Produced by Chuck Greif, deaurider and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) DAGONET DITTIES WORKS BY GEORGE R. SIMS. _Post 8vo., illustrated boards_, =2s.= _each; cloth limp_, =2s. 6d.= _each_. =ROGUES AND VAGABONDS.= =THE RING O’ BELLS.= =MARY JANE’S MEMOIRS.= =MARY JANE MARRIED.= =TALES OF TO-DAY.= =DRAMAS OF LIFE.= With 60 Illustrations. =TINKLETOP’S CRIME.= With a Frontispiece by MAURICE GREIFFENHAGEN. _Crown 8vo., picture cover_, =1s.= _each; cloth_, =1s. 6d.= _each_. =HOW THE POOR LIVE=; and =HORRIBLE LONDON=. =THE DAGONET RECITER AND READER=: being Readings and Recitations in Prose and Verse, selected from his own Works by GEORGE R. SIMS. THE CASE OF GEORGE CANDLEMAS. LONDON: CHATTO & WINDUS, 214, PICCADILLY, W. DAGONET DITTIES [_FROM ‘THE REFEREE’_] BY GEORGE R. SIMS AUTHOR OF ‘HOW THE POOR LIVE,’ ‘ROGUES AND VAGABONDS,’ ETC. [Illustration: colophon] _SECOND EDITION_ London CHATTO & WINDUS, PICCADILLY 1891 CONTENTS. PAGE LONDON DAY BY DAY 1 FOR E’ER AND HAIR 3 THE ARTIST’S DILEMMA 5 A DOMESTIC TRAGEDY 7 THE PICK-ME-UP 9 AD COR MEUM 11 ICHABOD 12 A DERBY DITTY 14 SHALL WE REMEMBER? 15 PARADISE AND THE SINNER 16 THE INCOME TAX 19 NONSENSE 20 LE MARDI GRAS 23 TWO SUNDAYS 24 THE MAILS ABOARD 25 AT THE PHOTOGRAPHER’S 27 IN GAY JAPAN 29 THE BALACLAVA HEROES 31 A CHILD’S IDEA 32