SWEET SHOPS 46 _Heard in Arcady_ 47 _Dithyramb by an Arcadian Poet_ 49 CONVEYANCES 50 SHOPS 54 _Cupid’s Sale_ 55 _Cupid’s Bill_ 57 INSTITUTIONS AND PUBLIC BUILDINGS: Places of Interest 58 Post-Office 58 The Heart Exchange 61 _The Intercepted Valentine_ 62 Banks 62 The Hospital 62 The Weather Bureau 65 The Campo Santo 65 The Hall of Fame 66 _Ballade of Arcady_ 67 AMUSEMENTS 68 _The Old Story_ 75 LANGUAGE 75 SOME ARCADIAN BROMIDIOMS 76 EXERCISE FOR THE LANGUAGE STUDENT: _A Very Pretty Quarrel_ 77 Degrees of Love 79 Definitions 79 _The Spelling Lesson_ 79 _Love in Arcady_ 80 _Insensibility_ 81 _Biographical Sketch of Cupid_ 82 POLITICAL NOTES 84 ARCADIAN LAWS 84 COSTUMES 85 _Then and Now_ 86 WALKS 87 _Old Valentines_ 91 BUSINESS SECTION 93 IT HAPPENED IN ARCADY 94 CALAMITOUS CATASTROPHE 101 ADVERTISEMENTS 103 _Advertisement_ 113 * * * * * LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS The Post Office is in the heart of an old hollow oak tree Frontispiece _Facing page_ Arcadia (Map) 3 Across the Sea of Dreams in a Transport of Rapture 5