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SHORT STORIES 1

THE LUNCHEON＆by W．Somerset Maugham 1

NINE NEEDLES＆by James Thurber 9

THE GLOVE＆by R．U．Joyce 16

MORNINGS AT SEVEN＆by Bernard Hollowood 23

ACME＆by John Galsworthy 27

POST HASTE＆by Colin Howard 37

THE DANCING PARTNER＆by Jerome K．Jerome 43

THE HAPPY PRINCE＆by Oscar Wilde 53

THE PEARL OF LOVE＆by H．G．Wells 69

PLAY 78

THE NEVER-NEVER NEST＆by Cedric Mount 78

THE DEATH TRAP＆by＂Saki＂(H．H．Munro) 84

IF I WERE YOU＆by Douglas James 92

FRIDAY MORNING－A RADIO DRAMA＆by Val Gielgud 100

FROM THE NOVELISTS 124

THE BEAR＆from The Cloister and the Hearth,by Charles Reade 124

BARKIS PROPOSES TO PEGGOTTY＆from David Copperfield,by Charles Dickens 131

BECKY AND AMELIA LEAVE SCHOOL＆from Vanity Fair,by W．M．Thackeray 144

THE TRIAL OF FERGUS MACIVOR＆from Waverley,by Sir Walter Scott 151

LAVENGRO TALKS WITH JASPER PETULENGRO＆from Lavengro,by George Borrow 158

A MAD TEA-PARTY＆from Alice in Wonderland,by Lewi s Carroll 159

POEMS 170

THE HIGHWAYMAN＆by Alfred Noyes 170

ABOU BEN ADHEM＆by Leigh Hunt 176

LUCY＆by William Wordsworth 178

HOME THEY BROUGHT HER WARRIOR DEAD＆by Alfred,Lord Tennyson 179

ULYSSES＆by Alfred,Lord Tennyson 180

MEMORABILIA＆by Robert Browning 185

THE PATRIOT＆by Robert Browning 186

THE DESTRUCTION OF SENNACHERIB＆by Lord Byron 188

A JACOBITE＇S EPITAPH＆by Lord Macaulay 191

ESSAYS 193

BACK TO THE DESK＆by Robert Lynd 193

THE LAUNCHING OF THE＂QUEEN MARY＂＆by J．B．Priestley 199

I AM A HIGH BROW＆by Aldous Huxley 206

I AM A LOW BROW＆by Gilbert Frankau 213

SAD SECRETARY＆by Ivor Brown 219

CONVERSATIONS 225

MRS CAUDLE LECTURES HER HUSBAND＆by Douglas Jerrold 225

WHERE DOES INVENTION LEAD?＂A CONVERSATION IN A TRAIN＂＆by Eimar O＇Duffy 230

NOTE ON SUGGESTED ORDER OF READING 243

INDEX OF EXERCISES 245