Arthur Cleave

A sacked clerk rises to become Mayor and weds the daughter of the councillor who fired him.

A henpeck man inherits a fortune and starts a club for women-haters.

A club man's country jaunt with friends leads to a breach of promise suit by a landlady.

A soldier serving in the trenches during the First World War falls asleep and travels through time, encountering a number of historical figures.

A Lord weds a Lady despite discovering that she is a substituted village child. Based on the poem Lady Clare by Alfred, Lord Tennyson.