Produced by Michael Ciesielski, Suzanne Shell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net [Illustration: "'ARE YOU RELATED TO GOVERNOR McKINLEY?'"] COFFEE AND REPARTEE BY JOHN KENDRICK BANGS ILLUSTRATED NEW YORK AND LONDON HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS 1899 Harper's "Black and White" Series. Illustrated. 32mo, Cloth, 50 cents each. In the Vestibule Limited. Lowell. By G. W. Curtis. By Brander Matthews. George William Curtis. By This Picture and That. A John White Chadwick. Comedy. By Brander Matthews. Slavery and the Slave Trade The Decision of the Court. in Africa. By Henry M. A Comedy. By Brander Matthews. Stanley. A Family Canoe Trip. By Whittier: Notes of His Life Florence W. Snedeker. and of His Friendships. By Annie Fields. Three Weeks in Politics. By John Kendrick Bangs. The Japanese Bride. By Naomi Tamura. Coffee and Repartee. By John Kendrick Bangs. Giles Corey, Yeoman. By Mary E. Wilkins. Travels in America 100 Years Ago. By Thomas Twining. Seen From the Saddle. By Isa Carrington Cabell. The Work of Washington Irving. By Charles Dudley BY W. D. HOWELLS. Warner. Farces: A Letter of Introduction.--The Edwin Booth. By Laurence Albany Depot.--The Garroters.--Five Hutton. O'Clock Tea.--The Mouse-trap.--A Likely Story.--Evening Dress.--The Phillips Brooks. By Rev. Unexpected Guests. Arthur Brooks, D.D. A Little Swiss Sojourn. The Rivals. By François Coppée. My Year in a Log Cabin. PUBLISHED BY HARPER & BROTHERS, NEW YORK. Copyright, 1893, by Harper & Brothers. _All rights reserved._ TO F. S. M. ILLUSTRATIONS PAGE "'Are you related to Governor McKinley?'" _Frontispiece_ "Alarmed the cook" 5 "'What are the first symptoms of insanity?'" 13 "'Reading Webster's Dictionary'" 17 "'I stuck to the pigs'" 23