A Book of Burlesques

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Author

Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis), 1880-1956

Credits

E-text prepared by Malcolm Farmer, L. N. Yaddanapudi, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team

Language

English

LoC Class

PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature

Subject

Burlesques

Category

Text

eBook-No.

22145

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/22145

Release Date

July 25, 2007

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.A BOOK OF BURLESQUES By H. L. MENCKEN
2. 2.CONTENTS
3. 3.I.—DEATH I.—Death. A Philosophical Discussion
4. 4.II.—FROM THE PROGRAMME OF A CONCERT II.—From The Programme of a Concert
5. 5.III.—THE WEDDING III.—The Wedding. A Stage Direction
6. 6.IV.—THE VISIONARY IV.—The Visionary
7. 7.V.—THE ARTIST V.—The Artist. A Drama Without Words
8. 8.VI.—SEEING THE WORLD VI.—Seeing The World
9. 9.VII.—FROM THE MEMOIRS OF THE DEVIL VII.—From the Memoirs of the Devil
10. 10.VIII.—LITANIES FOR THE OVERLOOKED VIII.—Litanies for the Overlooked — I.—For Americanos — II.—For Hypochondriacs — III.—For Music Lovers — IV.—For Hangmen — V.—For Magazine Editors
11. 11.IX.—ASEPSIS IX.—Asepsis. A Deduction in Scherzo Form
12. 12.X.—TALES OF THE MORAL AND PATHOLOGICAL X.—Tales of the Moral and Pathological — I.—The Rewards of Science — II.—The Incomparable Physician — III.—Neighbours — IV.—From the Chart — V.—The Interior Hierarchy — CLASS II — CLASS III — CLASS IV — CLASS V — CLASS VI
13. 13.XI.—THE JAZZ WEBSTER XI. The Jazz Webster
14. 14.XII.—THE OLD SUBJECT XII.—The Old Subject
15. 15.XIII.—PANORAMAS OF PEOPLE XIII.—Panoramas of People — I.—Men — II.—Women — III.—Babies
16. 16.XIV.—HOMEOPATHICS XIV.—Homeopathics — 1. Scene Infernal. — 2. The Eternal Democrat. — 3. The School of Honor. — 4. Proposed Plot For a Modern Novel. — 5. Victory.
17. 17.XV.—VERS LIBRE XV.—Vers Libre — Transcriber’s Notes and Errata

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