Front matter
Reading edition
'When the Rain raineth and the Goose winketh,
Little wots the Gosling what the Goose thinketh.’
Copyright, 1900
by Harper & Brothers
Copyright, 1901
by Frederick A. Stokes Co.
TO
FRANK GELETT BURGESS
THESE UNPREMEDITATIONS WERE
AND ARE INSCRIBED
EPISODES.
PAGE
I.SUGAR AND LEMON1
II.A HYPOTHETICAL CASE10
III.A MILITARY MANŒUVRE21
IV.A CHILDREN’S PARTY32
V.THE IDEAL IN PERIL47
VI.A CORNER IN TREACLE58
VII.THREE’S COMPANY69
VIII.A VETERAN RECRUIT81
IX.THE ETHICS OF ANGLING97
X.AN UNDRESS REHEARSAL109
XI.QUEEN OF LOVE AND BEAUTY122
XII.A MODERN SABINE137
XIII.POT LUCK150
XIV.THE THINGS THAT ARE CÆSAR’S165
XV.SETTLING DAY179