The first edition of this book is dated 1917. The edition used is dated 1917. The publisher was Office of the Boy’s Own Paper. The number of pages is 247.

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General information

Here are fifteen of the most eccentric short stories you can imagine. To make the job more difficult the hard copy of the book from which I worked was in very poor condition, with the pages extensively browned.

That said, in the way of my poor workmanship making me blame my tools, I do not think I have made too much of a mess of it, and you should be able to gain much enjoyment from reading the book.

The whole ensemble is not really very long, about two-thirds of the length of a typical book by this author. So go ahead and see how you get on. NH.

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Contents

Chapter I.
The School cuts me.

Chapter II.
A True Story in two Chapters.

Chapter III.
The Poetry Club.

Chapter IV.
Eighteen Hours with a “Kid.“

Chapter V.
Sigurd the Hero.

Chapter VI.
My First Tragedy.

Chapter VII.
A Night with the Crowned Heads.

Chapter VIII.
A Story of the Civil Wars.

Chapter IX.
Run to Earth.

Chapter X.
New Light on an old Fable.

Chapter XI.
The Coastguardsman’s Yarn.

Chapter XII.
Fallen among Thieves.

Chapter XIII.
Our Novel.

Chapter XIV.
Our own Penny-dreadful.

Chapter XV.
A Queer Picnic.

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