PREFACE

CONTENTS

ILLUSTRATIONS

TWENTY YEARS OF SPOOF and BLUFF

CHAPTER I EARLY EXPERIENCES

CHAPTER II I POSE AS A SHOWMAN

CHAPTER III WITH THE GYPSIES

CHAPTER IV THE TRICK THAT FAILED

CHAPTER V CLIMBING TO FAME AND FORTUNE

CHAPTER VI PLAYING IN HUNLAND

CHAPTER VII AUSTRALIAN EXPERIENCES

CHAPTER VIII MELBOURNE TO LONDON

CHAPTER IX SOME AMERICAN EXPERIENCES

CHAPTER X MORE AMERICAN EXPERIENCES

CHAPTER XI PANTOMIME SPOOFS AND JOKES

CHAPTER XII AFRICA AND THE ORIENT

CHAPTER XIII WHEEZES AND GAGS

CHAPTER XIV THE BIGGEST NEWSPAPER SPOOF ON RECORD

CHAPTER XV HOW THE BIG SPOOF WAS WORKED

CHAPTER XVI TELEPATHIC AND MESMERIC SPOOFS

CHAPTER XVII SHARPS AND FLATS

CHAPTER XVIII FLOTSAM AND JETSAM

CHAPTER XIX IN EGYPT IN WAR-TIME

Transcriber's Notes

TWENTY YEARS
OF
SPOOF AND BLUFF

BY
“CARLTON”
ILLUSTRATED

WILLIAM BRENDON AND SON, LTD., PRINTERS, PLYMOUTH, ENGLAND