Chapter I: Front Matter

FATHERS OF MEN

BOOKS BY E. W. HORNUNG

PUBLISHED BY CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS

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FATHERS OF MEN

BY
E. W. HORNUNG

NEW YORK
CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS
1912

COPYRIGHT, 1912, BY
CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS

Published February, 1912

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE
I. BEHIND THE SCENES 1
II. CHANGE AND CHANCE 11
III. VERY RAW MATERIAL 21
IV. SETTLING IN 33
V. NICKNAMES 43
VI. BOY TO BOY 53
VII. REASSURANCE 62
VIII. LIKES AND DISLIKES 75
IX. CORAM POPULO 90
X. ELEGIACS 105
XI. A MERRY CHRISTMAS 123
XII. THE NEW YEAR 133
XIII. THE HAUNTED HOUSE 146
XIV. “SUMMER-TERM” 163
XV. SPRAWSON’S MASTERPIECE 174
XVI. SIMILIA SIMILIBUS 186
XVII. THE FUN OF THE FAIR 196
XVIII. DARK HORSES 212
XIX. FAME AND FORTUNE 225
XX. THE EVE OF OFFICE 240
XXI. OUT OF FORM 250
XXII. THE OLD BOYS’ MATCH 259
XXIII. INTERLUDE IN A STUDY 266
XXIV. THE SECOND MORNING’S PLAY 277
XXV. INTERLUDE IN THE WOOD 290
XXVI. CLOSE OF PLAY 304
XXVII. THE EXTREME PENALTY 317
XXVIII. “LIKE LUCIFER” 328
XXIX. CHIPS AND JAN 336
XXX. HIS LAST FLING 349
XXXI. VALE 360

FATHERS OF MEN