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Geoffery GambadoWilliam Henry Bunbury Geoffery Gambado A Simple Remedy for Hypochondriacism and Melancholy Splenetic Humours Preface Some years ago, sixteen original sketches by Henry Bunbury, Esq. were given to the Author of this Book. This celebrated sketcher and caricaturist was a gentleman we...

Brave Deeds of Union SoldiersSamuel Scoville Brave Deeds of Union Soldiers Foreword In these days when even our skies are shadowed by wars and rumors of wars, it is fitting to remember what men and women and children of our blood have done in the past. In this chronicle have been included not alo...

Mrs. Bindle: Some Incidents from the Domestic Life of the BindlesHebert Jenkins Mrs. Bindle: Some Incidents from the Domestic Life of the Bindles CHAPTER I MRS. BINDLE'S LOCK-OUT I"Well! What's the matter now? Lorst your job?"With one hand resting upon the edge of the pail beside which she was kn...

Ruthless Rhymes for Heartless HomesDedicated to P. PAuthor's PrefaceUncle JoeImpetuous SamuelInconsiderate HannahAunt ElizaSelf-SacrificeLa Course InterrompueJohnThe Fond FatherNecessityUnselfishnessScorching JohnMisfortunes Never Come SinglyThe Perils of ObesityTender-HeartednessJim; or, the Def...

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...

Lancashire HumourNewbigging Thomas Lancashire Humour PREFACE In the present volume I have included a number of Anecdotes and Sketches which I had previously introduced into my History of the Forest of Rossendale, and also a subsequent book of mine, entitled Lancashire Characters and Places. I fel...

Mollie and the UnwisemanBangs John Kendrick Mollie and the Unwiseman I Bopeep In which Mollie Meets the Unwiseman Mollie had been romping in the hay all the afternoon. With her were Flaxilocks, the French doll, and young Whistlebinkie, the rubber boy, who had got his name from the fact that he ha...

Peeps at PeopleBangs John Kendrick Peeps at People / Being Certain Papers from the Writings of Anne Warrington Witherup NANSEN It was in the early part of February last that, acting under instructions from headquarters, I set forth from my office in London upon my pilgrimage to the shrines of the...

Susan Clegg and Her Love AffairsWarner Anne Susan Clegg and Her Love Affairs I SUSAN CLEGG'S COURTING Mrs. Lathrop sat on her front piazza, and Susan Clegg sat with her. Mrs. Lathrop was rocking, and Susan was just back from the Sewing Society. Neither Mrs. Lathrop nor Susan was materially altere...

Kid ScanlanWitwer H. C. Harry Charles Kid Scanlan CHAPTER I LAY OFF, MACDUFF! Brains is great things to have, and many's the time I've wished I had a set of 'em in my head instead of just plain bone! Still they's a lot of guys which has gone through life like a yegg goes through a safe, and taken...