AUGUSTUS CARP, ESQ. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [Illustration: _Myself at the age of 21 from a photograph now in the possession of the Reverend Simeon Whey_ ] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ AUGUSTUS CARP, ESQ. BY HIMSELF BEING THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A REALLY GOOD MAN With Illustrations by ROBIN BOSTON & NEW YORK HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY 1924 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Printed in Great Britain ------------------------------------------------------------------------ DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF MY DEAR FATHER AUGUSTUS CARP OF CAMBERWELL ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CONTENTS CHAPTER I PAGE No apology for writing this book. An 1 imperative duty under present conditions. Description of my parents and their personal appearances. Description of Mon Repos, Angela Gardens. Long anxiety prior to my birth. Intense joy when at last this takes place. My father’s decision as to my Xtian name. Early selection of my first godfather CHAPTER II Trials of my infancy. Varieties of 9 indigestion. I suffer from a local erythema. Instance of my father’s unselfishness. Difficulty in providing a second godfather. Unexpected solution of the problem. The ceremony of my baptism. A narrow escape. Was it culpable carelessness? My father transfers his worship to St. James-the-Lesser-Still, Peckham Rye CHAPTER III