Originally published: London : Chatto & Windus, 1936.

A Holiday with Father 1 -- Father on Horseback 12 -- Father is Firm with His Ailments 19 -- Father Wakes up the Village 28 -- Father Declines to be Killed 39 -- Father Hires a Cook 53 -- Father Feels Starved 57 -- Father Thumps on the Floor 63 -- Gift of Song 68 -- Noblest Instrument 74 -- Father Tries to Make Mother Like Figures 90 -- Father and His Hard-Rocking Ship 100 -- Father Has Trouble with the Land of Egypt 109 -- Father Teaches Me to be Prompt 121 -- Father Interferes with the Twenty-third Psalm 129 -- Mother and the Armenian 135 -- Father Opens My Mail 141 -- Father Sends Me to the World's Fair 152 -- Father's Old Trousers 166 -- Father Lets in the Telephone 172 -- Father Isn't Much Help 181 -- Father Sews on a Button 190 -- Father and the Crusader's Third Wife 197 -- Father among the Potted Palms 202 -- Father Has a Bad Night 212 -- Father and His Other Selves 219 -- Father Finds Guests in the House 225 -- Father and His Pet Rug 234 -- Father and the French Court 244 -- Father Plans to Get Out 250.