A HANDFUL

OF

PAPER SHAVINGS.

BY

T. C. HENLEY.

1861.

LONDON SIMPKIN, MARSHALL, AND CO.

SWANSEA: PEARSE AND BROWN.

The fragmentary paragraphs in the following pages were written for amusement's sake in the leisure half-hours of a country journalist.

CONTENTS.

PAGE.

Accepting Favours..

A Cloud.

Admiration and Affection

A Financial Statement

A Homœopathic Globule

A Kind Word.

All is Vanity

Almsgiving.

Anticipation

An Author's Bow

Aping and Aiming

Appearances

Apologies

A Poor Sacrifice

A Public Character..

Attachment.

A Tortuous Course..

Autobiography in the Human Face.:

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