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
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Chapters
- Chapter 1
Matrimony and Smoking Compared
11:31 - Chapter 2
My First Cigar
07:34 - Chapter 3
The Arcadia Mixture
10:20 - Chapter 4
My Pipes
13:28 - Chapter 5
My Tobacco-Pouch
05:27 - Chapter 6
My Smoking-Table
08:56 - Chapter 7
Gilray
09:48 - Chapter 8
Marriot
09:01 - Chapter 9
Jimmy
08:44 - Chapter 10
Scrymgeour
10:16 - Chapter 11
His Wife's Cigars
08:27 - Chapter 12
Gilray's Flower-Pot
09:21 - Chapter 13
The Grandest Scene in History
15:44 - Chapter 14
My Brother Henry
09:26 - Chapter 15
House-Boat "Arcadia"
09:17 - Chapter 16
The Arcadia Mixture Again
10:57 - Chapter 17
The Romance of a Pipe-Cleaner
08:23 - Chapter 18
What Could He Do?
08:29 - Chapter 19
Primus
09:18 - Chapter 20
Primus to His Uncle
10:09 - Chapter 21
English-Grown Tobacco
12:04 - Chapter 22
How Heroes Smoke
07:33 - Chapter 23
The Ghost of Christmas Eve
06:50 - Chapter 24
Not the Arcadia
08:59 - Chapter 25
A Face that Haunted Marriot
10:29 - Chapter 26
Arcadians at Bay
08:38 - Chapter 27
Jimmy's Dream
08:18 - Chapter 28
Gilray's Dream
09:02 - Chapter 29
Pettigrew's Dream
09:06 - Chapter 30
The Murder in the Inn
05:46 - Chapter 31
The Perils of Not Smoking
08:54 - Chapter 32
My Last Pipe
08:33 - Chapter 33
When My Wife Is Asleep and All the House Is Still
10:30