Produced by David Edwards, Martin Pettit and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Print project.) A GREAT MAN A FROLIC BY ARNOLD BENNETT AUTHOR OF 'THE GRAND BABYLON HOTEL,' 'ANNA OF THE FIVE TOWNS,' 'LEONORA,' ETC. [Illustration] LONDON CHATTO & WINDUS 1904 TO MY DEAR FRIEND FREDERICK MARRIOTT AND TO THE IMPERISHABLE MEMORY OF OLD TIMES CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE I. HIS BIRTH 1 II. TOM 8 III. HIS CHRISTENING 17 IV. AGED TWELVE 26 V. MARRONS GLACES 36 VI. A CALAMITY FOR THE SCHOOL 49 VII. CONTAGIOUS 58 VIII. CREATIVE 72 IX. SPRING ONIONS 85 X. MARK SNYDER 95 XI. SATIN 105 XII. HIS FAME 117 XIII. A LION IN HIS LAIR 135 XIV. HER NAME WAS GERALDINE 148 XV. HIS TERRIBLE QUANDARY 161 XVI. DURING THE TEA-MEETING 169 XVII. A NOVELIST IN A BOX 181 XVIII. HIS JACK-HORNERISM 195 XIX. HE JUSTIFIES HIS FATHER 201 XX. PRESS AND PUBLIC 215 XXI. PLAYING THE NEW GAME 226 XXII. HE LEARNS MORE ABOUT WOMEN 239 XXIII. SEPARATION 249 XXIV. COSETTE 256 XXV. THE RAKE'S PROGRESS 273 XXVI. THE NEW LIFE 289 XXVII. HE IS NOT NERVOUS 308 XXVIII. HE SHORTENS HIS NAME 325 XXIX. THE PRESIDENT 337 A GREAT MAN CHAPTER I HIS BIRTH