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If I May by Milne, A. A. (Alan Alexander), 1882-1956
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A word from our supporters: File extension 123 | Produced by Stan Goodman and Curtis A. Weyant IF I MAY A. A. MILNE * * * * * BY THE SAME AUTHOR NOT THAT IT MATTERS Named by _Life_ in its issue of October 28, 1920, as one of the best six current books. "No better book for vacation reading." --_Review_ E. P. DUTTON & COMPANY * * * * * IF I MAY BY A. A. MILNE AUTHOR OF "NOT THAT IT MATTERS," ETC. NEW YORK E. P. DUTTON & COMPANY 682 FIFTH AVENUE COPYRIGHT, 1921, BY E. P. DUTTON & COMPANY All Rights Reserved _First Edition_, October, 1921 _New Popular Edition_, 1925 Printed in the United States of America * * * * * These essays are reprinted, with such alterations and additions as seemed proper, from _The Sphere_, _The Outlook_, _The Daily News_, _The Sunday Express_ (London) and _Vanity Fair_ (New York). A. A. M. * * * * * CONTENTS THE CASE FOR THE ARTIST A LONDON GARDEN THE GAME OF KINGS FIXTURES AND FITTINGS EXPERTS THE ROBINSON TRADITION GETTING THINGS DONE CHRISTMAS GAMES THE MATHEMATICAL MIND GOING OUT TO DINNER THE ETIQUETTE OF ESCAPE GEOGRAPHICAL RESEARCH CHILDREN'S PLAYS THE ROAD TO KNOWLEDGE A MAN OF PROPERTY AN ORDNANCE MAP THE LORD MAYOR THE HOLIDAY PROBLEM THE BURLINGTON ARCADE STATE LOTTERIES THE RECORD LIE WEDDING BELLS PUBLIC OPINION THE HONOUR OF YOUR COUNTRY A VILLAGE CELEBRATION A TRAIN OF THOUGHT MELODRAMA A LOST MASTERPIECE A HINT FOR NEXT CHRISTMAS THE FUTURE THE LARGEST CIRCULATION THE WATSON TOUCH SOME OLD COMPANIONS A HAUNTED HOUSE ROUND THE WORLD AND BACK THE STATE OF THE THEATRE THE FIRES OF AUTUMN NOT GUILTY A DIGRESSION HIGH FINANCE SECRET PAPERS * * * * * IF I MAY * * * * * IF I MAY By an "artist" I mean Shakespeare and Me and Bach and Myself and Velasquez and Phidias, and even You if you have ever written four lines on the sunset in somebody's album, or modelled a Noah's Ark for your little boy in plasticine. Perhaps we have not quite reached the heights where Shakespeare stands, but we are on his track. Shakespeare can be representative of all of us, or Velasquez if you prefer him. One of them shall be President of our United Artists' Federation. Let us, then, consider what place in the scheme of things our federation can claim. |