The Booming of Acre Hill, and Other Reminiscences of Urban and Suburban Life
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Chapters (44)
- THE BOOMING OF ACRE HILL
- and Other Reminiscences of Urban and Suburban Life
- The Booming of Acre Hill
- John Kendrick Bangs
- CONTENTS
- ILLUSTRATIONS
- THE BOOMING OF ACRE HILL
- THE STRANGE MISADVENTURES OF AN ORGAN
- THE PLOT THAT FAILED
- I.
- II.
- I.
- II.
- THE BASE INGRATITUDE OF BARKIS, M.D.
- THE UTILITARIAN MR. CARRAWAY
- THE BOOK SALES OF MR. PETERS
- THE VALOR OF BRINLEY
- WILKINS
- THE MAYOR'S LAMPS
- THE BALANCE OF POWER
- JARLEY'S EXPERIMENT
- JARLEY'S THANKSGIVING
- HARRY AND MAUDE AND I—ALSO JAMES
- AN AFFINITIVE ROMANCE
- I
- MR. AUGUSTUS RICHARDS'S IDEAL
- II
- MISS HENDERSON'S STANDARD
- III
- A GLANCE AT MISS FLORA HENDERSON HERSELF
- IV
- A BRIEF GLIMPSE OF MR. AUGUSTUS RICHARDS
- V
- CONCLUSION
- MRS. UPTON'S DEVICE A Tale of Match-Making
- I
- THE RESOLVE
- II
- A SUCCESSFUL CASE
- III
- A SET-BACK
- IV
- THE DEVICE
- THE END
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