Produced by Annie McGuire. This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Internet Archive. [Illustration: Book Cover] [Illustration: JOHN KENDRICK BANGS] The Idiot at Home By John Kendrick Bangs Illustrated by F. T. Richards [Illustration] NEW YORK AND LONDON HARPER & BROTHERS _Publishers_ 1900 BY THE SAME AUTHOR. * * * * * THE BOOMING OF ACRE HILL. Illustrated. 16mo, Cloth, $1.25. THE ENCHANTED TYPEWRITER. Illustrated by PETER NEWELL. 16mo, Cloth, Ornamental, $1.25. COFFEE AND REPARTEE and THE IDIOT. 1 vol. Illustrated. 16mo, Cloth, Ornamental, $1.25. THE DREAMERS: A CLUB. Illustrated by EDWARD PENFIELD. 16mo, Cloth, Ornamental, $1.25. A REBELLIOUS HEROINE, A Story. Illustrated by W. T. SMEDLEY. 16mo, Cloth, Ornamental, Uncut Edges, $1.25. A HOUSE-BOAT ON THE STYX. Illustrated by PETER NEWELL. 16mo, Cloth, Ornamental, $1.25. THE PURSUIT OF THE HOUSE-BOAT. Illustrated by PETER NEWELL. 16mo, Cloth, Ornamental, $1.25. PASTE JEWELS. Being Seven Tales of Domestic Woe. 16mo, Cloth, Ornamental, $1.00. GHOSTS I HAVE MET, AND SOME OTHERS. With Illustrations by NEWELL, FROST, and RICHARDS. 16mo, Cloth, Ornamental, $1.25. THE BICYCLERS, AND THREE OTHER FARCES. Illustrated, 16mo, Cloth, Ornamental, $1.25. PEEPS AT PEOPLE. Illustrated by EDWARD PENFIELD. 16mo, Cloth, Ornamental, $1.25. MR. BONAPARTE OF CORSICA. Illustrated by H. W. MCVICKAR. 16mo, Cloth, Ornamental, $1.25. THE WATER GHOST, AND OTHERS. Illustrated. 16mo, Cloth, Ornamental $1.25. THREE WEEKS IN POLITICS. Illustrated. 32mo, Cloth, Ornamental, 50 cents. * * * * * NEW YORK AND LONDON: HARPER & BROTHERS, PUBLISHERS. * * * * * Copyright, 1900, by JOHN KENDRICK BANGS. TO "MISS BANGS OF LONDON" FROM "MR. BARNES OF NEW YORK" CONTENTS