You are here
قراءة كتاب The Dreamers: A Club
تنويه: تعرض هنا نبذة من اول ١٠ صفحات فقط من الكتاب الالكتروني، لقراءة الكتاب كاملا اضغط على الزر “اشتر الآن"
THE DREAMERS
A Club. Being a More or Less Faithful
Account of the Literary Exercises of
the First Regular Meeting of that
Organization, Reported by
JOHN KENDRICK BANGS
WITH ILLUSTRATIONS
By EDWARD PENFIELD
NEW YORK AND LONDON
HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS
1899
BY THE SAME AUTHOR.
Peeps at People. Passages from the Writings of Anne Warrington Witherup, Journalist. Illustrated by Edward Penfield. 16mo, Cloth, Ornamental, Uncut Edges and Colored Top, $1.25.
Ghosts I Have Met, and Some Others. With Illustrations by Newell, Frost, and Richards. 16mo, Cloth, Ornamental, $1.25.
A House-Boat on the Styx. Being Some Account of the Divers Doings of the Associated Shades. Illustrated by Peter Newell. 16mo, Cloth, Ornamental, $1.25.
The Pursuit of the House-Boat. Being Some Further Account of the Doings of the Associated Shades, under the Leadership of Sherlock Holmes, Esq. Illustrated by Peter Newell. 16mo, Cloth, Ornamental, $1.25.
Paste Jewels. Being Seven Tales of Domestic Woe. 16mo, Cloth, Ornamental $1.00.
The Bicyclers, and Three Other Farces. Illustrated. 16mo, Cloth, Ornamental, $1.25.
A Rebellious Heroine. A Story. Illustrated by W. T. Smedley. 16mo, Cloth, Ornamental, Uncut Edges, $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.
The Idiot. Illustrated. 16mo, Cloth, Ornamental, $1.00.
Three Weeks in Politics. Illustrated. 32mo, Cloth, Ornamental, 50 cents.
Coffee and Repartee. Illustrated. 32mo, Cloth, Ornamental, 50 cents.
NEW YORK AND LONDON:
HARPER & BROTHERS, PUBLISHERS.
Copyright, 1899, by Harper & Brothers.
All rights reserved.
Dedicated
WITH ALL
DUE RESPECT AND PROPER APOLOGIES
TO
RICHARD HARDING DAVIS
JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY
WILLIAM DEAN HOWELLS
RUDYARD KIPLING
HALL CAINE
SUNDRY MAGAZINE POETS
ANTHONY HOPE
THE WAR CORRESPONDENTS
A. CONAN DOYLE
IAN MACLAREN
JAMES M. BARRIE
THE INVOLVULAR CLUB
AND
MR. DOOLEY
CONTENTS
| CHAPTER | PAGE |
| I. The Idea | 1 |
| II. In which Thomas Snobbe, Esq., of Yonkers, Unfolds a Tale | 21 |
| III. In which a Mince-pie is Responsible for a Remarkable Coincidence | 44 |
| IV. Being the Contribution of Mr. Bedford Parke | 59 |
| V. The Salvation of Findlayson | 80 |
| VI. In which Harry Snobbe Recites a Tale of Gloom | 102 |
| VII. The Dreamers Discuss a Magazine Poem | 123 |
| VIII. Dolly Visits Chicago | 142 |
| IX. In which Yellow Journalism Creeps In | 163 |
| X. The Mystery of Pinkham’s Diamond Stud | 185 |
| XI. Lang Tammas and Drumsheugh Swear off | 207 |
| XII. Conclusion—Likewise Mr. Billy Jones | 228 |
ILLUSTRATIONS |
|
| Page | |
| THE FIRST GLOOMSTER | Frontispiece |
| DISCUSSING THE IDEA | 3 |
| AND SO TO DREAM | 17 |
| THE DREAMERS DINE |