Absurd Ditties :: CONTENTS.

CONTENTS.

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I.	THAT OF MR. JUSTICE DEAR	1

II.	THAT OF THE LATE MR. BROWN	5

III.	THAT OF OUR OLD FRIEND, BISHOP P.	9

IV.	THAT OF CAPTAIN ARCHIBALD MCKAN	15

V.	THAT OF MATILDA	20

VI.	THAT OF "DOCTHOR" PATRICK O'DOOLEY	25

VII.	THAT OF MY AUNT BETSY	31

VIII.	THAT OF THE TUCK-SHOP WOMAN	37

IX.	THAT OF S. P. IDERS WEBBE, SOLICITOR	43

X.	THAT OF MONSIEUR ALPHONSE VERT	50

XI.	THAT OF LORD WILLIAM OF PURLEIGH	55

XII.	THAT OF PASHA ABDULLA BEY	60

XIII.	THAT OF ALGERNON CROKER	65

XIV.	THAT OF——?	69

XV.	THAT OF THE RIVAL HAIRDRESSERS	75

XVI.	THAT OF THE AUCTIONEER'S DREAM	80

XVII.	THAT OF THE PLAIN COOK	86

XVIII.	THAT OF TWO MEDDLESOME PARTIES AND THEIR RESPECTIVE FATES	91

XIX.	THAT OF THE HOOLIGAN AND THE PHILANTHROPIST	98

XX.	THAT OF THE SOCIALIST AND THE EARL	104

XXI.	THAT OF THE RETIRED PORK-BUTCHER AND THE SPOOK	109

XXII.	THAT OF THE POET AND THE BUCCANEERS	115

XXIII.	THAT OF THE UNDERGROUND "SULPHUR CURE"	121

XXIV.	THAT OF THE FAIRY GRANDMOTHER AND THE COMPANY PROMOTER	127

XXV.	THAT OF THE GEISHA AND THE JAPANESE WARRIOR	132

XXVI.	THAT OF THE INDISCREET HEN AND THE RESOURCEFUL ROOSTER	137

XXVII.	THAT OF A DUEL IN FRANCE	141

XXVIII.	THAT OF THE ASTUTE NOVELIST	146

XXIX.	THAT OF THE ABSENT-MINDED LADY	151

XXX.	THAT OF THE GERMAN BAKER AND THE COOK	155

XXXI.	THAT OF THE CONVERTED CANNIBALS	160

XXXII.	THAT OF A FRUITLESS ENDEAVOUR	164

XXXIII.	THAT OF THE UNFORTUNATE LOVER	168

XXXIV.	THAT OF THE FEMALE GORILLY	174

XXXV.	THAT OF THE ARTIST AND THE MOTOR-CAR. (A TRAGEDY)	Clyx.com