PART I.—PLAY DAYS

CHAP. PAGE I. TWELVE O’ THE CLOCK 11 II. PRETENDING 21 III. FAMILY MATTERS 35 IV. A WINTER SUNDAY 41 V. WHICH RUSHES FOURTEEN THOUSAND MILES AWAY 53 VI. ‘BROWNSES’ HOUSE’ 66 VII. A WAY TO WEALTH 73 VIII. THE PITILESS LONDON STREETS 81 IX. TRAVELS IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES 98 X. THE LAST CHRISTMAS IN ENGLAND 112 XI. ‘GOING DOWN TO THE SEA IN SHIPS’ 124 XII. AUSTRALIA 133 XIII. MOONDI-MOONDI 142 XIV. TRYING TO LIVE 158 XV. ‘A LITTLE FOLDING OF THE HANDS TO SLEEP’ 165 XVI. THE END OF PLAY DAYS 175