THIS BOOK IS DEDICATED
TO

DAVID WILLIAM BONE
DON MARQUIS
SIMEON STRUNSKY

MEMBERS OF THE
THREE HOURS FOR LUNCH CLUB



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Almost all these sketches were originally published in the New
York _Evening Post_ and the _Literary Review_. One comes from
_The Outlook_, one from _The Atlantic Monthly_, one from the
_Haverford Alumni Quarterly_, and one from the Philadelphia
_Evening Public Ledger_. The author is indebted to these
publishers for permission to reprint.

Roslyn, Long Island
July, 1921