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| I. | THAT OF MR. JUSTICE DEAR | [1] |
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| II. | THAT OF THE LATE MR. BROWN | [5] |
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| III. | THAT OF OUR OLD FRIEND, BISHOP P. | [9] |
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| IV. | THAT OF CAPTAIN ARCHIBALD MCKAN | [15] |
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| V. | THAT OF MATILDA | [20] |
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| VI. | THAT OF "DOCTHOR" PATRICK O'DOOLEY | [25] |
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| VII. | THAT OF MY AUNT BETSY | [31] |
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| VIII. | THAT OF THE TUCK-SHOP WOMAN | [37] |
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| IX. | THAT OF S. P. IDERS WEBBE, SOLICITOR | [43] |
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| X. | THAT OF MONSIEUR ALPHONSE VERT | [50] |
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| XI. | THAT OF LORD WILLIAM OF PURLEIGH | [55] |
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| XII. | THAT OF PASHA ABDULLA BEY | [60] |
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| XIII. | THAT OF ALGERNON CROKER | [65] |
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| XIV. | THAT OF——? | [69] |
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| XV. | THAT OF THE RIVAL HAIRDRESSERS | [75] |
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| XVI. | THAT OF THE AUCTIONEER'S DREAM | [80] |
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| XVII. | THAT OF THE PLAIN COOK | [86] |
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| XVIII. | THAT OF TWO MEDDLESOME PARTIES AND THEIR RESPECTIVE FATES | [91] |
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| XIX. | THAT OF THE HOOLIGAN AND THE PHILANTHROPIST | [98] |
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| XX. | THAT OF THE SOCIALIST AND THE EARL | [104] |
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| XXI. | THAT OF THE RETIRED PORK-BUTCHER AND THE SPOOK | [109] |
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| XXII. | THAT OF THE POET AND THE BUCCANEERS | [115] |
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| XXIII. | THAT OF THE UNDERGROUND "SULPHUR CURE" | [121] |
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| XXIV. | THAT OF THE FAIRY GRANDMOTHER AND THE COMPANY PROMOTER | [127] |
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| XXV. | THAT OF THE GEISHA AND THE JAPANESE WARRIOR | [132] |
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| XXVI. | THAT OF THE INDISCREET HEN AND THE RESOURCEFUL ROOSTER | [137] |
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| XXVII. | THAT OF A DUEL IN FRANCE | [141] |
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| XXVIII. | THAT OF THE ASTUTE NOVELIST | [146] |
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| XXIX. | THAT OF THE ABSENT-MINDED LADY | [151] |
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| XXX. | THAT OF THE GERMAN BAKER AND THE COOK | [155] |
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| XXXI. | THAT OF THE CONVERTED CANNIBALS | [160] |
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| XXXII. | THAT OF A FRUITLESS ENDEAVOUR | [164] |
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| XXXIII. | THAT OF THE UNFORTUNATE LOVER | [168] |
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| XXXIV. | THAT OF THE FEMALE GORILLY | [174] |
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| XXXV. | THAT OF THE ARTIST AND THE MOTOR-CAR. (A TRAGEDY) | [179] |
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| XXXVI. | THAT OF THE INCONSIDERATE NABOB AND THE LADY WHO DESIRED TO BE A BEGUM | [184] |
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| XXXVII. | THAT OF DR. FARLEY, M.D., SPECIALIST IN LITTLE TOES | [188] |
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| XXXVIII. | THAT OF JEREMIAH SCOLES, MISER | [192] |
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| XXXIX. | THAT OF THE HIGH-SOULED YOUTH | [196] |
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| LX. | THAT OF MR. JUSTICE DEAR'S LITTLE JOKE AND THE UNFORTUNATE MAN WHO COULD NOT SEE IT | [201] |
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| LXI. | THAT OF THE LADIES OF ASCENSION ISLAND | [205] |
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| LXII. | THAT OF THE ARTICULATING SKELETON | [208] |
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| LXIII. | THAT OF YE LOVE PHILTRE: (AN OLD-ENGLISH LEGEND) | [211] |
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| LXIV. | THAT OF THE BARGAIN SALE | [216] |
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| LXV. | THAT OF A DECEASED FLY (A BALLADE) | [221] |
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| | EPILOGUE | [224] |