Winsome Winnie and other New Nonsense Novels

by Stephen Leacock

LONDON: JOHN LANE, THE BODLEY HEAD
NEW YORK: JOHN LANE COMPANY MCMXXI

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Printed in Great Britain by R. Clay & Sons, Ltd., London and Bungay

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CONTENTS

• Chap.Page
• [I]. WINSOME WINNIE; OR, TRIAL AND TEMPTATION [7]
• • [I]. Thrown on the World [9]
  • [II]. A Rencounter [14]
  • [III]. Friends in Distress [18]
  • [IV]. A Gambling Party in St. James's Close [24]
  • [V]. The Abduction [28]
  • [VI]. The Unknown [33]
  • [VII]. The Proposal [36]
  • [VIII]. Wedded at Last [42]
• [II]. JOHN AND I; OR, HOW I NEARLY LOST MY HUSBAND [43]
• [III]. THE SPLIT IN THE CABINET; OR, THE FATE OF ENGLAND [65]
• [IV]. WHO DO YOU THINK DID IT? OR, THE MIXED-UP MURDER MYSTERY [95]
• • [I]. He Dined with Me Last Night [97]
  • [II]. I must save her Life [100]
  • [III]. I must buy a Book on Billiards [108]
  • [IV]. That is not Billiard Chalk [112]
  • [V]. Has anybody here seen Kelly? [113]
  • [VI]. Show me the Man who wore those Boots [119]
  • [VII]. Oh, Mr. Kent, save me! [123]
  • [VIII]. You are Peter Kelly [127]
  • [IX]. Let me tell you the Story of my Life [132]
  • [X]. So do I [139]
• [V.] BROKEN BARRIERS; OR, RED LOVE ON A BLUE ISLAND [143]
• [VI]. THE KIDNAPPED PLUMBER: A TALE OF THE NEW TIME [177]
• [VII.] THE BLUE AND THE GREY: A PRE-WAR WAR STORY [205]
• [VIII]. BUGGAM GRANGE: A GOOD OLD GHOST STORY [225]

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