My Lady Nicotine: A Study in Smoke

by J. M. Barrie

33 chapters5h 9mEnglish1926

About this book

J. M. Barrie, the author best known for Peter Pan, pens witty anecdotes of smoking, having quit the habit. He relates various humorous accounts of himself and his friends, both in their relation to My Lady Nicotine and separate from it. If possible, don't miss the enjoyable, copious illustrations by Maurice Prendergast in the text! - Summary by TriciaG

Chapters (33)

1Matrimony and Smoking Compared

691

2My First Cigar

454

3The Arcadia Mixture

620

4My Pipes

808

5My Tobacco-Pouch

327

6My Smoking-Table

536

7Gilray

588

8Marriot

541

9Jimmy

524

10Scrymgeour

616

11His Wife's Cigars

507

12Gilray's Flower-Pot

561

13The Grandest Scene in History

944

14My Brother Henry

566

15House-Boat "Arcadia"

557

16The Arcadia Mixture Again

657

17The Romance of a Pipe-Cleaner

503

18What Could He Do?

509

19Primus

558

20Primus to His Uncle

609

21English-Grown Tobacco

724

22How Heroes Smoke

453

23The Ghost of Christmas Eve

410

24Not the Arcadia

539

25A Face that Haunted Marriot

629

26Arcadians at Bay

518

27Jimmy's Dream

498

28Gilray's Dream

542

29Pettigrew's Dream

546

30The Murder in the Inn

346

31The Perils of Not Smoking

534

32My Last Pipe

513

33When My Wife Is Asleep and All the House Is Still

630

My Lady Nicotine: A Study in Smoke

About this book

Chapters (33)

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