Chapter V: A Storm on the Backs; and a Story of Three 29

VI. On Loafing: together with a Second Anecdote from the
“Entertainments” of Kapnides 37

VII. On Causes: with an Excursus on Luck 44

VIII. On Solitude: with a Third Anecdote from the
“Entertainments” of Kapnides 51

IX. On Associations: together with a Last Anecdote from the
“Entertainments” of Kapnides 58

THE NINE MUSES MINUS ONE--

I. Clio’s Story: Charles Marius 66

II. Euterpe’s Story: The Girl and the Minstrel 75

III. Terpsichore’s Story: The Under-Study 83

IV. Melpomene’s Story: The Cursed Pig 90

V. Polymnia’s Story: An Hour of Death 97

VI. Calliope’s Story: The Last Straw 105

VII. Thalia’s Story: The Camel who never got started 113

VIII. Urania’s Story: Number One hundred and Three 121

THE CELESTIAL GROCERY: A FANTASIA 129

“BILL” 150

THE GIRL AND THE BEETLE: A STORY OF HERE AND HEREAFTER 164

IN A CANADIAN CANOE.