Chapters (52)
- ABSURD DITTIES
- ABSURD DITTIES
- CONTENTS.
- ABSURD DITTIES.
- I. THAT OF MR. JUSTICE DEAR.
- II. THAT OF THE LATE MR. BROWN.
- III. THAT OF OUR OLD FRIEND BISHOP P.
- IV. THAT OF CAPTAIN ARCHIBALD McKAN.
- V. THAT OF MATILDA.
- VI. THAT OF "DOCTHOR" PATRICK O'DOOLEY.
- VII. THAT OF MY AUNT BETSY.
- VIII. THAT OF THE TUCK-SHOP WOMAN.
- IX. THAT OF S. P. IDERS WEBBE, SOLICITOR.
- X. THAT OF MONSIEUR ALPHONSE VERT.
- XI. THAT OF LORD WILLIAM OF PURLEIGH.
- XII. THAT OF PASHA ABDULLA BEY.
- XIII. THAT OF ALGERNON CROKER.
- XIV. THAT OF——?
- XV. THAT OF THE RIVAL HAIRDRESSERS.
- XVI. THAT OF THE AUCTIONEER'S DREAM.
- XVII. THAT OF THE PLAIN COOK.
- XVIII. THAT OF "8" AND "22."
- XIX. THAT OF THE HOOLIGAN AND THE PHILANTROPIST.
- XX. THAT OF THE SOCIALIST AND THE EARL.
- XXI. THAT OF THE RETIRED PORK-BUTCHER AND THE SPOOK.
- XXII. THAT OF THE POET AND THE BUCCANEERS.
- XXIII. THAT OF THE UNDERGROUND "SULPHUR CURE."
- XXIV. THAT OF THE FAIRY GRANDMOTHER AND THE COMPANY PROMOTER.
- XXV. THAT OF THE GEISHA AND THE JAPANESE WARRIOR.
- XXVI. THAT OF THE INDISCREET HEN AND THE RESOURCEFUL ROOSTER. (An Allegory.)
- Moral.
- XXVII. THAT OF A DUEL IN FRANCE.
- XXVIII. THAT OF THE ASTUTE NOVELIST.
- XXIX. THAT OF THE ABSENT-MINDED LADY.
- XXX. THAT OF THE GERMAN BAKER AND THE COOK.
- XXXI. THAT OF THE CONVERTED CANNIBALS.
- XXXII. THAT OF A FRUITLESS ENDEAVOUR.
- XXXIII. THAT OF THE UNFORTUNATE LOVER.
- XXXIV. THAT OF THE FEMALE GORILLY.
- XXXV. THAT OF THE ARTIST AND THE MOTOR-CAR. (Tragedy.)
- XXXVI. THAT OF THE INCONSIDERATE NABOB AND THE LADY WHO DESIRED TO BE A BEGUM.
- XXXVII. THAT OF DR. FARLEY, M.D., SPECIALIST IN LITTLE TOES.
- XXXVIII. THAT OF JEREMIAH SCOLES, MISER.
- XXXIX. THAT OF THE HIGH-SOULED YOUTH.
- XL. THAT OF MR. JUSTICE DEAR'S LITTLE JOKE AND THE UNFORTUNATE MAN WHO COULD NOT SEE IT.
- XLI. THAT OF THE LADIES OF ASCENSION ISLAND.
- XLII. THAT OF THE ARTICULATING SKELETON.
- XLIII. THAT OF YE LOVE-PHILTRE: AN OLD-ENGLISH LEGEND.
- XLIV. THAT OF THE BARGAIN SALE.
- XLV. THAT OF A DECEASED FLY. (A Ballade.)
- Envoy.
- EPILOGUE.
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