The History and Records of the Elephant Club

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Author

Doesticks, Q. K. Philander, 1831-1875

Credits

E-text prepared by Bryan Ness, Graeme Mackreth, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team ( www.pgdp.net) from scanned images of public domain material generously made available by the Google Books Library Project ( books.google.com/)

Language

English

LoC Class

PN: Language and Literatures: Literature: General, Criticism, Collections

Subject

American wit and humor

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Text

eBook-No.

32274

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/32274

Release Date

May 7, 2010

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.E-text prepared by Bryan Ness, Graeme Mackreth, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team ( http://www.pgdp.net ) from scanned images of public domain material generously made available by the Google Books Library Project ( http://books.google.com/ ) — The
2. 2.Q.K. Philander Doesticks, P.B. — THIS IS THE VERITABLE AND VERACIOUS HISTORY OF THE DOINGS AND MISDOINGS OF THE MEMBERS OF — THE ELEPHANT CLUB. — WITH A MINUTE AND PARTICULAR NARRATIVE OF WHAT THEY DID; TO WHICH IS ADDED A COMPLEX AND ELABORATE DESCRIPTION OF WHAT THEY DIDN'T. — CONTAINING ALSO THE EXULTANT RECORD OF THEIR MEMORABLE SUCCESS IN EVENTUALLY OBTAINING, EACH AND EVERY ONE, A SIGHT OF THE ENTIRE AND UNADULTERATED — FROM THE PRIMITIVE HAIR ON HIS ATTENUATED PROBOSCIS, TO THE LAST KINK OF HIS SYMMETRICAL TAIL. — PREFACE.
3. 3.CONTENTS. — HOW THEY MET. — HOW THE CLUB ORGANIZED. — THE ELEPHANTINE DEN. — FIRST DISCOVERIES OF THE CLUB. — FIRST EVENING WITH THE CLUB. — THE COLORED CAMP MEETING. — FURTHER DISCOVERIES. — THE CLUB IN AN UPROAR. — JOHNNY CAKE'S FIRST SPREE. — THE POLICE COURTS. — THE HAMLET NIGHT. — MRS. THROUGHBY DAYLIGHT'S FANCY DRESS JAM. — CONCLUSION.

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