Note: Project Gutenberg also has an HTML version of this file which includes the original illustrations, some of which are in color. See 62823-h.htm or 62823-h.zip: (http://www.gutenberg.org/files/62823/62823-h/62823-h.htm) or (http://www.gutenberg.org/files/62823/62823-h.zip) Images of the original pages are available through Internet Archive. See https://archive.org/details/reveriesofbachel00mitciala Transcriber’s note: Text that was in italics is enclosed by underscores (_italics_). REVERIES OF A BACHELOR [Illustration] REVERIES OF A BACHELOR Or A Book of the Heart by IK MARVEL With Illustrations & Decorations by E. M. Ashe Indianapolis The Bobbs-Merrill Company Publishers Copyright 1906 The Bobbs-Merrill Company ————— October Press of Braunworth & Co. Bookbinders and Printers Brooklyn. N.Y. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ To Mrs. E. L. Dixon of Hartford, Connecticut This book is respectfully inscribed; by her friend THE AUTHOR ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [Illustration] CONTENTS FIRST REVERIE PAGE Over a Wood Fire 3 I Smoke, Signifying Doubt 9 II Blaze, Signifying Cheer 21 III Ashes, Signifying Desolation 29 SECOND REVERIE By a City Grate 47 I Sea-Coal 57 II Anthracite 77 THIRD REVERIE Over His Cigar 99 I Lighted With a Coal 105 II With a Wisp of Paper 121 III Lighted With a Match 137 FOURTH REVERIE Morning, Noon and Evening 155 I Morning—Which Is the Past 165 School Days 177 The Sea 191 The Father-Lan 201 A Roman Girl 213 The Appenines 225 Enrica 235