The Holiday Round eBook

A. A. (Alan Alexander) Milne

Table of Contents
Section	Page

Start of eBook	1
HOLIDAY TIME	1
II.—BECALMED	3
III.—A DAY ASHORE	5
IV.—IN THE WET	7
V.—MAROONED	10
VI.—A LITTLE CRICKET FOR AN ENDING	12
THE HOUSE-WARMING	14
II.—A GALA PERFORMANCE	16
III.—UNEXPECTED GUESTS	19
IV.—A WORD IN SEASON	21
FIRST SCENE	21
SECOND SCENE	22
THIRD SCENE	22
V.—UNINVITED GUESTS	23
VI.—A FINAL ARRANGEMENT	25
AT PLAY	27
PAT BALL	29
THE OPENING SEASON	32
AN INLAND VOYAGE	34
AN INFORMAL EVENING	36
THE CONTINENTAL MANNER	38
TWO STORIES	41
AUTHOR. WE MUST LET THE READERS TAKE SOMETHING FOR GRANTED	44
A MATTER-OF-FACT FAIRY TALE	47
AN ODD LOT	52
THE ORDEAL BY FIRE	55
THE LUCKY MONTH	57
A SUMMER COLD	60
A MODERN CINDERELLA	62
A LITERARY LIGHT	64
I	64
II	65
III	65
IV	66
LITTLE PLAYS FOR AMATEURS	66
A CHAPTER OF ACCIDENTS	81
A CROWN OF SORROWS	83
NAPOLEON AT WORK	85
THE PORTUGUESE CIGAR	87
A COLD WORLD	89
THE DOCTOR	92
THE THINGS THAT MATTER	94
STORIES OF SUCCESSFUL LIVES	96
THE PAINTER	98
THE BARRISTER	100
THE CIVIL SERVANT	103
THE ACTOR	105
KICK ME	107
THE YOUNGER SON	107
A FEW FRIENDS	110
I.—A TWICE TOLD TALE	110
II.—THE LITERARY ART	112
B A B Y	112
G O T	113
SOLICITOR SOLICITOR SOLCTOR	114
III.—MY SECRETARY	114
CHUM	116
BETTY	118
CINDERELLA	120
FATHER CHRISTMAS	122
MISS MIDDLETON	124
II.—OUT OF THE HURLY-BURLY	127
III.—ANOTHER MILESTONE	129
IV.-THE HERALD OF SUMMER	131
EPILOGUE	133

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