This etext was produced from the 1919 Harper and Brothers edition by David Price, email ccx074@coventry.ac.uk THE PURSUIT OF THE HOUSE-BOAT by John Kendrick Bangs 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
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The Enchanted Typewriter by John Kendrick Bangs 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 the substance of the following
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Produced by Audrey Longhurst, Michael Ciesielski and PG Distributed Proofreaders THE BOOMING OF ACRE HILL AND OTHER REMINISCENCES OF URBAN AND SUBURBAN LIFE The Booming of Acre Hill By John Kendrick Bangs Illustrations By C. Dana Gibson Published 1902 in New York and London TO WILLIAM LIVERMORE KINGMAN WITH AFFECTIONATE REGARDS These stories by Mr.
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Transcribed by David Price, email ccx074@coventry.ac.uk THE BICYCLERS AND THREE OTHER FARCES Contents: The Bicyclers A Dramatic Evening The Fatal Message A Proposal Under Difficulties THE BICYCLERS CHARACTERS: MR. ROBERT YARDSLEY, an expert. MR. JACK BARLOW, another. MR. THADDEUS PERKINS, a beginner. MR. EDWARD BRADLEY, a scoffer. MRS. THADDEUS PERKINS, a resistant. MRS. EDWARD BRADLEY,
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Charles Franks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team. Ghost I Have Met And Some Others By John Kendrick Bangs With Illustrations by Newell, Frost, and Richards TO CHOICE SPIRITS EVERYWHERE CONTENTS GHOSTS THAT HAVE HAUNTED ME THE MYSTERY OF MY GRANDMOTHER’S HAIR SOFA THE MYSTERY OF BARNEY O’ROURKE THE EXORCISM THAT FAILED THURLOW’S CHRISTMAS STORY
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