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The Man Who Understood Women and Other Stories

The Man Who Understood Women and Other Stories (1919)
by Leonard Merrick
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The Works of Leonard Merrick

THE MAN WHO
UNDERSTOOD WOMEN

AND OTHER STORIES

The Works of
LEONARD MERRICK

CONRAD IN QUEST OF HIS YOUTH. With an Introduction by Sir J. M. Barrie.
WHEN LOVE FLIES OUT O' THE WINDOW. With an Introduction by Sir William Robertson Nicoll.
THE QUAINT COMPANIONS. With an Introduction by H. G. Wells.
THE POSITION OF PEGGY HARPER. With an Introduction by Sib Arthur Pinero.
THE MAN WHO UNDERSTOOD WOMEN and other Stories. With an Introduction by W. J. Locke.
THE WORLDLINGS. With an Introduction by Neil Munro.
THE ACTOR-MANAGER. With an Introduction by W. D. Howells.
CYNTHIA. With an Introduction by Maurice Hewlett.
ONE MAN'S VIEW. With an Introduction by Granville Barker.
THE MAN WHO WAS GOOD. With an Introduction by J. K. Prothero.
A CHAIR ON THE BOULEVARD. With an Introduction by A. Neil Lyons.
THE HOUSE OF LYNCH. With an Introduction by G. K. Chesterton.
WHILE PARIS LAUGHED: Being Pranks and Passions of the Poet Tricothrin.

NEW YORK

E. P. DUTTON & COMPANY



THE MAN WHO
UNDERSTOOD WOMEN

AND OTHER STORIES

By LEONARD MERRICK

WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY
W. J. LOCKE

NEW YORK
E P. DUTTON AND COMPANY
681 FIFTH AVENUE



COPYRIGHT, 1911,
BY MITCHELL KENNERLEY

COPYRIGHT, 1919,
BY E. P. DUTTON & COMPANY

All Rights Reserved

The First American Definitive Edition, with
Introduction by
W. J. Locke, limited to 1550 copies
(of which only 1500 were for sale)
Published September, 1919
Second American Edition, October, 1919
Third {{{1}}}„ {{{1}}}„ October, 1919

Printed in the United States of America



CONTENTS

  1. Introduction *

  2. I

  3. THE MAN WHO UNDERSTOOD WOMEN 1

  4. II

  5. A VERY GOOD THING FOR THE GIRL 18

  6. III

  7. THE WOMAN WHO WISHED TO DIE 35

  8. IV

  9. FRANKENSTEIN II 50

  10. V

  11. THE TALE THAT WOULDN'T DO 68

  12. VI

  13. THE LAURELS AND THE LADY 81

  14. VII

  15. THE CHILD IN THE GARDEN 160

  16. VIII

  17. A LETTER TO THE DUCHESS 180

  18. IX

  19. THE PRINCE IN THE FAIRY TALE 200

  20. X

  21. WITH INTENT TO DEFRAUD 224

  22. XI

  23. DEAD VIOLETS 239

  24. XII

  25. THE FAVOURITE PLOT 259

  26. XIII

  27. TIME, THE HUMORIST 277

  28. XIV

  29. THE BACK OF BOHEMIA 293

  30. XV

  31. THE LADY OF LYONS' 313

  32. XVI

  33. THE THIRD M 326

  34. XVII

  35. THE BISHOP'S COMEDY 344

  36. XVIII

  37. A REVERIE 364

  38. XIX

  39. THE RECONCILIATION 368

  40. XX

  41. THE CALL FROM THE PAST 383


*Not included in listing

This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published before January 1, 1929.

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