JOHN KENDRICK BANGS
Reading edition
WITH ILLUSTRATIONS By EDWARD PENFIELD
NEW YORK AND LONDON HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS 1899
THE FIRST GLOOMSTER
BY THE SAME AUTHOR.
Peeps at People. Passages from the Writings of Anne Warrington Witherup, Journalist. Illustrated by Edward Penfield. 16mo, Cloth, Ornamental, Uncut Edges and Colored Top, $1.25.
Ghosts I Have Met, and Some Others. With Illustrations by Newell, Frost, and Richards. 16mo, Cloth, Ornamental, $1.25.
A House-Boat on the Styx. Being Some Account of the Divers Doings of the Associated Shades. Illustrated by Peter Newell. 16mo, Cloth, Ornamental, $1.25.
The Pursuit of the House-Boat. Being Some Further Account of the Doings of the Associated Shades, under the Leadership of Sherlock Holmes, Esq. Illustrated by Peter Newell. 16mo, Cloth, Ornamental, $1.25.
Paste Jewels. Being Seven Tales of Domestic Woe. 16mo, Cloth, Ornamental $1.00.
The Bicyclers, and Three Other Farces. Illustrated. 16mo, Cloth, Ornamental, $1.25.
A Rebellious Heroine. A Story. Illustrated by W. T. Smedley. 16mo, Cloth, Ornamental, Uncut Edges, $1.25.
Mr. Bonaparte of Corsica. Illustrated by H. W. McVickar. 16mo, Cloth, Ornamental, $1.25.
The Water Ghost, and Others. Illustrated. 16mo, Cloth, Ornamental, $1.25.
The Idiot. Illustrated. 16mo, Cloth, Ornamental, $1.00.
Three Weeks in Politics. Illustrated. 32mo, Cloth, Ornamental, 50 cents.
Coffee and Repartee. Illustrated. 32mo, Cloth, Ornamental, 50 cents.
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