Lyre and Lancet: A Story in Scenes
by F. Anstey
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Chapters (26)
- LYRE AND LANCET A STORY IN SCENES
- CONTENTS
- PART I SHADOWS CAST BEFORE
- PART II SELECT PASSAGES FROM A COMING POET
- PART III THE TWO ANDROMEDAS
- PART IV RUSHING TO CONCLUSIONS
- PART V CROSS PURPOSES
- PART VI ROUND PEGS IN SQUARE HOLES
- PART VII IGNOTUM PRO MIRIFICO
- PART VIII SURPRISES—AGREEABLE AND OTHERWISE
- PART IX THE MAUVAIS QUART D'HEURE
- PART X BORROWED PLUMES
- PART XI TIME AND THE HOUR
- PART XII DIGNITY UNDER DIFFICULTIES
- PART XIII WHAT'S IN A NAME?
- PART XIV LE VÉTÉRINAIRE MALGRÉ LUI
- PART XV TRAPPED!
- PART XVI AN INTELLECTUAL PRIVILEGE
- PART XVII A BOMB SHELL
- PART XVIII THE LAST STRAW
- PART XIX UNEARNED INCREMENT
- PART XX DIFFERENT PERSONS HAVE DIFFERENT OPINIONS
- PART XXI THE FEELINGS OF A MOTHER.
- PART XXII A DESCENT FROM THE CLOUDS
- PART XXIII SHRINKAGE
- PART XXIV THE HAPPY DISPATCH
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