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EVENING DRESS
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BY
W. D. HOWELLS
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My Year in a Log Cabin. By William Dean Howells.
The Work of Washington Irving. By Charles Dudley Warner.
Edwin Booth. By Laurence Hutton.
The Decision of the Court. By Brander Matthews.
Phillips Brooks. By the Rev. Arthur Brooks, D.D.
George William Curtis. By John White Chadwick.
The Rivals. By François Coppée.
Slavery and the Slave Trade in Africa. By Henry M. Stanley.
The Japanese Bride. By Naomi Tamura.
Giles Corey, Yeoman. By Mary E. Wilkins.
Whittier. By Mrs. James T. Fields.
Seen from the Saddle. By Isa Carrington Cabell.
James Russell Lowell. An Address. By George William Curtis.
Coffee and Repartee. By John Kendrick Bangs.
Three Weeks in Politics. By John Kendrick Bangs.
A Family Canoe Trip. By Florence Watters Snedeker.
A Little Swiss Sojourn. By William Dean Howells.
In the Vestibule Limited. By Brander Matthews.
This Picture and That. By Brander Matthews.
Travels in America 100 Years Ago. By Thomas Twining.
The Unexpected Guests.—A Letter of Introduction.—The AlbanyDepot.—Evening Dress.—A Likely Story.—The Mouse-trap.—TheGarroters.—Five O'Clock Tea. Farces. Each complete in one volume. ByWilliam Dean Howells.
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"WELL, THEN, I SHALL HAVE TO TRUST YOU" Frontispiece
"THE SLEEVES ARE A TRIFLE SHORT, MAYBE" Faces p. 42
THAT LITTLE SUPPER " 56
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Mrs. Edward Roberts: "Now, my dear, Amy and I will get there early, soas to make up for your coming a little late, but you must be there forthe last half, at least. I would excuse you altogether if I could, for Iknow you must be dead tired, up all night, that way, on