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Nonsense for Old and Young

by Eugene Field

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  1. 1Epigraph — One Autumn Night
  2. 2A Portrait of a Lady
  3. 3Would You?
  4. 4Good James and Naughty Reginald
  5. 5His Busy Day
  6. 6The Joyful Whirligig
  7. 7A Fairy Tale
  8. 8An Epitaph — The Hustler Hustling
  9. 9The Maid of Orleans
  10. 10Fancy vs. Fact
  11. 11Society as Reported
  12. 12A Musical Genius
  13. 13The Nervy Drummer
  14. 14Lunar Lore
  15. 15The Senator
  16. 16A Colonial Accident
  17. 17A Natural Mistake
  18. 18Luminous Law
  19. 19“Oft in the Stilly Night”
  20. 20A Sad, Sad Story
  21. 21Fashion Notes
  22. 22The Chivalrous Editor
  23. 23Easy Mathematics
  24. 24A Mean Man — The Office Towel
  25. 25Scandal on Foot
  26. 26The Old T. D.
  27. 27The Awful Bugaboo
  28. 28The National Debt
  29. 29Johnny’s Alphabet
  30. 30Thanksgiving Tales — For the Profit of the Nursery Brigade
  31. 31Tale II — Succulent Soup
  32. 32Tale III — Tempting Turkey
  33. 33Tale IV — Various Vegetables
  34. 34Tale V — Venerable Venison
  35. 35Tale VI — Peptonic Pudding
  36. 36Tale VII — Painful Pie
  37. 37Tale VIII — Fretful Fruit
  38. 38Tale IX — Innocent Ice Cream
  39. 39Tale X — Nutritious Nuts
  40. 40Tale XI — Wierd and Woful
  41. 41Tale XII — Enter the Diligent Doctor
  42. 42Tale XIII — Exit the Beautiful Boy — Tale XIV — Epilog
  43. 43Beautiful Hortense
  44. 44A Toilet Episode
  45. 45A Terrible Monster
  46. 46Poor Pussy
  47. 47A Fish Story
  48. 48Beware — The Vigilant Cop
  49. 49Something Doing
  50. 50Poor Little Bennie
  51. 51Our Motor Press
  52. 52Freedom Defined
  53. 53A Political Object Lesson
  54. 54Honesty on the Run
  55. 55The Truth About the Cherry Tree
  56. 56An Ode to a Cat — Look Out! Boogies!
  57. 57Hot Air vs. Cold Water
  58. 58The Worried Magnate
  59. 59His Day of Rest
  60. 60The Foxy Compositor
  61. 61Other Field Books

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