The Second Thoughts of an Idle Fellow

Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow, published in 1886, is a collection of humorous essays by Jerome K. Jerome. It was the author's second published book and it helped establish him as a leading English humorist. The book consists of: 1. On the Art of Making Up One's Mind 2. On the Disadvantage of Not Getting What One Wants 3. On the Exceptional Merit attaching to the Things We Meant To Do 4. On the Preparation and Employment of Love Philtres 5. On the Delights and Benefits of Slavery 6. On the Care and Management of Women 7. On the Minding of Other People's Business 8. On the Time Wasted in Looking Before One Leaps 9. On the Nobility of Ourselves 10. On the Motherliness of Man 11. On the Inadvisability of Following Advice 12. On the Playing of Marches at the Funerals Of Marionettes