JOHN KENDRICK BANGS

The Idiot at Home

By

John Kendrick Bangs

Illustrated by

F. T. Richards

NEW YORK AND LONDON

HARPER & BROTHERS Publishers

1900

BY THE SAME AUTHOR.

The Booming of Acre Hill. Illustrated. 16mo, Cloth, $1.25.

The Enchanted Typewriter. Illustrated by Peter Newell. 16mo, Cloth, Ornamental, $1.25.

Coffee and Repartee and The Idiot. 1 vol. Illustrated. 16mo, Cloth, Ornamental, $1.25.

The Dreamers: A Club. Illustrated by Edward Penfield. 16mo, Cloth, Ornamental, $1.25.

A Rebellious Heroine, A Story. Illustrated by W. T. Smedley. 16mo, Cloth, Ornamental, Uncut Edges, $1.25.

A House-Boat on the Styx. Illustrated by Peter Newell. 16mo, Cloth, Ornamental, $1.25.

The Pursuit of the House-Boat. Illustrated by Peter Newell. 16mo, Cloth, Ornamental, $1.25.

Paste Jewels. Being Seven Tales of Domestic Woe. 16mo, Cloth, Ornamental, $1.00.

Ghosts I Have Met, and Some Others. With Illustrations by Newell, Frost, and Richards. 16mo, Cloth, Ornamental, $1.25.

The Bicyclers, and Three Other Farces. Illustrated, 16mo, Cloth, Ornamental, $1.25.

Peeps at People. Illustrated by Edward Penfield. 16mo, Cloth, Ornamental, $1.25.

Mr. Bonaparte of Corsica. Illustrated by H. W. McVickar. 16mo, Cloth, Ornamental, $1.25.

The Water Ghost, and Others. Illustrated. 16mo, Cloth, Ornamental $1.25.

Three Weeks in Politics. Illustrated. 32mo, Cloth, Ornamental, 50 cents.

NEW YORK AND LONDON:

HARPER & BROTHERS, PUBLISHERS.

Copyright, 1900, by John Kendrick Bangs.

TO

"MISS BANGS OF LONDON"

FROM

"MR. BARNES OF NEW YORK"

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