Nonsense Novels

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Stephen Leacock. Nonsense Novels

PREFACE

I. – Maddened by Mystery: or, The Defective Detective

II. – "Q." A Psychic Pstory of the Psupernatural

III. – Guido the Gimlet of Ghent: A Romance of Chivalry

IV. – Gertrude the Governess: or, Simple Seventeen

V. – A Hero in Homespun: or, The Life Struggle of Hezekiah Hayloft

VII. – Hannah of the Highlands: or, The Laird of Loch Aucherlocherty

VIII. – Soaked in Seaweed: or, Upset in the Ocean (An Old-fashioned Sea Story.)

IX. – Caroline's Christmas: or, The Inexplicable Infant

X. – The Man in Asbestos: An Allegory of the Future

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THE great detective sat in his office. He wore a long green gown and half a dozen secret badges pinned to the outside of it.

Three or four pairs of false whiskers hung on a whisker-stand beside him.

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"The Prince of Wurttemberg has a long, wet snout, broad ears, very long body, and short hind legs."

The Great Detective looked puzzled.

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