Transcribed from the 1913 John Long edition by David Price, email ccx074@pglaf.org [Picture: Spine cover] BOHEMIAN DAYS IN FLEET STREET * * * * * BY A JOURNALIST [Picture: Decorative graphic] LONDON JOHN LONG, LIMITED NORRIS STREET, HAYMARKET MCMXIII * * * * * _First published in 1913_ * * * * * CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE I. THE STREET OF ADVENTURE 9 II. DRIFTING INTO IT 18 III. LEARNING TO SWIM 33 IV. INTO THE MAELSTROM 49 V. SOCIETY JOURNALISM 68 VI. A GAY SCIENCE 84 VII. THE PASSING OF THE PURITAN SABBATH 104 VIII. ODD FISH 116 IX. MORE ODD FISH 130 X. BOHEMIAN CLUBS 146 XI. THE JOKER 164 XII. ANSDELL’S AFTERNOONS 181 XIII. DE MORTUIS 192 XIV. MY FRIENDS THE PLAYERS 205 XV. “THE ’ALLS” 222 XVI. MINE EASE AT MINE INN 240 XVII. BOOKIES AND OTHER WILD-FOWL 260 XVIII. OLLA PODRIDA 276 XIX. THE PRESS IN TRANSITION 292 INDEX 301 * * * * * CHAPTER I THE STREET OF ADVENTURE