UNPARLIAMENTARYPAPERS AND OTHERDIVERSIONS

BY
REGINALD BERKELEY

Author of
“French Leave” and “Eight O’Clock”
Part Author of “The Oilskin Packet”
and “Decorations and Absurdities”

With an Introduction
By J. C. SQUIRE
And Drawings by
BOHUN LYNCH

Cecil Palmer
Forty-nine
Chandos Street
W.C.2

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FIRST
EDITION
1924
COPYRIGHT

Printed in Great Britain

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To C. H. G.

Friend, of all friends most prized and dear,

When times are sad, when memories smart,

When smiles hold back the scalding tear,

And laughter hides a breaking heart—

Because the sleeve’s no place to wear it—

May this poor book of mine come in

And help brave you to grin and bear it,

Or—if you cannot bear it—grin.

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Certain of the papers that makeup this book have appeared,either in this present or in somemodified form, in the “Outlook.”Others have been published inthe “Nottingham Journal,” the“Yorkshire Observer,” and otherprovincial dailies. Others againare hitherto unpublished. Tothe Editors of those journals inwhich his work has appearedthe author wishes to express hisgratitude and acknowledgments.

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INTRODUCTION

I happen to frequent Captain Berkeley’scompany on the cricket field. When he isthere, and the wicket is bumpy, it mightsuitably be called a stricken field. He bowlsvery fast and very straight.

As his publisher usually keeps wicket for him,I dare not suggest that the crooked ones go forfour byes. In any event that parallel would notbe necessary here; but the general characteristicsof Captain Berkeley’s bowling are certainly inevidence. He goes direct at his object, andwhen he hits it the middle stump whirls rapidlyin the air.

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UNPARLIAMENTARYPAPERS AND OTHERDIVERSIONS

To C. H. G.

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