+-------------------------------------------------+ |Transcriber’s note: | | | |Obvious typographic errors have been corrected. | | | +-------------------------------------------------+ IMPRESSIONS AND EXPERIENCES BY W. D. HOWELLS AUTHOR OF “A HAZARD OF NEW FORTUNES” “THE QUALITY OF MERCY” ETC. [Illustration: Logo] NEW YORK HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS 1896 W. D. HOWELLS’S WORKS. _IN CLOTH BINDING._ STOPS OF VARIOUS QUILLS. Illustrated by HOWARD PYLE. $2 50. A PARTING AND A MEETING. Illustrated. $1 00. THE DAY OF THEIR WEDDING. $1 25. MY LITERARY PASSIONS. $1 50. A TRAVELER FROM ALTRURIA. $1 50. THE COAST OF BOHEMIA. Illustrated. $1 50. THE WORLD OF CHANCE. $1 50. THE QUALITY OF MERCY. $1 50. AN IMPERATIVE DUTY. $1 00. THE SHADOW OF A DREAM. $1 00. ANNIE KILBURN. $1 50. APRIL HOPES. $1 50. CRITICISM AND FICTION. With Portrait. $1 00. A BOY’S TOWN. Ill’d. $1 25. A HAZARD OF NEW FORTUNES. 2 Vols., $2 00. MODERN ITALIAN POETS. With Portraits. $2 00. CHRISTMAS EVERY DAY, and Other Stories. Illustrated. $1 25. THE MOUSE-TRAP, and Other Farces. Illustrated. $1 00. MY YEAR IN A LOG CABIN. Illustrated. 50 cents. A LITTLE SWISS SOJOURN. Illustrated. 50 cents. FARCES: Five O’Clock Tea.--The Mouse-Trap.--A Likely Story.--The Unexpected Guests.--Evening Dress.--A Letter of Introduction.--The Albany Depot.--The Garroters. Ill’d. 50 cents each. PUBLISHED BY HARPER & BROTHERS, NEW YORK. Copyright, 1896, by W. D. HOWELLS. _Electrotyped by J. A. Howells & Co., Jefferson, Ohio._ CONTENTS PAGE THE COUNTRY PRINTER 1 POLICE REPORT 45 I TALK OF DREAMS 95 AN EAST-SIDE RAMBLE 127 TRIBULATIONS OF A CHEERFUL GIVER 150 THE CLOSING OF THE HOTEL 189 GLIMPSES OF CENTRAL PARK 224 NEW YORK STREETS 245 IMPRESSIONS AND EXPERIENCES. THE COUNTRY PRINTER.