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A BOOK OF FAMOUS VERSE. Selected by Agnes Repplier. In Riverside Library for Young People. 16mo, 75 cents; Holiday Edition, 16mo, fancy binding, $1.25.
HOUGHTON, MIFFLIN & CO.
Boston and New York.
IN THE DOZY HOURS
AND OTHER PAPERS
BY
AGNES REPPLIER
BOSTON AND NEW YORK
HOUGHTON, MIFFLIN AND COMPANY
The Riverside Press, Cambridge
1894
Copyright, 1894,
By AGNES REPPLIER.
All rights reserved.
The Riverside Press, Cambridge, Mass. U. S. A.
Electrotyped and Printed by H. O. Houghton & Co.
TO
ANNIS LEE WISTER
CONTENTS.
| PAGE | |
| In the Dozy Hours | 1 |
| A Kitten | 16 |
| At the Novelist's Table | 32 |
| In Behalf of Parents | 42 |
| Aut Cæsar, aut Nihil | 60 |
| A Note on Mirrors | 76 |
| Gifts | 85 |
| Humor: English and American | 94 |
| The Discomforts of Luxury: A Speculation | 112 |
| Lectures | 123 |
| Reviewers and Reviewed | 137 |
| Pastels: A Query | 153 |
| Guests | 158 |
| Sympathy | 165 |
| Opinions | 176 |
| The Children's Age | 190 |
| A Forgotten Poet | 201 |
| Dialogues | 211 |
| A Curious Contention | 217 |
| The Passing of the Essay | 226 |
IN THE DOZY HOURS, AND OTHER PAPERS.