PREFACE.
CONTENTS.
CAPTAIN REECE.
THE RIVAL CURATES.
ONLY A DANCING GIRL.
TO A LITTLE MAID By a Policeman .
THE TROUBADOUR.
FERDINANDO AND ELVIRA; Or , the Gentle Pieman . PART I.
PART II.
TO MY BRIDE (WHOEVER SHE MAY BE.)
SIR MACKLIN.
THE YARN OF THE "NANCY BELL." [44]
THE BISHOP OF RUM-TI-FOO.
THE PRECOCIOUS BABY. A VERY TRUE TALE.
TO PHOEBE. [59]
BAINES CAREW, GENTLEMAN.
THOMAS WINTERBOTTOM HANCE.
A DISCONTENTED SUGAR BROKER.
THE PANTOMIME "SUPER" TO HIS MASK.
THE GHOST, THE GALLANT, THE GAEL, AND THE GOBLIN.
THE PHANTOM CURATE. A FABLE.
KING BORRIA BUNGALEE BOO.
BOB POLTER.
THE STORY OF PRINCE AGIB.
ELLEN M c JONES ABERDEEN.
PETER THE WAG.
TO THE TERRESTRIAL GLOBE. BY A MISERABLE WRETCH.
GENTLE ALICE BROWN.
MISTER WILLIAM.
THE BUMBOAT WOMAN'S STORY.
LOST MR. BLAKE.
THE BABY'S VENGEANCE.
THE CAPTAIN AND THE MERMAIDS.
ANNIE PROTHEROE. A LEGEND OF STRATFORD-LE-BOW.
AN UNFORTUNATE LIKENESS.
THE KING OF CANOODLE-DUM.
THE MARTINET.
THE SAILOR BOY TO HIS LASS.
THE REVEREND SIMON MAGUS.
MY DREAM.
THE BISHOP OF RUM-TI-FOO AGAIN.
THE HAUGHTY ACTOR.
THE TWO MAJORS.
EMILY, JOHN, JAMES, AND I. A DERBY LEGEND.
THE PERILS OF INVISIBILITY.
THE MYSTIC SELVAGEE.
PHRENOLOGY.
THE FAIRY CURATE.
THE WAY OF WOOING.
HONGREE AND MAHRY. A RECOLLECTION OF A SURREY MELODRAMA.
ETIQUETTE. [243]
AT A PANTOMIME. BY A BILIOUS ONE.
HAUNTED.
FOOTNOTES
BY W. S. GILBERT
Baby at piano
WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY THE AUTHOR [1]
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