION

It is not generally known that after forty-two years of constant use the
aged and honored movable which now again finds itself put back in i