Absurd Ditties

Absurd Ditties

By G. E. Farrow
Michael Caine
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Excerpt: ""'Tis really very, very queer!" Ejaculated Justice Dear, "That, day by day, I'm sitting here Without a single 'case. This is the twenty-second pair Of white kid gloves, I do declare, I've had this month. I can not wear White kids at such a pace.""

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GenreFantasy
Length3 hrs 17 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateApr 14, 2020
LanguageEnglish

Table of contents

1CONTENTS.
25XXIV. THAT OF THE FAIRY GRANDMOTHER AND THE COMPANY PROMOTER.
2I. THAT OF MR. JUSTICE DEAR.
26XXV. THAT OF THE GEISHA AND THE JAPANESE WARRIOR.
3II. THAT OF THE LATE MR. BROWN.
27XXVI. THAT OF THE INDISCREET HEN AND THE RESOURCEFUL ROOSTER. (An Allegory.)
4III. THAT OF OUR OLD FRIEND BISHOP P.
28XXVII. THAT OF A DUEL IN FRANCE.
5IV. THAT OF CAPTAIN ARCHIBALD McKAN.
29XXVIII. THAT OF THE ASTUTE NOVELIST.
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6V. THAT OF MATILDA.
30XXIX. THAT OF THE ABSENT-MINDED LADY.
7VI. THAT OF "DOCTHOR" PATRICK O'DOOLEY.
31XXX. THAT OF THE GERMAN BAKER AND THE COOK.
8VII. THAT OF MY AUNT BETSY.
32XXXI. THAT OF THE CONVERTED CANNIBALS.
9VIII. THAT OF THE TUCK-SHOP WOMAN.
33XXXII. THAT OF A FRUITLESS ENDEAVOUR.
10IX. THAT OF S. P. IDERS WEBBE, SOLICITOR.
34XXXIII. THAT OF THE UNFORTUNATE LOVER.
11X. THAT OF MONSIEUR ALPHONSE VERT.
35XXXIV. THAT OF THE FEMALE GORILLY.
12XI. THAT OF LORD WILLIAM OF PURLEIGH.
36XXXV. THAT OF THE ARTIST AND THE MOTOR-CAR. (Tragedy.)
13XII. THAT OF PASHA ABDULLA BEY.
37XXXVI. THAT OF THE INCONSIDERATE NABOB AND THE LADY WHO DESIRED TO BE A BEGUM.
14XIII. THAT OF ALGERNON CROKER.
38XXXVII. THAT OF DR. FARLEY, M.D., SPECIALIST IN LITTLE TOES.
15XIV. THAT OF——?
39XXXVIII. THAT OF JEREMIAH SCOLES, MISER.
16XV. THAT OF THE RIVAL HAIRDRESSERS.
40XXXIX. THAT OF THE HIGH-SOULED YOUTH.
17XVI. THAT OF THE AUCTIONEER'S DREAM.
41XL. THAT OF MR. JUSTICE DEAR'S LITTLE JOKE AND THE UNFORTUNATE MAN WHO COULD NOT SEE IT.
18XVII. THAT OF THE PLAIN COOK.
42XLI. THAT OF THE LADIES OF ASCENSION ISLAND.
19XVIII. THAT OF "8" AND "22."
43XLII. THAT OF THE ARTICULATING SKELETON.
20XIX. THAT OF THE HOOLIGAN AND THE PHILANTROPIST.
44XLIII. THAT OF YE LOVE-PHILTRE: AN OLD-ENGLISH LEGEND.
21XX. THAT OF THE SOCIALIST AND THE EARL.
45XLIV. THAT OF THE BARGAIN SALE.
22XXI. THAT OF THE RETIRED PORK-BUTCHER AND THE SPOOK.
46XLV. THAT OF A DECEASED FLY. (A Ballade.)
23XXII. THAT OF THE POET AND THE BUCCANEERS.
47EPILOGUE.
24XXIII. THAT OF THE UNDERGROUND "SULPHUR CURE."

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