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
NEW YORK AND LONDON
HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS
1899
BY THE SAME AUTHOR.
Peeps at People. Passagesfrom the Writingsof Anne WarringtonWitherup, Journalist.Illustrated by EdwardPenfield. 16mo, Cloth,Ornamental, UncutEdges and Colored Top,$1.25.
Ghosts I Have Met, andSome Others. With Illustrationsby Newell,Frost, and Richards.16mo, Cloth, Ornamental,$1.25.
A House-Boat on theStyx. Being Some Accountof the Divers Doingsof the AssociatedShades. Illustrated byPeter Newell. 16mo,Cloth, Ornamental, $1.25.
The Pursuit of theHouse-Boat. BeingSome Further Accountof the Doings of the AssociatedShades, underthe Leadership of SherlockHolmes, Esq. Illustratedby Peter Newell.16mo, Cloth, Ornamental,$1.25.
Paste Jewels. BeingSeven Tales of DomesticWoe. 16mo, Cloth, Ornamental$1.00.
The Bicyclers, and ThreeOther Farces. Illustrated.16mo, Cloth, Ornamental,$1.25.
A Rebellious Heroine.A Story. Illustrated byW. T. Smedley. 16mo,Cloth, Ornamental, UncutEdges, $1.25.
Mr. Bonaparte of Corsica.Illustrated by H.W. McVickar. 16mo,Cloth, Ornamental, $1.25.
The Water Ghost, andOthers. Illustrated.16mo, Cloth, Ornamental,$1.25.
The Idiot. Illustrated.16mo, Cloth, Ornamental,$1.00.
Three Weeks in Politics.Illustrated. 32mo, Cloth,Ornamental, 50 cents.
Coffee and Repartee. Illustrated.32mo, Cloth,Ornamental, 50 cents.
NEW YORK AND LONDON:
HARPER & BROTHERS, PUBLISHERS.
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
A. CONAN DOYLE
IAN MACLAREN
JAMES M. BARRIE
THE INVOLVULAR CLUB
AND
MR. DOOLEY