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A Line O'' Cheer for Each Day O'' the Year (Classic Reprint)

Literature & Fiction

John Kendrick Bangs

Poetry

Forgotten Books

The Time Shop

Children's Books

Growing Up & Facts of Life

Ideals Childrens Books

<p>The ferryman of the Styx, Charon, is in a foul temper. All of the sudden he seems to have competition upon the waters coursing between Life and Death -- for here is a beautiful, spacious houseboat on his river Ahoy calls a shade from the strange boat. The House Committee wants to see you, Charon And who is this committee? answers the irritated ferryman. Why, Sir Walter Raleigh, Cassius, Demosthenes, Blackstone, Doctor Johnson, and Confucius, of course John Kendrick Bangs (1862-1922) has earned comparison with Mark Twain and L. Frank Baum for his humorous fantasies, most notably A Houseboat on the Styx -- a trip into the Underworld where the giants of civilization still hold forth</p>

A Houseboat on the Styx

Amereon Ltd

Olympian Nights

Science Fiction & Fantasy

Lionel Levanthal Limited

An anthology of witty and superb tales of the macabre.        “Think what a solemn creature the Gothic ghost was! How little originality and initiative he showed and how dependent he was on his own atmosphere for     thrills! His sole appeal was to the spinal column. The ghost of to-day touches the funny bone as well. He adds new horrors to being haunted, but new     pleasures also. The modern specter can be a joyous creature on occasion, as he can be, when he wishes, fearsome beyond the dreams of classic or Gothic     revenant. He has a keen sense of humor and loves a good joke on a mortal, while he can even enjoy one on himself.” Dorothy Scarborough        Ghosts get the tongue-in-cheek treatment in some very witty tales: "The Canterville Ghost" by Oscar Wilde, "The Third Person" by Henry James," "The Ghost     Ship" by Richard Middleton, and "The Transferred Ghost" by Frank R. Stockton as well as many, many more! Ominously clever, witty and humorous, Humorous     Ghost Stories has been a favorite since its original publication in 1921, and readers who don't usually care for ghost stories will find that they can't     put it down.        CONTENTS        Introduction: The Humorous Ghost        The Canterville Ghost by Oscar Wilde        The Ghost-Extinguisher by Gelett Burgess        “Dey Ain't No Ghosts” by Ellis Parker Butler        The Transferred Ghost by Frank R. Stockton        The Mummy's Foot by Théophile Gautier        The Rival Ghosts by Brander Matthews        The Water Ghost of Harrowby Hall by John Kendrick Bangs        Back from that Bourne Anonymous        The Ghost-Ship by Richard Middleton        The Transplanted Ghost by Wallace Irwin        The Last Ghost in Harmony by Nelson Lloyd        The Ghost of Miser Brimpson by Eden Phillpotts        The Haunted Photograph by Ruth McEnery Stuart        The Ghost that Got the Button by Will Adams        The Specter Bridegroom by Washington Irving        The Specter of Tappington Compiled by Richard Barham        In the Barn by Burges Johnson        A Shady Plot by Elsie Brown        The Lady and the Ghost by Rose Cecil O'Neill

Humorous Ghost Stories

SCARBOROUGH, DOROTHY

Oscar, Wilde

Théophile, Gautier

Gelett, Burgess

Frank, R. Stockton

Ellis Parker Butler

Richard Middleton

Genre Fiction

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

A House-Boat on the Styx

The Enchanted Typewriter

Classics

Babblebooks

Ghosts I have met and some others

Ghosts I Have Met and Some Others

The Idiot Series - Complete: Coffee and Repartee, The Idiot, The Idiot at Home, The Inventions of the Idiot, The Genial Idiot, & Half-Hours with the Idiot

Humor & Satire

Independently published

R. Holmes & Co.

IDB Productions

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