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THE GENIAL IDIOT HIS VIEWS AND REVIEWS
BY
JOHN KENDRICK BANGS
HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS NEW YORK AND LONDON MCMVIII
BOOKS BY JOHN KENDRICK BANGS
THE GENIAL IDIOT. 16mo $1.25
THREE WEEKS IN POLITICS. 32mo .50
COFFEE AND REPARTEE, AND THE IDIOT. Illustrated. (In One Vol.) 16mo 1.25
COFFEE AND REPARTEE. 32mo .50
THE WATER GHOST. Illustrated. 16mo 1.25
MR. BONAPARTE OF CORSICA. Ill'd. 16mo 1.25
A REBELLIOUS HEROINE. Illustrated. 16mo 1.25
HOUSE-BOAT ON THE STYX. Ill'd. 16mo 1.25
THE BICYCLERS, A DRAMATIC EVENING, THE FATAL MESSAGE, A PROPOSAL UNDER DIFFICULTIES. (In One Vol.) 16mo 1.25
A PROPOSAL UNDER DIFFICULTIES. 16mo .50
PURSUIT OF THE HOUSE-BOAT. Ill'd. 16mo 1.25
PASTE JEWELS. Illustrated. 16mo 1.00
GHOSTS I HAVE MET. Illustrated. 16mo 1.25
PEEPS AT PEOPLE. Illustrated. 16mo 1.25
THE DREAMERS. Illustrated. 16mo 1.25
ENCHANTED TYPE-WRITER. Ill'd. 16mo 1.25
BOOMING OF ACRE HILL. Illustrated. 16mo 1.25
COBWEBS FROM A LIBRARY CORNER. 16mo .50
THE IDIOT AT HOME. Illustrated. 16mo 1.25
OVER THE PLUM-PUDDING. Post 8vo, net 1.15
BIKEY THE SKICYCLE. Illustrated. Post 8vo 1.50
THE WORSTED MAN. Illustrated. 32mo .50
MRS. RAFFLES. Illustrated. 16mo 1.25
R. HOLMES & CO. Illustrated. Post 8vo 1.25
OLYMPIAN NIGHTS. Illustrated. 16mo 1.25
INVENTIONS OF THE IDIOT. 16mo 1.25
HARPER & BROTHERS, PUBLISHERS, N. Y.
Copyright, 1908, by HARPER & BROTHERS.
_All rights reserved._ Published October, 1908.
CONTENTS
CHAP. PAGE
I. HE DISCUSSES MAXIMS AND PROVERBS 3
II. HE DISCUSSES THE IDEAL HUSBAND 14
III. THE IDIOT'S VALENTINE 27
IV. HE DISCUSSES FINANCE 39
V. HE SUGGESTS A COMIC OPERA 52
VI. HE DISCUSSES FAME 64
VII. ON THE DECADENCE OF APRIL-FOOL'S-DAY 77
VIII. SPRING AND ITS POETRY 88
IX. ON FLAT-HUNTING 100
X. THE HOUSEMAID'S UNION 112
XI. THE GENTLE ART OF BOOSTING 123
XII. HE MAKES A SUGGESTION TO THE POET 135
XIII. HE DISCUSSES THE MUSIC CURE 147
XIV. HE DEFENDS CAMPAIGN METHODS 159
XV. ON SHORT COURSES AT COLLEGE 170
XVI. THE HORSE-SHOW 182
XVII. SUGGESTION TO CHRISTMAS SHOPPERS 194
XVIII. FOR A HAPPY CHRISTMAS 205
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