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John Bangs

The IdiotJohn Kendrick Bangs The Idiot I For some weeks after the happy event which transformed the popular Mrs. Smithers into the charming Mrs. John Pedagog all went well at that lady's select home for single gentlemen. It was only proper that during the honey-moon, at least, of the happy couple...

The Water Ghost and OthersJohn Kendrick Bangs The Water Ghost and Others THE WATER GHOST OF HARROWBY HALL The trouble with Harrowby Hall was that it was haunted, and, what was worse, the ghost did not content itself with merely appearing at the bedside of the afflicted person who saw it, but pers...

The Pursuit of the House-BoatJohn Kendrick Bangs The Pursuit of the House-Boat CHAPTER I: THE ASSOCIATED SHADES TAKE ACTION The House-boat of the Associated Shades, formerly located upon the River Styx, as the reader may possibly remember, had been torn from its moorings and navigated out into un...

The Enchanted TypewriterJohn Kendrick Bangs The Enchanted Typewriter I. THE DISCOVERY It is a strange fact, for which I do not expect ever satisfactorily to account, and which will receive little credence even among those who know that I am not given to romancing—it is a strange fact, I say, that...

Ghosts I Have Met and Some OthersJohn Kendrick Bangs Ghosts I Have Met and Some Others GHOSTS THAT HAVE HAUNTED ME A FEW SPIRIT REMINISCENCESIf we could only get used to the idea that ghosts are perfectly harmless creatures, who are powerless to affect our well-being unless we assist them by givi...

Andiron TalesJohn Kendrick Bangs Andiron Tales CHAPTER I Tom and the AndironsIt was perfectly natural in one respect, anyhow. There was really no reason in the world why Tom should not lie upon the great bear-skin rug in front of the library fire those cold winter nights if he wanted to, nor need...

The Autobiography of MethuselahJohn Kendrick Bangs The Autobiography of Methuselah FOREWORD Having recently passed into what my great-grandson Shem calls my Anecdotage, it has occurred to me that perhaps some of the recollections of a more or less extended existence upon this globular1 mass of du...

R. Holmes & Co.John Kendrick Bangs R. Holmes & Co. / Being the Remarkable Adventures of Raffles Holmes, Esq., Detective and Amateur Cracksman by Birth I INTRODUCING MR. RAFFLES HOLMES It was a blistering night in August. All day long the mercury in the thermometer had been flirting with t...

Coffee and ReparteeJohn Kendrick Bangs Coffee and Repartee I The guests at Mrs. Smithers's high-class boarding-house for gentlemen had assembled as usual for breakfast, and in a few moments Mary, the dainty waitress, entered with the steaming coffee, the mush, and the rolls.The School-master, who...

Paste JewelsJohn Kendrick Bangs Paste Jewels PREFACEIt may interest the readers of this collection of tales, if there should be any such, to know that the incidents upon which the stories are based are unfortunately wholly truthful. They have one and all come under the author’s observation during...