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The Inventions of the Idiot
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John Kendrick Bangs
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from
a
few
punctuation
corrections,
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THE
INVENTIONS
OF
THE
IDIOT
by
JOHN
KENDRICK
BANGS
Author
of
"A
House-Boat
on
the
Styx"
"The
Pursuit
of
the
House-Boat"
"Olympian
Nights"
Etc.
Etc.
New
York
and
London
Harper
&
Brothers
Publishers
1904
Copyright,
1903,
by
HARPER
&
BROTHERS.
All
rights
reserved.
Published
April,
1904
TO
YOU
Contents
CHAPTER
PAGE
I.
THE
CULINARY
GUILD
1
II.
A
SUGGESTION
FOR
THE
CABLE-CARS
16
III.
THE
TRANSATLANTIC
TROLLEY
COMPANY
31
IV.
THE
INCORPORATION
OF
THE
IDIOT
47
V.
UNIVERSITY
EXTENSION
64
VI.
SOCIAL
EXPANSION
79
VII.
A
BEGGAR'S
HAND-BOOK
96
VIII.
PROGRESSIVE
WAFFLES
112
IX.
A
CLEARING-HOUSE
FOR
POETS
127
X.
SOME
ELECTRICAL
SUGGESTIONS
142
XI.
CONCERNING
CHILDREN
158
XII.
DREAMALINE
172
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