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In a Canadian Canoe

In a Canadian Canoe

by Barry Pain

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Author
Pain, Barry, 1864-1928
Title
In a Canadian Canoe; The Nine Muses Minus One, and Other Stories
Original Publication
United Kingdom: Harper and Brothers,1898.
Credits
David E. Brown and The Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)
Language
English
LoC Class
PR: Language and Literatures: English literature
Subject
English wit and humor
Category
Text
Project Gutenberg
eBook-No. 67322
Release Date
February 5, 2022
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.IN A CANADIAN CANOE
  2. 2.Untitled
  3. 3.PREFACE.
  4. 4.CONTENTS.
  5. 5.IN A CANADIAN CANOE. — I. ON ART AND SARDINES—BUT MORE ESPECIALLY SARDINES.
  6. 6.II. ON EXALTATION: TOGETHER WITH AN ANECDOTE FROM THE ENTERTAINMENTS OF KAPNIDES. — The Proleptical Cashier.
  7. 7.III. ON SELF-DECEPTION: TOGETHER WITH THE DREAM OF THE DEAN’S PREPARATIONS.
  8. 8.IV. ON REFLECTION; TO WHICH IS ADDED THE STORY OF THE TIN HEART.
  9. 9.V. A STORM ON THE BACKS; AND A STORY OF THREE.
  10. 10.VI. ON LOAFING; TOGETHER WITH A SECOND ANECDOTE FROM THE ENTERTAINMENTS OF KAPNIDES.
  11. 11.VII. ON CAUSES; WITH AN EXCURSION ON LUCK.
  12. 12.VIII. ON SOLITUDE: WITH A THIRD ANECDOTE FROM THE “ENTERTAINMENTS” OF KAPNIDES.
  13. 13.IX. ON ASSOCIATIONS: TOGETHER WITH A LAST ANECDOTE FROM THE “ENTERTAINMENTS” OF KAPNIDES.
  14. 14.THE NINE MUSES MINUS ONE. — I. CLIO’S STORY: CHARLES MARIUS.
  15. 15.II. EUTERPE’S STORY: THE GIRL AND THE MINSTREL.
  16. 16.III. TERPSICHORE’S STORY: THE UNDER-STUDY.
  17. 17.IV. MELPOMENE’S STORY: THE CURSED PIG.
  18. 18.V. POLYMNIA’S STORY: AN HOUR OF DEATH.
  19. 19.VI. CALLIOPE’S STORY: THE LAST STRAW.
  20. 20.VII. THALIA’S STORY: THE CAMEL WHO NEVER GOT STARTED.
  21. 21.VIII. URANIA’S STORY: NUMBER ONE HUNDRED AND THREE.
  22. 22.THE CELESTIAL GROCERY. A FANTASIA.
  23. 23.“BILL.” THE STORY OF A BOY WHOM THE GODS LOVED.
  24. 24.THE GIRL AND THE BEETLE. A STORY OF HERE AND HEREAFTER.
  25. 25.Untitled

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