John Kendrick Bangs
Reading edition
Author of
"A House-Boat on the Styx"
"Coffee and Repartee"
"The Idiot at Home"
"The Idiot"
Illustrated
New York and London
Harper & Brothers Publishers
1901
Copyright, 1901, by Harper & Brothers.
TO
JOHN KENDRICK BANGS, Jr.
WHOSE FONDNESS FOR PLUM PUDDINGS
SUGGESTS THE PROPRIETY OF THIS
Dedication
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