A House-Boat on the Styx

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Bangs John Kendrick. A House-Boat on the Styx

CHAPTER I: CHARON MAKES A DISCOVERY

CHAPTER II: A DISPUTED AUTHORSHIP

CHAPTER III: WASHINGTON GIVES A DINNER

CHAPTER IV: HAMLET MAKES A SUGGESTION

CHAPTER V: THE HOUSE COMMITTEE DISCUSS THE POETS

CHAPTER VI: SOME THEORIES, DARWINIAN AND OTHERWISE

CHAPTER VII: A DISCUSSION AS TO LADIES’ DAY

CHAPTER VIII: A DISCONTENTED SHADE

CHAPTER IX: AS TO COOKERY AND SCULPTURE

CHAPTER X: STORY-TELLERS’ NIGHT

CHAPTER XI: AS TO SAURIANS AND OTHERS

CHAPTER XII: THE HOUSE-BOAT DISAPPEARS

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“How are you, Charon?” said Shakespeare, as the Janitor assisted him on board.  “Any one here to-night?”

“Yes, sir,” said Charon.  “Lord Bacon is up in the library, and Doctor Johnson is down in the billiard-room, playing pool with Nero.”

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“Spelt with a P, I suppose?” said Shakespeare.  “P-S-H-A-W, Pshaw, M-U-T, mut, Pshawmut, so called because the inhabitants are always muttering pshaw.  Eh?”

“Pretty good,” said Johnson.  “I wish I’d said that.”

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