WINDFALLS

By Alfred George Gardiner

(Alpha of the Plough)

Illustrations by Clive Gardiner

J. M. Dent & Sons, Ltd.

1920

Original

Original

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TO GWEN AND PHYLLIS

I think this book belongs to you because, if it can be said to be about anything in particular—which it cannot—it is, in spite of its delusive title, about bees, and as I cannot dedicate it to them, I offer it to those who love them most.

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PREFACE

JEMIMA

ON BEING IDLE

ON HABITS

IN DEFENCE OF WASPS

ON PILLAR ROCK

TWO VOICES

ON BEING TIDY

AN EPISODE

ON POSSESSION

ON BORES

A LOST SWARM

YOUNG AMERICA

ON GREAT REPLIES

ON BOILERS AND BUTTERFLIES

ON HEREFORD BEACON

CHUM

ON MATCHES AND THINGS

ON BEING REMEMBERED

ON DINING

IDLE THOUGHTS AT SEA

TWO DRINKS OF MILK

ON FACTS AND THE TRUTH

ON GREAT MEN

ON SWEARING

ON A HANSOM CAB

ON MANNERS

ON A FINE DAY

ON WOMEN AND TOBACCO

DOWN TOWN

ON KEYHOLE MORALS

FLEET STREET NO MORE

ON WAKING UP

ON