PARADISE GARDEN

_THE SATIRICAL NARRATIVE
OF A GREAT EXPERIMENT_


BY
GEORGE GIBBS

AUTHOR OF THE YELLOW DOVE, ETC.


_I have considered well his loss of time
And how he cannot be a perfect man
Not being tried and tutored in the world._

--TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA.


ILLUSTRATED BY WILLIAM A. HOTTINGER


GROSSET & DUNLAP
PUBLISHERS NEW YORK

Printed in the United States of America


[Illustration: "'Love!' he sneered ... 'I thought you'd say that.'"]