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John Kendrick Bangs. Over the Plum Pudding
Over the Plum Pudding
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"Over the Plum-Pudding"
Why it was Never Published. An authoritative Statement by its Editor
"Over the Plum-Pudding"
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Bills, M.D
Bills, M.D
A CHRISTMAS GHOST I HAVE MET
U. P. BILLS, M.D., "The Spook Philanthropist." Troubles Cured While You Wait
The Flunking of Watkins's Ghost
The Flunking of Watkins's Ghost
An Unmailed Letter
An Unmailed Letter
BEING A CHRISTMAS TALE OF SOME SIGNIFICANCE
"LETTER TO MYSELF "On Christmas Giving: A Hint
The Amalgamated Brotherhood of Spooks
The Amalgamated Brotherhood of Spooks
A LETTER TO THE EDITOR
A Glance Ahead
A Glance Ahead
BEING A CHRISTMAS TALE OF A.D. 3568
Hans Pumpernickel's Vigil
Hans Pumpernickel's Vigil
The Affliction of Baron Humpfelhimmel
The Affliction of Baron Humpfelhimmel
A Great Composer
A Great Composer
How Fritz Became a Wizard
How Fritz Became a Wizard
Rise and Fall of the Poet Gregory
Rise and Fall of the Poet Gregory
The Loss of the "Gretchen B."
The Loss of the "Gretchen B."
A TALE OF A PIRATE GHOST, FOUND FLOATING IN A WATER-BOTTLE
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THE DISCOVERY
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THE TALE OF CAPTAIN HAMMERPESTLE
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John Kendrick Bangs
Published by Good Press, 2019
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The only other notable efforts in the book were, as I have already indicated, from the pens of Andrew Lang and Rudyard Kipling, and as the preceding stories were characteristic of their authors, so were these equally so. I have not the time to more than suggest their tenor briefly. Mr. Lang's story was one of his charming made-over fairy tales, and he unfortunately introduced that most fearsome of dragons Fafner into it. He was held, however, in captivity, and had the situation in which Mr. Lang left him been allowed to remain undisturbed, all would have been well, and "Over the Plum-Pudding" would not have met with disaster. Mr. Kipling, however, chose to contribute a Mulvaney story, and herein lay the whole trouble. Mulvaney and his two roystering companions, Ortheris and Learoyd, start in on a Christmas spree, and they do it in their own complete fashion, and Mr. Kipling never in his life drew his characters more vividly and vigorously; but this time he did it too vigorously. The three musketeers of the British army got beyond his control, and it is the fact that when "Over the Plum-Pudding" was ready for presentation to the public they broke loose from the story in which they were supposed to be confined; went rushing and roaring, regardless of the etiquette of the situation, through every other tale in the book, found the bottle of whiskey which the nurse-maid in Mr. Caine's story had left on the mantel-piece, drained it to the dregs, and then, under the mad influence of the alcohol, let Fafner loose.
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