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[...]... phalanx, indistinguishable from the Covent Garden Market waggons; others pouring down our coal-chute during the working hours of the day; and others again being slipped surreptitiously into our letter-box by pale, timid girls, scarcely more than children, after nightfall (in fact many of them came in their night-gowns), —this manuscript alone was the sole one in fact the only one—to receive the prize... AFTER THE WAR I.—Spoof A Thousand-Guinea Novel New! Fascinating! Perplexing! CHAPTER I Readers are requested to note that this novel has taken our special prize of a cheque for a thousand guineas This alone guarantees for all intelligent readers a palpitating interest in every line of it Among the thousands of MSS which reached us—many of them coming in carts early in the morning, and moving in a dense... will breathe a sigh of relief to learn that the decision was instant and unanimous Each one of them, in reply to our telegram, answered immediately SPOOF This novel represents the last word in upto-date fiction It is well known that the modern novel has got far beyond the point of mere story-telling The childish attempt to INTEREST the reader has long since been abandoned by all the best writers They refuse... with help from the distributed proofers at http://charlz.dynip.com/gutenberg PREFACE The prudent husbandman, after having taken from his field all the straw that is there, rakes it over with a wooden rake and gets as much again The wise child, after the lemonade jug is empty, takes the lemons from the bottom of it and squeezes them into a still larger brew So does the sagacious author, after having sold... distribute this etext in machine readable binary, compressed, mark-up, or proprietary form, including any form resulting from conversion by word processing or hypertext software, but only so long as *EITHER*: [*] The etext, when displayed, is clearly readable, and does *not* contain characters other than those intended by the author of the work, although tilde (~), asterisk (*) and underline (_) characters... thousand guineas To other competitors we may have given, inadvertently perhaps, a bag of sovereigns or a string of pearls, but to this story alone is awarded the first prize by the unanimous decision of our judges When we say that the latter body included two members of the Cabinet, two Lords of the Admiralty, and two bishops, with power in case of dispute to send all the MSS to the Czar of Russia, our readers... implicated in the making of this book STEPHEN LEACOCK McGill University, Montreal Oct 1, 1915 CONTENTS I SPOOF: A Thousand-Guinea Novel II THE READING PUBLIC III AFTERNOON ADVENTURES AT MY CLUB l The Anecdotes of Dr So and So 2 The Shattered Health of Mr Podge 3 The Amazing Travels of Mr Yarner 4 The Spiritual Outlook of Mr Doomer 5 The Reminiscences of Mr Apricot 6 The Last Man Out of Europe 7 The War... to the magazines and been paid for it, clap it into book-covers and give it another squeeze But in the present case the author is of a nice conscience and anxious to place responsibility where it is due He therefore wishes to make all proper acknowledgments to the editors of Vanity Fair, The American Magazine, The Popular Magazine, Life, Puck, The Century, Methuen's Annual, and all others who are in. .. [to get files .set bin for zip files] GET GUTINDEX.?? [to get a year's listing of books, e.g., GUTINDEX.99] GET GUTINDEX.ALL [to get a listing of ALL books] * *The Legal Small Print** (Three Pages) ***START* *THE SMALL PRINT!**FOR PUBLIC DOMAIN ETEXTS**START*** Why is this "Small Print!" statement here? You know: lawyers They tell us you might sue us if there is something wrong with your copy of this etext,... under the "PROJECT GUTENBERG" trademark Please do not use the "PROJECT GUTENBERG" trademark to market any commercial products without permission To create these etexts, the Project expends considerable efforts to identify, transcribe and proofread public domain works Despite these efforts, the Project' s etexts and any medium they may be on may contain "Defects" Among other things, Defects may take the . alt="" Project Gutenberg's Moonbeams From the Larger Lunacy by Stephen Leacock #4 in our series by Stephen Leacock. Copyright laws are changing all over the world, be sure to check the laws. 1971** *****These Etexts Are Prepared By Thousands of Volunteers!***** Information on contacting Project Gutenberg to get Etexts, and further information is included below, including for donations. The Project. domain works. Despite these efforts, the Project& apos;s etexts and any medium they may be on may contain "Defects". Among other things, Defects may take the form of incomplete, inaccurate