| Description |
xi pages, 3 leaves, [3]-688 pages, 1 leaf ; 23 cm |
| Note |
"First-American edition." |
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Introduction signed by J. Middleton Murry. |
| Contents |
The tiredness of Rosabel -- How Pearl Button was kidnapped -- The journey to Bruges -- A truthful adventure -- New dresses -- Germans at meat -- The baron -- The sister of the baroness -- Frau Fischer -- Frau Brechenmacher attends a wedding -- The modern soul -- At Lehmann's -- The luft bad -- A birthday -- The child-who-was-tired -- The advanced lady -- The swing of the pendulum -- A blaze -- The woman at the store -- Ole Underwood -- The little girl -- Millie -- Pension Séguin -- Violet -- Bains turcs -- Something childish but very natural -- An indiscreet journey -- Spring pictures -- The little governess -- The wind blows -- Prelude -- At the bay -- Late at night -- Two tuppenny ones, please -- The black cap -- A suburban fairy tale -- Psychology -- Carnation -- Feuille d'album -- A dill pickle -- Bliss -- Je ne parle pas français -- Sun and moon -- Mr. Reginald Peacock's day -- Pictures -- See-saw -- This flower -- The wrong house -- The man without a temperament -- Revelations -- The escape -- Bank holiday -- The young girl -- The stranger -- The lady's maid -- The daughters of the late colonel -- Life of Ma Parker -- The singing lesson -- Mr. and Mrs. Dove -- An ideal family -- Her first ball -- Sixpence -- The voyage -- The garden-party -- Miss Brill -- Marriage à la mode -- Poison -- The doll's house -- Honeymoon -- A cup of tea -- Taking the veil -- The fly -- The canary. |
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Unfinished stories. A married man's story -- The doves' nest -- Six years after -- Daphne -- Father and the girls -- All serene -- A bad idea -- A man and his dog -- Such a sweet old lady -- Honesty -- Susannah -- Second violin -- Mr. and Mrs. Williams -- Weak heart -- Widowed. |
| Subject |
New Zealand -- Social life and customs -- Fiction.
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Europe -- Social life and customs -- Fiction.
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| Added Author |
Murry, John Middleton, 1889-1957.
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