THE IDLER MAGAZINE.
AN ILLUSTRATED MONTHLY.

EDITED BY JEROME K. JEROME & ROBERT BARR.


VOL. III. FEBRUARY TO JULY, 1893.

XIII. FEB. 1893.


LONDON: CHATTO & WINDUS, 214, PICCADILLY. 1893.

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CONTENTS.


CHEATING THE GALLOWS.
BY I. ZANGWILL.

MY FIRST NOVEL.--THE TRAIL OF THE SERPENT.
BY MISS M. E. BRADDON.

NOVEL NOTES.
BY JEROME K. JEROME.

THE SKATER.