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                             FATHERS OF MEN




                         BOOKS BY E. W. HORNUNG

                  PUBLISHED BY CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS

                          _The Raffles Series_

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                             FATHERS OF MEN




                                   BY
                             E. W. HORNUNG




                                NEW YORK
                        CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS
                                  1912




                          COPYRIGHT, 1912, BY
                        CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS

                        Published February, 1912




                                CONTENTS

                 CHAPTER                             PAGE
                      I. BEHIND THE SCENES              1
                     II. CHANGE AND CHANCE             11
                    III. VERY RAW MATERIAL             21
                     IV. SETTLING IN                   33
                      V. NICKNAMES                     43
                     VI. BOY TO BOY                    53
                    VII. REASSURANCE                   62
                   VIII. LIKES AND DISLIKES            75
                     IX. CORAM POPULO                  90
                      X. ELEGIACS                     105
                     XI. A MERRY CHRISTMAS            123
                    XII. THE NEW YEAR                 133
                   XIII. THE HAUNTED HOUSE            146
                    XIV. "SUMMER-TERM"                163
                     XV. SPRAWSON'S MASTERPIECE       174
                    XVI. SIMILIA SIMILIBUS            186
                   XVII. THE FUN OF THE FAIR          196
                  XVIII. DARK HORSES                  212
                    XIX. FAME AND FORTUNE             225
                     XX. THE EVE OF OFFICE            240
                    XXI. OUT OF FORM                  250
                   XXII. THE OLD BOYS' MATCH          259
                  XX