More Trivia   By: Logan Pearsall Smith (1865-1949)

by

LOGAN PEARSALL SMITH

Author of "Trivia"

New York Harcourt, Brace and Company 1921

Copyright, 1921, by Harcourt, Brace and Company, Inc.

Printed in the U. S. A. by The Quinn & Boden Company Rahway N. J.

CONTENTS

A GREETING ix

REASSURANCE 3

THE GREAT ADVENTURE 4

THE BEATIFIC VISION 5

FACES 6

THE OBSERVER 7

CHAOS 8

THE GHOST 9

THE HOUR GLASS 10

THE LATCHKEY 11

GOOD PRACTICE 12

EVASION 13

DINING OUT 14

WHAT'S WRONG 15

AT SOLEMN MUSIC 17

THE GOAT 18

SELF CONTROL 19

THE COMMUNION OF SOULS 20

WAXWORKS 21

ADJECTIVES 22

WHERE? 23

IN THE STREET 24

THE ABBEY AT NIGHT 25

DESPERANCE 26

CHAIRS 27

A GRIEVANCE 28

THE MOON 29

LONGEVITY 30

IN THE BUS 31

JUSTIFICATION 32

THE SAYING OF A PERSIAN POET 33

MONOTONY 34

DAYDREAM 35

PROVIDENCE 36

ACTION 37

WAITING 38

THE WRONG WORD 40

IONS 41

A FIGURE OF SPEECH 42

A SLANDER 43

SYNTHESIS 44

THE AGE 45

COMFORT 46

APPEARANCE AND REALITY 47

LONELINESS 48

THE WELSH HARP 49

MISAPPREHENSION 51

THE LIFT 52

SLOAN STREET 53

REGENT'S PARK 54

THE AVIARY 55

ST. JOHN'S WOOD 56

THE GARDEN SUBURB 57

SUNDAY CALLS 59

AN ANOMALY 60

THE LISTENER 61

ABOVE THE CLOUDS 62

THE BUBBLE 63

CAUTION 64

DESIRES 65

MOMENTS 66

THE EPITAPH 67

INTERRUPTION 68

THE EAR TRUMPET 70

GUILT 71

CADOGAN GARDENS 72

THE RESCUE 73

CHARM 74

CARAVANS 75

THE SUBURBS 76

THE CONCERTO 77

SOMEWHERE 78

THE PLATITUDE 79

THE FETISH 80

THE ECHO 81

THE SCAVENGER 82

THE HOT BED 83

APHASIA 84

MAGIC 85

MRS. BACKE 86

WHISKERS 87

THE SPELLING LESSON 88

JEUNESSE 89

HANGING ON 90

SUPERANNUATION 91

AT THE CLUB 92

DELAY 93

SMILES 94

THE DAWN 95

THE PEAR 96

INSOMNIA 97

READING PHILOSOPHY 98

MORAL TRIUMPH 99

A VOW 100

THE SPRINGS OF ACTION 101

IN THE CAGE 102

SHRINKAGE 103

VOICES 104

EVANESCENCE 105

COMPLACENCY 106

MY PORTRAIT 107

THE RATIONALIST 108

THOUGHTS 109

PHRASES 110

DISENCHANTMENT 111

ASK ME NO MORE 112

FAME 113

NEWS ITEMS 114

JOY 115

IN ARCADY 116

WORRIES 117

THINGS TO WRITE 118

PROPERTY 119

IN A FIX 120

VERTIGO 122

THE EVIL EYE 123

THE EPITHET 124

THE GARDEN PARTY 125

WELTSCHMERZ 126

BOGEYS 127

LIFE ENHANCEMENT 129

ECLIPSE 130

THE PYRAMID 131

THE FULL MOON 132

LUTON 133

THE DANGER OF GOING TO CHURCH 134

THE SONNET 136

WELTANSCHAUUNG 137

THE ALIEN 138

HYPOTHESES 139

THE ARGUMENT 140

A GREETING