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F. Anstey

Puppets at Large: Scenes and Subjects from Mr Punch's ShowAnstey F. Puppets at Large: Scenes and Subjects from Mr Punch's Show DOING A CATHEDRAL (A Sketch From the Provinces.)The interior of Dulchester Cathedral. Time —About 12.30. The March sunshine slants in pale shafts through the clerestory w...

The Brass BottleF. Anstey The Brass Bottle CHAPTER I HORACE VENTIMORE RECEIVES A COMMISSION"This day six weeks – just six weeks ago!" Horace Ventimore said, half aloud, to himself, and pulled out his watch. "Half-past twelve – what was I doing at half-past twelve?"As he sat at the window of his o...

Vice Versa: or, A Lesson to FathersAnstey F. Vice Versa; or, A Lesson to Fathers PREFACE There is an old story of a punctiliously polite Greek, who, while performing the funeral of an infant daughter, felt bound to make his excuses to the spectators for "bringing out such a ridiculously small cor...

A Bayard From Bengal. Being some account of the Magnificent and Spanking Career of Chunder Bindabun Bhosh…Anstey F. A Bayard From Bengal / Being some account of the Magnificent and Spanking Career of Chunder Bindabun Bhosh,… CHAPTER I FROM CALCUTTA TO CAMBRIDGE OVERSEA ROUTE At sea the stoutest s...

Mr Punch's Model Music Hall Songs and DramasAnstey F. Mr Punch's Model Music Hall Songs and Dramas / Collected, Improved and Re-arranged from Punch INTRODUCTION The day is approaching, and may even now be within measurable distance, when the Music Halls of the Metropolis will find themselves unde...

The Travelling Companions: A Story in ScenesF. Anstey The Travelling Companions: A Story in Scenes CHAPTER I. Extremes Meet Scene —An Excursion Agent's Offices. Behind the counters polite and patient Clerks are besieged by a crowd of Intending Tourists, all asking questions at once. First Intendi...

Mr Punch's Pocket Ibsen – A Collection of Some of the Master's Best Known DramasAnstey F. Mr Punch's Pocket Ibsen – A Collection of Some of the Master's Best Known Dramas "PREFATORY NOTE"The concluding piece, "Pill-Doctor Herdal," is, as the observant reader will instantly perceive, rather a reve...

The Talking Horse, and Other TalesAnstey F. The Talking Horse, and Other Tales PREFACE These stories originally appeared in 'Macmillan's,' 'Longman's,' 'Atalanta,' 'The Cornhill,' 'The Graphic,' 'Aunt Judy's,' 'The Reflector,' and Unwin's 'Christmas Annual,' respectively.F. A.THE TALKING HORSE It...

The Giant's RobeAnstey F. The Giant's Robe PREFACE IT has been my intention from the first to take this opportunity of stating that, if I am indebted to any previous work for the central idea of a stolen manuscript, such obligation should be ascribed to a short tale, published some time ago in on...

Tourmalin's Time ChequesF. Anstey Tourmalin's Time Cheques THE PROLOGUE On Deck. —Curry and Culture. —Alternative Distractions. —A Period of Probation. —The Oath and the Talisman. —Wavering. —A Chronological Error. —The Time Bargain. —Tourmalin Opens an Account. Mr. Peter Tourmalin was sitting, o...