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Perverted Proverbs: A Manual of Immorals for the ManyGraham Harry Perverted Proverbs: A Manual of Immorals for the Many Dedicated to Helen Whitney Do you recall those bygone days,When you received with kindly praiseMy bantling book of Rhyme?Praise undeserved, alas! and yetHow sweet! For, tho' we ...

The House in the Water: A Book of Animal StoriesRoberts Charles G. D. The House in the Water: A Book of Animal Stories The House in the Water CHAPTER I The Sound in the Night UPON the moonlit stillness came suddenly a far-off, muffled, crashing sound. Just once it came, then once again the stilln...

Comic History of EnglandPREFACECHAPTER I. INVASION OF CAESAR: THE DISCOVERY OF TIN AND CONSEQUENT ENLIGHTENMENT OF BRITAINCHAPTER II. THE VARIOUS ROMAN YOKES: THEIR GROWTH, DEGENERATION, AND FINAL ELIMINATIONCHAPTER III. THE ADVENT OF THE ANGLES: CAUSES WHICH LED TO THE REHABILITATION OF BRITAIN ...

Cobb's AnatomyIrvin S. Cobb Cobb's Anatomy Preface This Space To-Let to Any Reputable Party Desiring a Good PrefaceTUMMIES Dr. Woods Hutchinson says that fat people are happier than other people. How does Dr. Woods Hutchinson know? Did he ever have to leave the two top buttons of his vest unfaste...

Mr. Punch's History of Modern England. Volume 2 of 4.—1857-1874Charles L. Graves Mr. Punch's History of Modern England, Vol. 2 (of 4).—1857-1874 PART I THE NATIONAL OUTLOOK THE AGE OF NON-INTERVENTION "Whether splendidly isolated or dangerously isolated, I will not now debate; but for my part I t...

Wild FolkSamuel Scoville Wild Folk I THE CLEANLYS All winter long the Barrens had slept still and white. Rows and regiments of low pitch-pine trees, whose blue-green needles grow in threes instead of the fives of the white or the twos of the Virginia pines, marched for miles and miles across the ...

Half-Hours with the IdiotBangs John Kendrick Half-Hours with the Idiot I AS TO AMBASSADORS' RESIDENCES "I am glad to see that the government is beginning to think seriously of providing Ambassadors' residences at the various foreign capitals to which our Ambassadors are accredited," said the Idio...

Deux et deux font cinqAlphonse Allais Deux et deux font cinq / oeuvres anthumes POLYTYPIE Je le connus dans une vague brasserie du quartier Latin.Il s'installa près de la table où je me trouvais, et commanda six tasses de café.–Tiens, pensai-je, voilà un monsieur qui attend cinq personnes.Erronée...

The Story of a Doctor's Telephone—Told by His WifeEllen M. Firebaugh The Story of a Doctor's Telephone—Told by His Wife TO THE READER The telephone has revolutionized the doctor's life.In the old days when a horse's galloping hoofs were heard people looked out of their windows and wondered if tha...

The Roycroft Dictionary, Concocted by Ali Baba and the Bunch on Rainy Days.Elbert Hubbard The Roycroft Dictionary Concocted by Ali Baba and the Bunch on Rainy Days The Roycroft Dictionary ADVERTISING: The education of the public as to who you are, where you are, and what you have to offer in way ...