All but two of the pieces here printed appeared originally in _Punch_. My thanks are due to Messrs Bradbury, Agnew & Co., the Proprietors of _Punch_, for permitting me to reprint them here. "For Wilma" was first published in _Blackwood's Magazine_, and appears here by the courtesy of the Editor. THE VAGABOND SINGING WATER FOR WILMA CRAGWELL END THE BIRD IN THE ROOM KILLED IN ACTION EPITAPH TO FLIGHT-LIEUTENANT ROBINSON, V.C. PAGAN FANCIES ROBIN, THE SEA-BOY THE BIRTHDAY THE DANCE PANSIES THE DRAGON OF WINTER HILL FLUFFY, A CAT THE LEAN-TO SHED THE CONTRACT JOHN THE SPARROW GELERT AVE, CAESAR! SOO-TI THE BATH PETER, A PEKINESE PUPPY THE DOGS' WELCOME ODE TO JOHN BRADBURY TEETH-SETTING THE DE…
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