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  THE FIRST GLOOMSTER]




  THE DREAMERS
  A Club. _Being a More or Less Faithful
  Account of the Literary Exercises
  of the First Regular Meeting
  of that Organization, Reported by_
  JOHN KENDRICK BANGS
  _WITH ILLUSTRATIONS_
  _By_ EDWARD PENFIELD

  [Illustration]

  NEW YORK AND LONDON
  HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS
  1899




  BY THE SAME AUTHOR.

     PEEPS AT PEOPLE. Passages from the Writings of Anne Warrington
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     GHOSTS I HAVE MET, AND SOME OTHERS. With Illustrations by NEWELL,
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     A HOUSE-BOAT ON THE STYX. Being Some Account of the Divers Doings
     of the Associated Shades. Illustrated by PETER NEWELL. 16mo, Cloth,
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     THE PURSUIT OF THE HOUSE-BOAT. Being Some Further Account of the
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     Holmes, Esq. Illustrated by PETER NEWELL. 16mo, Cloth, Ornamental,
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     PASTE JEWELS. Being Seven Tales of Domestic Woe. 16mo, Cloth,
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     THE BICYCLERS, AND THREE OTHER FARCES. Illustrated. 16mo, Cloth,
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     A REBELLIOUS HEROINE. A Story. Illustrated by W. T. SMEDLEY. 16mo,
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     MR. BONAPARTE OF CORSICA. Illustrated by H. W. MCVICKAR. 16mo,
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     THE WATER GHOST, AND OTHERS. Illustrated. 16mo, Cloth, Ornamental,
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     THE IDIOT. Illustrated. 16mo, Cloth, Ornamental, $1.00.

     THREE WEEKS IN POLITICS. Illustrated. 32mo, Cloth, Ornamental, 50
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     COFFEE AND REPARTEE. Illustrated. 32mo, Cloth, Ornamental, 50
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  Copyright, 1899, by HARPER & BROTHERS.
  _All rights reserved._




  Dedicated
  WITH ALL
  DUE RESPECT AND PROPER APOLOGIES

  TO

  RICHARD HARDING DAVIS
  JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY
  WILLIAM DEAN HOWELLS
  RUDYARD KIPLING
  HALL CAINE
  SUNDRY MAGAZINE POETS
  ANTHONY HOPE
  THE WAR CORRESPONDENTS
 