Category: Humour
PAGE I. BY WAY OF INTRODUCTION 1 II. A LITTLE DINNER TO SOME OLD FRIENDS 21 III. IN THE LIBRARY 43 IV. AS TO A SMALL DINNER 63 V. ON THE MAINTENANCE OF AN ATTIC 84 VI. THE IDIOT'S GARDEN 105 VII. HOUSEHOLD POETRY 125 VIII. SOME CONSIDERATION OF THE HIRED MAN 145 IX. ON SOCIAL...
"We let the matter rest, and made no complaint," he continued. "Time went on, and the courters became a trifle more assertive. One of them came into the house one evening and de...
9. Part 9"They did," said the Idiot. "And at the same time I lost nothing. The first chap came on the scene, along about two o'clock in the morning. He was a very industrious mechanic, a...
3. Part 3"I wish you would be serious for a moment," Mrs. Idiot retorted, with as near an approach to irritation as was possible to one of her amiable disposition. "And it's just the sam...
2. Part 2"There is something in what you say," said the Idiot. "Tommy, for instance, never learned to throw a French pancake across the table at his sister by watching his mother and mys...
6. Part 6On the fifth of the following month Mr. and Mrs. Idiot were seated comfortably in their library. The children had gone to bed, and they were enjoying the bliss of a quiet evenin...
5. Part 5"Then I should have to eliminate the billy-goat," said the Idiot. "That takes a great deal of humor out of it. I always laugh when I encounter a beast like that in poetry; he se...
7. Part 7"Well, I'll tell you," the Idiot resumed. "The last time I made New-Year's calls I figured it out for the doctor the next morning, and as I recall the statistics, in the course...
4. Part 4"Oh, as for that," the Idiot remarked, "when I advocate the maintenance of an attic as one of the first duties of mankind, I mean its intelligent maintenance. The thing which ma...
1. Part 1PAGE I. BY WAY OF INTRODUCTION 1 II. A LITTLE DINNER TO SOME OLD FRIENDS 21 III. IN THE LIBRARY 43 IV. AS TO A SMALL DINNER 63 V. ON THE MAINTENANCE OF AN ATTIC 84 VI. THE IDIOT...
10. Part 10There is an unmistakable brilliancy about "The Conspirators"; the rollicking spirits of the hero, the man who tells the story, are infectious, and his ardor in love is delightfu...