AUGUSTUS CARP, Esq.

Myself at the age of 21 from a photograph now in the possession of the Reverend Simeon Whey

AUGUSTUS CARP, Esq.

By HIMSELF

BEING THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF

A REALLY GOOD MAN

With

Illustrations by

ROBIN

BOSTON & NEW YORK

HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY

1924

Printed in Great Britain

DEDICATED

TO THE MEMORY OF MY DEAR FATHER

AUGUSTUS CARP

OF CAMBERWELL

CHAPTER I

	PAGE
No apology for writing this book. An imperative duty under present conditions. Description of my parents and their personal appearances. Description of Mon Repos, Angela Gardens. Long anxiety prior to my birth. Intense joy when at last this takes place. My father’s decision as to my Xtian name. Early selection of my first godfather	1

CHAPTER II

Trials of my infancy. Varieties of indigestion. I suffer from a local erythema. Instance of my father’s unselfishness. Difficulty in providing a second godfather. Unexpected solution of the problem. The ceremony of my baptism. A narrow escape. Was it culpable carelessness? My father transfers his worship to St. James-the-Lesser-Still, Peckham Rye

CHAPTER III

My parents’ studies in the upbringing of children. A successful instance of non-vaccination. Further example of my father’s consideration for others. My mother’s ill-health. My parents engage a charwoma

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AUGUSTUS CARP, Esq.

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